{"id":34155,"date":"2024-03-31T09:29:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T03:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/blue-jays-genesis-cabreras-shoves-rays-jose-caballero-sparking-benches-clearing-confrontation\/"},"modified":"2024-03-31T09:29:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T03:59:59","slug":"blue-jays-genesis-cabreras-shoves-rays-jose-caballero-sparking-benches-clearing-confrontation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/blue-jays-genesis-cabreras-shoves-rays-jose-caballero-sparking-benches-clearing-confrontation\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays&#8217; G\u00e9nesis Cabrera&#8217;s shoves Rays&#8217; Jos\u00e9 Caballero, sparking benches-clearing confrontation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gating gated-overlay\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-wrapper\">\n<p>Join Fox News for access to this content<\/p>\n<p>Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account &#8211; free of charge.<\/p>\n<p><span>Please enter a valid email address.<\/span><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-gating-footer\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-legal\">By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News&#8217; Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. To access the content, check your email and follow the instructions provided.\n      <\/div>\n<p> Having trouble? Click here.<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Emotions ran high late in Saturday&#8217;s game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays. Blue Jays pitcher G\u00e9nesis Cabrera got into a heated verbal exchange with Rays infielder Jos\u00e9 Caballero at the end of the seventh inning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The three-day-old Major League Baseball season has now seen two scuffles over the past two days. Players spilled out of each dugout during Friday&#8217;s game between the Mets and Brewers, after Milwaukee&#8217;s Rhys Hoskins slid hard into second base during a double-play attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s altercation turned physical when Cabrera shoved Caballero, prompting both team&#8217;s benches to empty. Shortly before the confrontation, Caballero&#8217;s bunt single drove in a run. But, he continued around the bases after third baseman Justin Turner made a throwing error. Toronto outfielder George Springer ran down the errant throw and threw to the shortstop, who then tagged Caballero out at third base.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/343\/192\/Blue-Jays-bench-clears.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/686\/384\/Blue-Jays-bench-clears.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/672\/378\/Blue-Jays-bench-clears.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1344\/756\/Blue-Jays-bench-clears.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/931\/523\/Blue-Jays-bench-clears.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1862\/1046\/Blue-Jays-bench-clears.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/720\/405\/Blue-Jays-bench-clears.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1440\/810\/Blue-Jays-bench-clears.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1200\/675\/Blue-Jays-bench-clears.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Confrontation at MLB game\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Tampa Bay Rays third base coach Brady Williams, center left, and Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette, right, try to break up a confrontation during the seventh inning on March 30, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(AP Photo\/Steve Nesius)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cabrera, who was backing up third base, and Caballero came together as the play concluded and exchanged words. The confrontation ensued, although no punches were thrown. Cabrera was eventually ejected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>METS PITCHER EJECTED FOR THROWING BEHIND RHYS HOSKINS AFTER EARLIER BENCHES-CLEARING INCIDENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw the ball in the bullpen and started running. The coach is waving at me to go to third. When I got to third, I see Bichette had the ball already, so I gave myself up. I\u2019m kind of slowing down and Cabrera comes out of nowhere and kind of tags me. But there\u2019s no play, I\u2019m already out,&#8221; Caballero said. &#8220;I just asked him, why did you push me? He didn\u2019t say a word. He just came up to me and pushed me again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/343\/192\/MLB-Umpire-Cory-Blaser.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/686\/384\/MLB-Umpire-Cory-Blaser.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/672\/378\/MLB-Umpire-Cory-Blaser.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1344\/756\/MLB-Umpire-Cory-Blaser.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/931\/523\/MLB-Umpire-Cory-Blaser.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1862\/1046\/MLB-Umpire-Cory-Blaser.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/720\/405\/MLB-Umpire-Cory-Blaser.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1440\/810\/MLB-Umpire-Cory-Blaser.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1200\/675\/MLB-Umpire-Cory-Blaser.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Benches clear during MLB game\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Umpire Cory Blaser #89 (C) stands between Jose Caballero #7 of the Tampa Bay Rays and Genesis Cabrera #92 of the Toronto Blue Jays after a dugout clearing shove at Tropicana Field on March 30, 2024 in St Petersburg, Florida.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(Julio Aguilar\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The dust-up came two innings after the Rays\u2019 Randy Arozarena celebrated his solo homer by kissing his bat, doing a cross-arm pose and then signing autographs for fans after returning to the dugout.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will say it was more like the heat of the moment,&#8221; Cabrera said through a translator. &#8220;I mean, I think we all kind of overreact a little bit. I mean, he kind of looked at me and I just react. &#8230; It\u2019s part of the game sometimes, but it\u2019s over with. It\u2019s where it ends, right there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rays manager Kevin Cash thought Caballero handled the situation well by not doing anything to escalate the confrontation. &#8220;Both teams didn\u2019t let it get out of hand,&#8221; Cash said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blue Jays manager John Schneider agreed. &#8220;It was handled really well by everyone, umpires and Tampa, and us,&#8221; Schneider said. &#8220;It was kind of just one of those things where it just kind of happened and they issued warnings and everyone was fine with that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><u>sports coverage on X<\/u><\/i><\/a><i>, and subscribe to <\/i><i><u>the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/u><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account &#8211; free of charge. 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