It is, without question, baseball’s greatest rivalry. The Red Sox and Yankees have waged momentous battles through the years that have led to exciting games, raucous fans, and, at times, even some storied fights on the field. It is intense, it is a feud, and there is seemingly endless tension between the teams.
Yesterday, during a charity event sponsored by wives of Red Sox and Yankees players designed to promote world peace, an ugly brawl broke out between the two factions. Apparently the wives of Jason Bay and Kevin Youkilis casually expressed their dismay at their husbands getting repeatedly plunked by cowardly Yankee pitchers. This prompted the wife of CC Sabathia to lift a table and smash it over the wife of Terry Francona—who was with her elderly mother—and the melee was on. Major League Baseball is investigating and suspensions and fines will follow.
Larry Lucchino, however, seemed somewhat amused by the situation. “Meowww,” he said playfully when asked. “Everyone loves a good catfight, and that was one of the best. And the fact that my wife broke a tea cup over Teixeira’s wife’s head, more than made up for that loser signing with the Evil Empire.”
Major League Baseball also announced that warnings have been given, and that the next joint charity event, raising money to protect violence against women, will be under heavy security. “It’s bad enough that we’ve got these two teams fighting all the time,” a beleaguered Bud Selig said. “Now I’ve got to worry about their wives?”
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