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MLB players police unwritten rules for acceptable conduct

NEW YORK (AP) — Hall of Famer Joe Morgan knows that for more than a century, baseball players have policed themselves.

Like it not.

Seven months after Jose Bautista's famous bat flip against Texas in the AL playoffs, he got hit by the Rangers and responded with a hard takeout slide that led to a brawl Sunday.

"If you were willing to show the other team up and to do that, then you've got to be willing to take what goes with it," Morgan said Monday.

Baseball is likely to issue discipline on Tuesday for the weekend fight, which led to six of the eight ejections in Toronto's 7-6 loss.