[Mr. Mojo]

"Derek Lowe is going to be paid back for that sign,'' Tejada screamed hysterically through the clubhouse, shouting expletives. "My kid is in the stands. He's going to pay.'' Oakland general manager Billy Beane escorted the crying Tejada away.

I'm certainly not going to defend Lowe's (alleged) actions, but Tejada is out of control. If his kid is going to remember anything about this series, it'll be that his dad batted .087 and committed a huge baserunning error that might've cost his team the series.

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[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Sore losers on the part of the A's.

[arkfreepdom]

I sure didn't see anything.

[danneskjold]

Tejada = Sore / Loserman

[Hoverbug]

Oakland general manager Billy Beane escorted the crying Tejada away.

He was crying! Was he crying?? There's no crying in baseball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hb

[Rennes Templar]

"To have that done is absolutely classless and unprofessional."

More and more professional athletes are behaving less and less professionally.

[geedee]

They still play professional baseball in the U.S.?

I stopped watching when Bowie Kuhn gave the keys to the bank to the robbers. Hell, it costs nine gazillion dollars for a family of four to just park at one of those taxpayer-subsidized whorehouses. And they now sell programs with white-out and an eraser so you can change the roster as trades are made on an hourly basis.

[PRND21]

I'm certainly not going to defend Lowe's (alleged) actions...

fwiw, he did it. (crotch-slam gesture aimed at the A bench)
Nomar will get plunked with a fastball next year because of it. (another reason to ban the DH)

[Ruth A.]

I must admit that I didn't watch it and don't know if the allegations are true.

...escorted the crying Tejada away.
and the headline both gave me the same impression of the A's: What a bunch of crybabys. I thought they used to be a tougher team, back in the days of Catfish Hunter.

How frustrated can you get when you get paid that much to play baseball for a living?

[IpaqMan]

Viewing Lowe's arm gestures after the strikeout on tape, I saw nothing that he doesn't ordinarily do after a big strikeout. He swung his fists around in a vertical circle similar but not quite the same as Tiger pumping his fist. On one such circle, he brought his fist downwards towards his midsection like a pump movement. This movement was not obvious or blatant like a Michael Jackson gesture.

Obviously, someone could misinterpret it but Lowe was not staring down anybody at the time. Many closer type pitchers have a celebratory gesture on making the big strikeout (Flash Gordon, Urbina come to mind) and it does upset the strikeout victim.

[mhking]

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[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

hey tejada put some ice on it and go golfing.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

We used to call him Derek "Lowe and Outside" here in Seattle. ; )

[exmarine]

It doesn't matter- the Yankees will give Boston its usual and expected drubbing.

[NittanyLion]

If the A's could've at least managed a swing at one of two called strike 3's they might not be crying.

[TheCrusader]

I watched the game and did not see Derek Lowe do any such thing. But I did see Tahara crying a couple time.

[jwalsh07]

I don't know what Lowe did or didn't do after it was over but even I, a Yankee fan, was close to crying after watching two professional ballplayers take a called third strike with runners on second and third and down by one.

If Tejada wants to cry about something, that would be a darn good place to start.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

``Derek Lowe is going to be paid back for that sign,'' Tejada screamed hysterically through the clubhouse, shouting expletives. ``My kid is in the stands. He's going to pay.''

And how much are you going to pay Barry Zito to throw a bean ball at Lowe?

Ooops, that's right Mr. Tejada, Derek Lowe doesn't bat in the AL.

Sour grapes. Loser.

[KneelBeforeZod]

I didn't see Lowe do anything that Eckersley didn't do ALL THE TIME.

the people with no class were in the stands.

An unidentified Oakland Athletics (news) fan gets restrained after he and a group of other fans were seen taunting Boston Red Sox (news) Damian Jackson (news) after Jackson collided with Johnny Damon (news) in the seventh inning in game 5 of the American League (news) Division Series playoff game, Monday, Oct. 6, 2003 in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

tejada...STFU