Indians closer Chris Perez has been fined $750 by Major League Baseball for a “reckless” message on his Twitter account after a benches-clearing incident in Kansas City.
After pitchers for the Indians and Royals hit batters, touching off two benches-clearing incidents last Saturday, Perez posted a message on his account that said: “Huge team win tonight; time for a sweep to tell the Royals it’s not ‘Our Time’, it’s (hash)TribeTime. P.S. You hit us, we hit you. Period.”
On Wednesday, Perez received a fine from major league baseball’s Joe Garagiola Jr., who told Perez he “demonstrated a reckless disregard for the safety of the players on both clubs.”
Perez told the team’s website that he’s “not going to change the way I tweet.” Perez said doesn’t think he broke any rules.
Perez earned his fourth save Thursday for the Indians, who open a three-game series in Oakland on Friday.
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