Kevin Youkilis, Professional Crybaby

Youkilis suspects
that the 21-year-old Chamberlain might have been prompted to do what he did.

"Joe Torre said to me as he's walking out on the field that it wasn't intentional," Youkilis said. "I saw two balls from a guy I watched on the mound throw balls that are a little up and in but not over the head. It is what it is.

"Maybe someone on the team told him to. You never know in this game. You never know. People know, but they're not going to say. They're not going to put it out publicly, but they know.

The Boston Red Sox, the epitome of class, and here are a few examples.

1)
Game 3 was highly anticipated, a classic matchup between Sox ace Pedro Martinez and former Sox pitcher Roger Clemens, who, on the cusp of retirement, was thought to be pitching his last game at Fenway Park. Early on, Karim Garcia was hit in the back by a Martinez fastball. Words were exchanged and Martinez threateningly gestured towards Yankee catcher Jorge Posada.

2) Julian Tavarez Baseball!







3)

The situation:
The situation: Howard, who clubbed 22 homers in 88 games last year as NL Rookie of the Year, launched a ball to center in the sixth inning with a man aboard and the Phillies behind, 3-1. Howard was slow out of the box, watching in flight what had the chance to be his team-record 11th spring homer. The swirling wind held the ball up, and Adam Stern parked himself under it just shy of the warning track. Beckett, displeased with Howard's sauntering, let him know it.

''He was jogging after a pop up," Beckett said. ''It's not like I wanted to fight the guy. I wanted to make a point. You look like a JACKASS whenever you hit a ball like that and you're pimping it and you're out. I'm kind of about respecting the game. Even if it is a home run, I don't think it's the right thing to do. I'm not the type of guy to not say anything.

''I was just expressing my concern with the way he's playing the game. He didn't do that last year. He won Rookie of the Year, he hit a bunch of home runs, I guess you get one year in the big leagues and things just change."

Hypocrites-Jon Pabelbon, 2006, Rookie