Ubaldo Jimenez hit Troy Tulowitzki in what seemed to be the climax of a war of words:

A war of words turned ugly today as the Indians’ Ubaldo Jimenez hit Rockies’ shortstop Troy Tulowitzki in the back with a fastball on the first pitch of his at-bat.

Jimenez then raced toward the plate in the first inning, motioning for Tulowitzki to come toward him. Teammmates quickly got between the players as benches emptied. Tulowitzki left the game for a pinch-runner. And Jimenez was not ejected.

Ubaldo complained about the way he was treated by the Rockies, and Troy stood up for the team. Luckily, the Indians and Rockies don’t meet again in the Regular season. Now I’m hoping for a Cleveland-Colorado World Series! 🙂