Well, that s probably not entirely accurate. One interleague three-game series in the middle of June

Well, that s probably not entirely accurate. One interleague three-game series in the middle of June can hardly constitute as a rivalry. Yet if you talked to either manager, you d think the two teams have been at each others throats for years.
A war of words took place via the media between Nats manager Davey Johnson and Rays skipper Joe Maddon after Rays pitcher Joel Peralta was ejected during the eighth inning of Tuesday s game for having excessive pine tar on his glove. aston hotels hawaii The catch is that it was Johnson who came out and told umpire Tim Tschida that Peralta had the foreign substance on his glove. And oh, by the way, pitched for the Nationals in 2010.
If I m a major league player who might want to come play for the Nationals in the near future, I might think twice about it, Maddon said. This is one of their former children who performed aston hotels hawaii well, and all of a sudden he s going to come back to this town and they pull that on him based on some inside information.
But the real crime here is that the only way the Rays and Nationals will meet again this season is if they play in the World Series . Although the Nats and Rays both have competitive teams, the odds of that happening are highly unlikely. But as unlikely of a matchup as it would be, if it did happen, it would at least make for interesting TV.