Mark Teixeira shrugged it off when a fifth-inning fastball grazed his right shoulder on Wednesday at Tropicana Field, thinking it nothing more than an errant offering from Rays right-hander Matt Garza.

But Garza revealed it was more than that to reporters after the Yankees’ 6-2 victory, saying that he had intentionally thrown at Teixeira as retaliation for a Joba Chamberlain fastball that sailed over Evan Longoria’s head in the fourth inning

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With all the scouting reports, video surveillance and word of mouth available to today’s hitters about today’s pitchers, nothing really prepares the uninitiated. First-hand exposure to tomorrow’s starter is essential. Unfamiliar pitchers almost always are at a significant advantage at least one time through the batting order.

Or, in the case of Johan Santana vs. the Rockies on Thursday afternoon, three times through the order. Before Thursday, none of the 229 starts, 1,673 innings or 25,837 pitches in Santana’s big league resume had involved the Rockies. But the two sides were introduced shortly after noon ET, and what followed was support for the notion that unfamiliarity breeds confusion.

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The experiences of 15 seasons spent on big league diamonds allow Johnny Damon the perspective to consider his career in a broader sense.

And with each passing milestone, the Yankees outfielder realizes he has achieved some special things. Damon experienced another on Monday, when he slugged his 200th career home run — a three-run ninth-inning shot that helped New York post an 11-4 win over Tampa Bay to open this three-city road trip.

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Citing but not specifying continued misbehavior on the part of Mets vice president of player development Tony Bernazard, general manager Omar Minaya dismissed the senior official on Monday.

The dismissal of Bernazard, 52, a former big league second baseman and players’ union executive who had joined the Mets in 2004, stunned no one close to the club after media reports that he had confronted a team employee, challenged Minor League players to a fight and challenged Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez. Minaya used the phrasing “multiple incidents” to characterize what the investigation had uncovered but declined to say whether the incidents reported by The New York Daily News were among them.

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