Rockies reliever Mike James fought the cab driver who brought him to Cinergy Field for a game Thursday night and wound up with scrapes and torn clothes.

        James said the driver went in the wrong direction, then took offense when he told him to turn around. They fought after the driver dropped him off at a stadium gate.

        The right-hander said he wasn't seriously hurt. He didn't plan to file a police report.

        Rockies manager Buddy Bell talked to James after he arrived in the clubhouse.

        James had scrapes above his eye, on his cheek and along the side of his neck following the fight. He also tore his pants.

        He said the cab driver went in the wrong direction after picking him up from the team's downtown hotel, heading past Paul Brown Stadium and away from Cinergy Field.

        “I made him turn around so it wasn't expensive,” James said. “He took exception to my choice of words.”

        He said they fought a few minutes later when he got dropped off.

        “It's not a big deal,” said James, 34.

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