News breaks down Yank-Tiger brawls from all angles

fourth. In the top of the fifth, Fulmer — as you recall had no trouble hitting Ellsbury in the Bronx — hits Sanchez then says, “I had zero intention of hitting anyone ... I would never hit anybody who hit a home run off me.” Gary is unmoved: “I don’t know. That’s something you’d have to ask him. I mean, yeah sure, nobody wants to get hit so just a little bit (upset), yeah.”

In the bottom of the sixth, Kahnle throws behind Cabrera with two outs in the sixth inning. Kahnle and Joe Girardi are ejected. Then it gets ugly. As things are calming down, Romine and Cabrera get together at home plate as Aroldis Chapman is warming up and home plate ump Carlos Torres is nowhere to be found. Here is how it plays out, according to Romine: “He asked me if I had a problem with him? And I said this isn’t about you. And then he pushed me. Felt like he wanted a confrontation there, and I just defended myself as much as I could. I didn’t say a word to him . ... I’m not going to let someone get in my face and be confrontational. I told him it wasn’t about him and I guess he was ready to go.”

Cabrera had a slightly different take: “I said to Romine, ‘Calm down.’ He said, ‘I’m not (expletive) talking to you.’ I said, ‘Oh. Wow.’... So when I go to home plate, I tell him, ‘You got a (expletive) problem with me?’ He said, ‘Why?’ I said, ‘Because I tried to calm down things and you tried to act tough.’”

Girardi’s take: “I guess Romine’s just