Joe Girardi attempts to take high road as Yankees gets down and dirty

The Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays have two more face-to-face (or is it in-your-face?) opportunities in March to figure out just how spring training games are supposed to be played, and judging from Wednesday's mystifying mayhem, that probably won't be nearly enough.

Which means this could be the making of a beautiful rivalry, with the potential of injecting spice and spikes into what were once 18 ho-hum affairs on the schedule. Obviously, the Rays have heard it long enough that nice guys finish last, and, like Howard Beale, they're just not gonna take it anymore. Continue