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Rays upset with Lee's slide into Iwamura
June 22
St. Petersburg Times
 
Akinori Iwamura isn't sure if Carlos Lee is the largest man he has ever had bearing down on him at second base, but the Astros DH is the first to attempt to tackle him. Lee's apparent tug at Iwamura's legs after being forced out during a potential inning-ending double play in the eighth inning ? preventing a throw and allowing the go-ahead run to score from third ? drew manager Joe Maddon from the dugout but no sanction from umpire Bob Davidson. It also puzzled the second baseman, who admired the hustle but not the method. "I've gotten spiked before. I've never gotten 'handed' in my baseball career," Iwamura said through an interpreter. "It felt like American football-style tackling."

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