Reds, Yankees players have 5-minute stare-down after national anthem: 'A little competition within the game'

NEW YORK (AP) — Graham Ashcraft and the Cincinnati Reds won a stare-down with the New York Yankees even before finishing their three-game sweep.When the national anthem ended ahead of Thursday's game, Ashcraft and fellow Reds pitcher Carson Spiers remained in front of the visitors' dugout on the third-base side of Yankee Stadium while New York pitchers Ian Hamilton and Cody Poteet held out on the first-base side.Their showdown extended for more than five minutes as players ignore