The New York Yankees have asked the baseball commissioner's office to award them a forfeit over Tampa Bay after the Devil Rays failed to arrive in time for the scheduled start of Monday's game in New York because of travel problems in Florida due to Hurricane Frances. ``The rule states that if your team is here and ready to play, and the other team isn't here and not ready to play, there should be a forfeit, and we believe there should be a forfeit,'' Yankees president Randy Levine said. ``There were plenty of opportunities to get out of Tampa on Saturday. The airports were open until 3 or 4 o'clock.'' Levine said. Devil Rays spokesman Rick Vaughn said the Devil Rays had never intended to leave before Monday. ``The only thing that entered our mind was being with our families during the hurricane,'' he said.
The Yankees are not a class act but Maria Sharapova sure is!!!! Even if she did loose in Mixed Doubles at the U.S. Open on Labor Day.
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