Before the Orioles' game against Boston May 1, writers and broadcasters who regularly cover the Red Sox staked out the Orioles' clubhouse and elbowed their way into manager Buck Showalter's pregame news conference.
They were trying to relive the events of eight days before, when on April 23, Red Sox right-hander Matt Barnes threw a ball behind Orioles third baseman's Manny Machado head, earning himself an ejection and a four-game suspension.
That was ostensibly payback for Machado's hard slide at Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia April 21.
Showalter chose not to directly answer the question, saying the Orioles had too much respect for their opponents.
