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QUOTE(Kalapse @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 08:43 PM) Find me one account that says Gibbons started the fight Gibbons says he 'overreacted' in tangle with Lilly ESPN.com news services Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said he overreacted Monday night when he tangled with Toronto pitcher Ted Lilly near the dugout. "I overreacted, no question about that," Gibbons said Tuesday during his weekly radio appearance on The Fan 590. "That's not who I am. But I am a passionate guy," Gibbons said. "It should never get to that point, but it did happen. I can't run from that, I can't make excuses. I've got to live with it now." Gibbons and Lilly exchanged words on the mound during a pitching change in the third inning of the Oakland Athletics' 12-10 victory Monday night. Given an 8-0 lead, Lilly was removed after allowing five runs in the third. Gibbons chewed out his pitcher, who refused to give him the ball. When Lilly left the mound for the clubhouse, Gibbons followed him. A team trainer and several players ran down the stairs. Cameramen near the dugout saw Gibbons push Lilly first. "I overreacted. I wasn't proud about it," Gibbons said. Gibbons and Lilly said no punches were thrown, though the trainer was shown on camera tending to Gibbons' nose in the dugout. A camera on the Oakland broadcast showed there was blood. Gibbons joked the trainer was just wiping "crusty chew" off -- a reference to chewing tobacco. Canadian Press photographer Aaron Harris, one of a handful of photographers to witness the skirmish, said Lilly was waiting for Gibbons in the tunnel leading to the clubhouse. "Gibbons just went at him," Harris said. "It looked like Gibbons grabbed him and they disappeared. Then the whole dugout emptied back there. It was mayhem down in the tunnel." Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi thinks Gibbons made a mistake in confronting Lilly. "In hindsight he probably should have just went to the corner of the bench. I think he knows that too," Ricciardi said Tuesday. Lilly confirmed that the situation escalated quickly. "We were on the verge of something regrettable happening. We were yelling at each other face to face," he said. Interviewed after the game, Gibbons declined to give details of the incident but said, "We've hashed all that out." "He thought he should have been left in the game," Gibbons said of Lilly. "I didn't think so." Lilly said that his manager was not happy with how he was throwing. "At a time I was already upset with myself, I didn't handle it well at the time," Lilly said. "It wasn't very good, but this thing could have gone over a little better if I would have held my emotions." In July, Gibbons challenged Shea Hillenbrand to a fight after the infielder wrote on the clubhouse bulletin board that the "ship is sinking." Hillenbrand declined to fight and was later traded to San Francisco. Ricciardi said Gibbons' job was more secure than ever after the Hillenbrand confrontation. Asked if that is still the case, Ricciardi said it is. Ricciardi, Lilly and Gibbons met after Monday night's game. "Gibby is a good manager," Ricciardi said. "It's just an unfortunate incident. He went all last year and didn't have one incident. He took over the club in August the year before and didn't have one incident. It's just one of those years that a couple of things went wrong. But you take the situation and see who was involved with those incidents." Team president Paul Godfrey didn't think Gibbons or Lilly needed discipline. "My opinion is that it's a one-night skirmish," Godfrey said. "I don't see any need for discipline. Ted and the manager worked it out between them." Ricciardi said the Hillenbrand and Lilly incidents are different because Hillenbrand didn't want to be in Toronto. He called the Lilly skirmish a heated moment sparked by a pitcher who didn't want to be taken out. Ricciardi said there would be no fine or suspension levied on Lilly, who is eligible for free agency after the season "Your reputation is always at stake, but I know who I am and I just try to do the right things," Gibbons said. "I've always tried to live by that. There's enough people out there who know who I am." Toronto catcher Bengie Molina said it's going to be hard for the team to put it behind them. "This can be a big distraction for any team. Hopefully, it doesn't get to us," Molina said. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

QUOTE(MSHAWKS @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 10:11 PM) AJ, with his s***ty OBP and Slugging percentage, is extremely replacable. So you'd like to have Alomar full-time instead? What an upgrade.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 01:06 PM) He didn't start s*** with Lilly, he's trying to talk to his player but Lilly was being a little b**** about it and ended up sucker punching his manager. So i'm guessing you saw this happen first-hand?

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 10:37 PM) Anybody want to explain the last 15 mins. of Raw to me? A heel turning heel again, Vince yelling randomly and nearly crying and the Hardcore Icon smooching the keester of the damned senile, incest-angle pushing sports entertainment moron before crying and kicking a car in some very poor acting fashion. I tried to make sense of it or how it was even entertaining in the most liberal sense of the word. I agree, I just read it and I dont get it at all...Why is Melina turning on Foley? I'm sure the WWE has a great angle planned

Shut em' down Bronze Titan.

QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:58 PM) From here on out, we MUST win every series. Starting tommorow in Detroit, we need to win 3 of 4. Honestly the only AL team that scares me right now is Minnesota. And the good thing is, they are still trailing us by 1 game. I truly believe it will be easier to catch the Tigers than to maintain a lead over the Twins (Pirahnas). So if we can creep our way back to the top of the division, I can see both the Twins and White Sox making the playoffs. Thoughts? If the tigers do indeed keep slumping, that is indeed a very realistic possibility

QUOTE(AssHatSoxFan @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 04:23 PM) summerslam tonight...who isnt excited! Thank the world for youtube and torrent sites

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 01:48 PM) w00t! WWE is releasing a Brian Pillman DVD at the end of September. I hope they put his matches with Owen, Liger, Flair, etc. on there. This could be totally sweet. http://www.highspots.com/product.asp?id=15175 And also, check out the new Chris Masters in OVW. Cruiserweight champ, anyone? PS: the sombrero is a photoshop on there. Hooray Pillman DVD! Chris Masters? That's unreal, there's no way they can bring him back using the same gimmick.

