Fielder, Parra involved in dugout altercation

jsonline.com     Aug 5, 2008            

By TOM HAUDRICOURT thaudricourt@journalsentinel.com Almost a year to the day after an ugly dugout confrontation was captured by the television cameras at Miller Park, the Battlin’ Brewers were at it again Monday night at Great American Ball Park. With Milwaukee en route to a 6-3 loss to Cincinnati, starting pitcher Manny Parra and first baseman Prince Fielder engaged in a dispute in the visiting dugout during the top of the seventh inning that resulted in Fielder physically attacking Parra. The irate Fielder had to be pulled off the stunned pitcher by several teammates and wrestled to the floor. Afterward, as expected, the combatants refused to discuss the details of the incident. Parra danced around the subject, saying “it’s already been taken care of,” and Fielder sent word through a club spokesman that he wouldn’t talk... [read full story]                    

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