"You have pitchers out there with f-ing balls in their hands throwing 100 miles per hour trying to hit people", Machado said. And in the second inning of Wednesday's game, Kevin Gausman was ejected for hitting Boston's Xander Bogaerts.
Manfred typically allows teams to work out these disputes on their own. "It's a concern of ours because it's a safety issue". While the National Football League has seen the Chargers and Rams move to the Los Angeles area, and the Raiders prepare to move to Las Vegas, Manfred said he doesn't want to see similar upheaval in baseball. Manfred said he hopes to "have a continuing dialogue with [union chief] Tony Clark and the MLBPA about whether our rules in this area are really sufficient". And it was Machado, the slugger at the center of it all, who got the last word, launching a three-run homer over everything in left field to fuel an 8-3 victory and give the Orioles a split of the four-game series.
But Manfred also suggested that the league could take measures to stop such incidents from occurring by spacing out series between division rivals.
"It's Baltimore-Boston", he said. "But I can tell you, this was an individual game buyer, not a season-ticket holder. I do think that the proximity of those series can make the problems more serious".
Trump plans to meet incoming French president Macron in Brussels this month
After her decisive loss, the National Front also geared up for a name change - if not a makeover of its ideas. He said he knew the divisions of the country, adding that he had the responsibility to hear all the French.
-Manfred called the need for new ballparks in Oakland and Tampa Bay "acute".
Red Sox fan Calvin Hennick says he was sitting at Fenway Park with his biracial son and Haitian father-in-law Tuesday when a man sitting next to him began to use racial slurs to mock the Kenyan woman who had just sung the national anthem.
According to WEEI, Red Sox president Sam Kennedy said Wednesday he believed this was the first time a fan had been banned from Fenway for life.
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