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NY Post: Yankees claim Jacoby Ellsbury went behind their backs as money fight escalates

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If only Jacoby Ellsbury had inspired this much fire and fury when he actually played for the Yankees.

Ellsbury, long ago a worthy foe when he wore a Red Sox uniform, now finds himself immersed in a heated battle with the Yankees, who released him Wednesday, for what’s left of the historically awful, seven-year, $153-million contract he signed in December 2013 — as well as, possibly, some of the money he already has pocketed.