the only reason i think Gibbons should be punished is because this is a re-occuring thing. like i said before i dig his routine, but historically i have always seen managers as a daddy-like figure. even if the boy (lilly) acts up, he needs to take better actions for his responsibilities as a manager. maybe there is a change taking place in baseball with the likes of gibbons and ozzie, who are gonna give you hell if you piss them off.

granted, what lilly did was not right by chewin him out on the mound, but i thought in-team fist fights between pitcher and manager only happend in the movie "Angels in the Outfield".

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Gibbons is a loose cannon with a power ego problem. Was it not too long ago that he challenged Shea to a fight?? What an idiot!
Lilly was wrong for his actions, and deserved/deserves to be repremanded, but Gibbons doesn't know when enough is enough. He should have stayed out of that tunnel and worried about a ball game that was getting out of control. Instead, he goes and challenges ANOTHER one of HIS guys to a fight, takes a beating, then, in the game, takes a beating. The man can't handle his position. Pedro would have thrown his butt to the ground!!

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