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Do you really think that Torre is going to send his, arguably, best reliever out there to throw at Youkilis considering that there is really no reason behind it. Seriously, Chamberlain is a kid. He's 21, a rookie who's just happy to be there. Nothing in the game or the series would warrant retaliation of that sort. That is what is mystifying is that there wasn't anything that happened that you would expect that kind of retaliation for. You really think that up 5-0, after having won 2 games and on the verge of winning a third that Torre wants to give the Redsox ANY reason to get fired up? Especially by throwing at a guys head.
If it's Clemens that did it or Proctor (who is now gone) I could see it. A veteran pitcher might do something like that. But a wet behind the ears rookie? Torre wasn't to happy when Proctor retaliated by plunking someone a couple months back and that was at least warranted. I just can't see Chamberlain doing that intentionally. Not on his own. And if Torre ordered it, he would own up to it. Not directly of course, that would be stupid, but you would be able to read between the lines during his answers in the post game interviews.
I just think Chamberlain tried to overthrow and the ball got away from him. Twice in basically the same spot looks bad, I agree. I just don't see it as intentional.
I may not like the ejection, but I can see why Hernandez would throw him out.
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