I don't know if I can recall another time I've seen this. The Royals fined Bentacourt for dropping a fly ball in a half-assed manner.http://deadspin.com/5535383/royals-set-dangerous-cash+for+errors-precedent
I've seen that happen before, but it doesn't get publicized too often. There also have been managers who have walked out on the field and removed a lacksadaisical player. I know that Gil Hodges did it to Cleon Jones. But some other manager did it more recently, but I can't remember who it was.
Charlie Manuel pulled Jimmy Rollins once and Bobby Cox pulled Yunel Escobar twice last year.
Didn't Cox once yank Andruw Jones in mid-inning, too?