{"id":81438,"date":"2020-10-04T11:36:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T08:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/yankees-on-what-it-will-be-like-sharing-hotel-with-rival-rays\/"},"modified":"2020-10-04T11:36:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T08:36:51","slug":"yankees-on-what-it-will-be-like-sharing-hotel-with-rival-rays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yankees-on-what-it-will-be-like-sharing-hotel-with-rival-rays\/","title":{"rendered":"#Yankees on what it will be like sharing hotel with rival Rays"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Yankees on what it will be like sharing hotel with rival Rays<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n With the Yankees and Rays locked down in the same resort hotel in Carlsbad, Calif., up the Pacific Coast from San Diego, don\u2019t expect the AL East rivals, who have been chirping at each other for the past several years, to trade verbal barbs in the lobby.<\/p>\n

Each team has made it a point to say the focus is on winning the upcoming best-of-five ALDS and not coming out of the dugout to gather at home plate and yell at each other.<\/p>\n

Still, there is no denying the animosity is real. Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier reminded everybody of that on Friday and Brett Gardner didn\u2019t try to calm the turbulent waters Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cListen, the feeling is probably mutual,\u2019\u2019 Gardner said when asked Saturday of Kiermaier saying neither team likes the other one. \u201cThe last several years a lot of back and forth and they got the best of us this year. Arguably the best team in baseball and had a really good season. Obviously, ran away with the division and I feel it is up to us to come out and play better against these guys.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Having lost eight of 10 to the AL East champions this season, the Yankees certainly have to improve in the best-of-five affair, which opens Monday at Petco Park.<\/p>\n

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Brett Gardner and Kevin Kiermaier<\/span>AP; Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Emotions spilled over on Sept. 1 at Yankee Stadium when the Rays believed Aroldis Chapman buzzed Mike Brosseau\u2019s head with a 101-mph fastball because of Tampa Bay\u2019s habit of throwing up and in to Yankees hitters.<\/p>\n

While no punches were thrown, the quotes made headline writers happ<\/a>y. Managers Kevin Cash and Aaron Boone were suspended for one game<\/a> each and Chapman received a three-game ban. He appealed and it will be resolved next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously some drama between the two teams during the course of the season, but for me, for our group, the focus is simply on winning each and each and every day and trying to find a way to beat these guys in a five-game series<\/a> and move onto the ALCS,\u2019\u2019 Gardner said. \u201cJust put all of our energy and focus into that and go out and play the way we did against Cleveland and not worry about the things that happened in the past.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

And what about seeing a Rays player in a hallway or lobby?<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw a few [on Friday night and Saturday morning]. Said, \u2018Hey,\u2019 and kept walking. Obviously, it\u2019s not ideal, but it is the cards we have been dealt and I feel we got a group of guys who are very professional,\u2019\u2019 Gardner said before the Yankees worked out at Petco Park on Saturday. \u201cIt may not be ideal, but it is a big resort and we got a lot of space and so far it has been good.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Gardner said there isn\u2019t a Ray who he would try to avoid and Zack Britton doesn\u2019t feel there will be a need for security to referee disputes in the hotel between the teams.<\/p>\n