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Phillies: Joe Girardi Wanted to Fight former Hitting Coach Kevin Long, Not Max Scherzer

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 10: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Derek Jeter #2 of the New York Yankees with manager Joe Girardi (L) and hitting coach Kevin Long against the New York Mets at Yankee Stadium on June 10, 2012 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Yankees defeated the Mets 5-4. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

The rules weren’t as stringent when now-Phillies manager Joe Girardi was leading the Yankees, but there were rules, and his Yankees broke them.

In 2014, then-Yankees starter Michael Pineda – now with the Twins – was caught using pine tar multiple times and suspended for ten games.