Retaliation

The New York Yankees are a professional franchise.  They do everything by the book and follow almost every written rule.  There are some unwritten rules, like getting retaliation on other teams that they don't do.  Pitchers and teams retaliating and hitting guys on the other team after your guys get hit is an ago old unwritten rule.  This is not only an unwritten rule but its expected amongst teams.  When your pitcher hits a batter, everyone on your team starts fearing that they my be next.  You have to somewhat pick your spots when hitting the other teams batters because you don't want the hit batter to effect the outcome of the game.  The other night five Yankees either got hit (A-Rod broke his hand) or almost got hit by Seattle pitching.  After all these Yankees got hit, no Mariners got hit.  I am pretty sure the Mariners were expecting something but it never happened.  You don't want this to get things out of hand.  The veterans on the team or the coaches should take charge of this if it doesn't happen.  The Yankees and Manager Joe Giradi are not above this, it is expected around the league and has been for years.  The Yankees and Mariners play again next week, and something has to happen, if it doesn't happen one game its carries over to the next.