Ex-Tiger Fernando Rodney shakes off Miguel Cabrera's outburst

Tom Gage The Detroit News Comments St. Petersburg, Fla. — And how did the Rays view the pitch Fernando Rodney threw in the 10th inning —the high-and-inside pitch, which Miguel Cabrera didn’t like Saturday night? “It seems he might have been upset,” Rays’ manager Joe Maddon said of Cabrera, “and I really don’t know why. But it looked like he was. “There was no intent. I was kind of surprised.” Rodney struck out Cabrera swinging on the pitch after the inside pitch and reacted in an animated way about it. “You can have fun when you hit a home run,” Rodney said after the game. “I can have fun when I get a strikeout.” Of the 1-2 pitch, Rodney said, “You have to pitch inside sometimes. If you’re a...