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By Michael Silverman Thursday, October 9, 2008 - Updated 5m ago Sometimes bad blood goes away, sometimes it doesn’t. ] dodging and feinting a James Shields jab before all hell broke loose in a benches-clearing fight? Is that still a big deal? If you’re judging strictly by television promos, you would think the brouhaha was the be-all and end-all of a regular-season rivalry that wound up 10-8 in the Rays’ advantage. The fact the teams met nine times after that game without a single problem does not seem to register right now. This American League Championship Series will have at least four - probably six or seven - games in which every up-and-in pitch or hard slide could be the spark for another dust-up. “I don’t know,” Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon [stats] said yesterday. “There could be something that stirs it back up. You... [read full story]
