Torre, Manuel Discuss Brushbacks
14th October, 2008 - 9:38 am
Philadelphia Inquirer - Dodgers' Manager Joe Torre and Phillies' skipper Charlie Manuel discussed the brushbacks that occurred in Game 3 of the NLCS on Sunday that nearly led to a brawl.

"I think we've become a lot more sensitive," Torre said Monday. "Umpires are more sensitive; players are more sensitive these days."

"I think nowadays, the way guys jump back from a ball and the way that they act like you about killed them when you throw inside and miss them, umpires, they see that. And I also think that, at times, the umpire is reluctant to call a ball inside," Manuel added. [READ]

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