NEW YORK — Just over a minute into his post-game interview session, Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia finally came out and said what has seemed obvious for a year now about him and the Rays:
“There’s no love lost.”
The source of that scorn remains a mystery, whether it’s personal, organizational or deeper. (Maybe it’s just that traffic getting to the Trop for weeknight games.) The veteran lefty, who is retiring after this season, declined to elaborate.
But his feelings have certainly been made clear, once again Tuesday night when what seemed like an innocuous strikeout of Avisail Garcia, to end Sabathia’s sixth and final inning, turned into the latest thing between him and the Rays, at least the fourth incident since September.