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It all started when a reporter asked Price why catcher Devin Mesoraco had not traveled with the team during last weekend’s games against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Price apparently felt it was too nosy of a question.
The manager was worried that opposing teams might read reports of his explanation and use it to gain a competitive advantage against the Reds, whose season is off to a slow start. The team was 5–7 before tonight’s win over the even weaker Brewers.
Rosencrans reports:
“What followed was a five-minute, 34-second expletive-filled tirade.