Girardi angry after prospect is hurt in collision

Joe Girardi was seething yesterday after a Tampa Bay Rays minor-leaguer crashed into Yankees catching prospect Francisco Cervelli on a play at the plate in the ninth inning, fracturing the 22-year-old's right wrist.

"I think it's uncalled for," a visibly angry Girardi, a former catcher, said minutes after Elliot Johnson knocked Cervelli out of the Rays' 4-1 exhibition win at Legends Field. "It's spring training. You're going to get people hurt. That's what we got. We got Cervelli hurt. I'm all for playing hard, but I don't think it's the time when you run over a catcher." Continue