Tony La Russa defends D-backs

Arizona Diamondbacks chief baseball officer Tony La Russa defended his club Tuesday against the criticism it has received for the apparent retaliation against Pittsburgh Pirates star Andrew McCutchen last weekend.

"I don't see where the Diamondbacks should catch all this [expletive] they're catching," La Russa told reporters, according to azcentral.com.

McCutchen was hit in the back by a pitch from Arizona reliever Randall Delgado on Saturday night. Though Delgado said the pitch got away from him, the Pirates suspected it was payback for Diamondbacks star first baseman Paul Goldschmidt suffering a season-ending broken left hand a night earlier when hit by a pitch from Pittsburgh reliever Ernesto Frieri.

The Pirates said McCutchen has been diagnosed with an "avulsion fracture involving the costochondral cartilage of the left 11th rib," and that it will continue to evaluate his progress.

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What else do you expect from a teabagger? This retaliation shit needs to stop.