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March 10, 2008
Duncan Sends Message To Rays
Is Shelley Duncan turning into our own little Kevin Millar circa '04? Via Mark Feinsand -
"What it does is it opens another chapter of intensity in the spring training ballgames," Duncan said Sunday about the incident in Saturday's game between the Yankees and Rays. "They showed what is acceptable to them and how they're going to play the game, so we're going to go out there to match their intensity - or even exceed it."
"There's going to be no malicious evil intent in terms of carryover, but it just adds a different type of fire to your gut when you play that team because you understand how they're playing the game and what their mind-set is," Duncan said.
Good for Duncan to lay this out on the line. Last season, the Yankees went 10-8 against the Rays. Considering how much Tampa Bay is improved now, it won't hurt the Yankees to turn up the intensity dial when they face the Rays this season.
Posted by Steve Lombardi at March 10, 2008 06:36 AM