Well I guess as long as our batters come to play, according to Freddy Garcia we'll be fine.

I've lost all respect for Freddy Garcia. Nights like this makes me wish Ozzie did too.

When did i miss Preston Wilson signing with St. Louis?

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 11:47 PM) I heard that Bud Selig has cancelled all games this weekend except for those being played within the Massachusetts state border, this way proper attention can be placed on this most epic of series. Can anyone confirm this? Just a follow-up. ESPN has also disabled all programming for the weekend for this epic series. Only all 5 games, replays of such games, Special analysis of the games on Sportscenter will be the only things shown this weekend.

QUOTE(gosox41 @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 10:38 PM) I'll start the speculation. I think the Sox will pursue Juan Pierre. Not saying it's a great move, but based on his history with Ozzie and the fact that he may only requier a $5-6 mill per season contract makes it interesting. Bob Can Pierre play left at all?

ummm, by the looks of roadkill in generic black tights.... i think it would be better for everyone if he stayed in full clothing.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 09:18 AM) I know some self-righteous poster will criticize me, but concerning the actual fight, it was quite pathetic. Looked like a couple of women slapping each other. my sentiments exactly.

Did anyone catch the 3-way match involving Samoa Joe at the TNA PPV? All i've been told is that i need to download it and so far luckily no one has spoiled it for me.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Aug 13, 2006 -> 04:37 PM) In TNA-land, Nash said he "injured his neck" and can't wrestle Sabin at the PPV tonight. I'm believing this is a work and a rib on Hogan but with Nash's aversion to the job, it could be a "legit" injury. I really like Paparazzi Productions but if Nash is doing this just so he doesn't have to job, that's pretty asinine. If its an angle, it could be effective if successfully booked the right way. Well, Nash is due for another injury...

QUOTE(WSoxMatt @ Aug 13, 2006 -> 04:47 PM) Ill be there!!! As Will I!

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 13, 2006 -> 01:04 PM) He was Michael P.S. Hayes way before he was Dok Hendrix. yea, i know. come on, i'm not that young now.

Honestly, this is the best i've felt about this team during a stretch in a good while. We got 4 against KC where we should take at least 3 and Detroit goes into Boston....I'm getting those goosebumps again

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Aug 12, 2006 -> 10:30 PM) WWECW is still a hot topic at the E. According to some reports: It's said that Brian Gerwitz and Michael Hayes are the main enemies of Heyman and ECW right now. They've been worried about ECW making the RAW brand look weak and have been doing pretty much everything they can to push down Heyman, who has been on Stephanie McMahon's bad side for a while now. Kevin Dunn is also saying that ECW shouldn't have their own taping night with their own road crew. NBC Universal also wants ECW to use Raw as a lead-in and keep storylines from Raw onto ECW. -- I just find this hilarious that the writers that were shown up by Heyman's excellent booking/storyline creation are the ones complaining that he's making them look bad. Perhaps, and I don't know here, Steph/Gerwitz can make...um...Raw entertaining for once and make viewers want to watch instead of dumbing down ECW's entertainment value. It can't be that hard with the talent of Carlito, Benjamin, Edge, Flair, Foley et al. on there. Come on, Raw writers, STFU and do your job without complaining that you're being shown up like the (and I'll steal a line from Foley) "pieces of crap" you are. Many of these guys on the creative staff know nothing about wrestling or the wrestling biz and they are getting shown up by a storyline creative genius. But shutting the guy espousing quality ideas and programming that I'm enjoying is much more sensible, right Nipple H? That's the problem with the E. Can't have something excelling or beginning to excel unless they're in with the 'in crowd' power players of the E. I think I also read that Dunn claims that ECW shouldn't have it's own taping since it would take vince away from the office an extra day...For some reason I dont think it's working out like they (steph/hayes/dunn) wanted. p.s. are we talking about the same michael hayes who was dok hendrix?

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Aug 12, 2006 -> 03:31 PM) What about Eugene? He has to stay in his "character" outside the ring as well. What does that do to a guy's social life? exactly, how do you expect to meet women walking around with a satin jacket that's inside out and just walking around with the mind of an 8 year old. Again another thing that the WWE does, which i'll never get.

It's the WWE it's not supposed to make sense...I mean this is the same company that makes a grown man wear a dress outside of the ring as well. Yeah, it's staying in character but come on. It really is a shame that these grown men have to stay in "character" outside of the ring.

I'll be there at midnight

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 07:22 PM) LOLZ! Khal and Undertaker last man standing match for SummerSlam is being taken off the SS card because: Khali can't wrestle well live. The match will instead be taped for SmackDown. The reason for this is after the house show matches between the two, it's been decided that Khali can't excel in anything physical on live television. Apparently all of his Smackdown TV stuff always has to be heavily edited. Hooray Vince, push a hoss to the moon and then remove him from the PPV because he can't wrestle. Brilliant stategy! No wonder the WWE is so awesome! wow...somehow i'm not shocked.