Tino's altercation over "not cleaning up balls"

Joe Williams · Aug 1, 2013

Can it be possible that a rookie with less than a week in the bigs blew off instructions from the Marlins hitting coach to pick up the damn balls around the batting cage? That apparently is what led to the altercation, which led to Martinez's dismissal:

MIAMI --- Tino Martinez's altercation with Marlins infielder Derek Dietrich stemmed from the player's refusal to clean up balls around the batting cage, multiple sources told The Post on Monday.

The former Yankees first baseman resigned as Marlins hitting coach on Sunday, after allegations surfaced he had verbally abused players, and in one specific instance made physical contact with Dietrich.

The physical contact, which Martinez later acknowledged happened - but said didn't involve grabbing the player's neck, as had been alleged - occurred after the rookie Dietrich, on his fifth day in the major leagues in May, ignored Martinez's order to pick up the balls around the batting cage, after Dietrich had finished hitting, the sources said.
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