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Jim Rice and Sox VP Crowley face off in Spring Training

March 13th, 1981

Boston Red Sox, fights

March 13, 1981, Boston Red Sox, Jim Rice, 13-Mar

March 13, 1981 Lakeland Florida, 28 year Boston Red Sox star slugger Jim Rice gets into a heated confrontation with 61 year old VP of PR Jim Crowley. Rice had parked his yellow Cadillac in Crowley’s spot that had been his for 16 years, it was the third year in a row Rice had done this to Crowley. The sign Crowley had installed was missing and was later found in an Orange grove. Crowley confronted Rice at the batting cages, with his teammates around and threatened to flatten Rice’s tires. Rice, didn’t appreciate that and told Crowley he would bash his windows in with his bat if he did that. The two went chin to chin and Rice grabbed his are and twisted it behind his pack. Crowley suffered an injury to the hand and was bleeding, he was treated by the team’s doctor.

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Baseball Reference March 13SABR Games Project
Retro Sheet

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