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New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox, 2004
Alex Rodriguez vs Jason Varitek
A-Rod vs Jason Varitek
Boston right-hander Bronson Arroyo sparked a violent scrum by hitting
Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez with a pitch.  "You wish you could
control your emotions," Rodriguez told The New York Times. "I get hit a
lot, but I just smelled something funny there, and I didn't like it."

Rodriguez began to stare Arroyo down when Boston catcher Jason
Varitek got in the middle of it. The catcher pushed Rodriguez in the face,
bringing both teams out of their dugouts.

"I told him, in choice words, to get to first base," Varitek told The Times.
"That changed it from him yelling at Bronson to yelling at me. Then things
got out of hand."

While Rodriguez and Varitek wrestled, New York starter Tanyon Sturtze
engaged in a tussle with Red Sox outfielder Gabe Kapler. By the time
order was restored, Varitek and Rodriguez were ejected from the game
by plate umpire Bruce Froemming, as were the Yankees’ Kenny Lofton
and Kapler.

"I wish I didn't go out there and get in the middle of it, but that was my
teammate out there, and I had to do what I could," Sturtze told The Times.

Sturtze later left the game with an injured finger, and what ensued was
another dramatic one-run tilt that wasn’t decided until Bill Mueller
launched a game-winning two-run homer off New York closer Mariano
Rivera with one out in the bottom of the ninth.
Jason Varitek (Red Sox) pushes Alex Rodriguez
(Yankee) in the face.  The rivalry continues.