I’ll be the first to say that James Shields is, by far, my favorite Major League Baseball player.
But while most Rays fans are not going to call out Shields for his decision to throw at Coco Crisp in retaliation for a supposed attempt to injure second baseman Akinori Iwamura with a chippy slide on a stolen base attempt Wednesday, I’m going to.
The move was short-sighted and one you would expect from a pitcher with maybe 10-15 starts of ML experience. Not from a guy like Shields, who had to know how important this game was to the Rays, who were again stomped out in Fenway as the Red Sox completed a 3-game sweep with a 7-1 win.
(Courtesy Michael Dwyer/AP)
