Do you think for one minute athletes would behave like these guys do (did) if they knew the penalty would be a lifetime ban from play?
But NO, we can't do that, too much money involved, so we have to allow these creeps to set a pathetic example for our youth.
...after which he will return to find he has earned an incredibly large strike zone.
back when I was growing up, this would never have happened..back then (mid-60's) if someone hit a home run off of Bob Gibson or Don Drysdale, the next batter up KNEW he was gonna hit the dirt on the first pitch..they'd get up, dust themselves off and play ball..today if that happens, there's words, then a fight, then suspensions..players get away with it precisely because no one will do anything about it..after all, to a player making 2 mil a year (or 20), what's 20k as a fine?
The rule should be, you start something, you sit the equivelant of 162 games..it'd be a start..
Ahhh...more good news from the world of baseball.
Bump!!! 50 years suspension is more appropriate. Of course, he just might engage Cynthia McKinney's lawyer and tactics.
I have no love for the guy, but P.J. Carlesimo was apparently such an utter and complete pr!ck that most people in NBA circles were happy to see that someone had the b@lls to do that to him.
Robby Alomar is the one who spit on the umpire.
The suspension should have been for the entire season, but banning him forever is a bit harsh, given that the ump wasn't hurt. Had he been hurt, that might have been different.
Maybe this will be the guy's wakeup call. But if something else like this happens again, he's gone.
He might as well hang them up now, because even if he does come back, he will never get a call in his favor again.
Elephants and Umpires have the longest memories of any species.
This is a real good example of why I don't follow professional sports any more. Illiterate thugs with bad attitudes acting out just isn't interesting to me. And I'm certainly not willing to pay for the "privilege."
He should have been arrested and charged with assault, at a minimum.
Didin't he get suspended for unapproved juice earlier this year or late last season?
Wow- #1 overall pick. Obviously a spoiled brat who feels entitled to act that way.
Agree. The league has no cojones. Umps should call it a stee-RIKE every time he's pitched a ball for the rest of his career.
this is old news
He ought to be put in jail.
"I'm a rapper and I'm OK, I rap all night and I sleep all day ..."
If I was the umpire, I would be filing asault charges.
Wow, another black baseball player with a really sucky attitude! I was wondering when we would get the next Barry Bonds-type player. Maybe Jesse and Cynthia can council him and help him lose his pent-up anger. What a crock.