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By Ben Watanabe
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Having battled back into the MLB playoff race, the Boston Red Sox are showing some fight at the minor league level, too.
Monstrous Single-A outfielder Justin Gonzales let his bat and then his hands do the talking against Hub City on Wednesday. After lifting a titanic home run to left field to extend Greenville's lead, Gonzales appeared to take issue with something said by the opposing catcher as Gonzales crossed home plate.
As teammates attempted to separate the two, Gonzales landed a hand across the catcher's facemask.
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Red Sox personality Hunter Noll posted the entire incident, including the homer and the benches subsequently clearing, on X.
To give credit where it's due, challenging the 6-foot-5, 210-pound Gonzales takes serious guts. And the 19-year-old did seem to take his sweet time rounding the bases, to be fair.
After a mostly blasé first half from the organization, it's almost jarring to see the Red Sox show so much spunk at every level. From the big leagues, where the Red Sox just reeled off a 15-game win streak, to the minors, where prospects are jacking bombs and causing brawls, this is suddenly an organization that isn't backing down.
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