Following Tuesday night's dugout clearing melee between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees, Major League Baseball gave penalties to the two foremost figures - Jorge Posada and Jesse Carlson. For their role in Tuesday night's fracas, Posada and Carlson both got 4-game suspensions. Their suspensions happened to be lessened to 3 games since neither Posada nor Carlson contested the penalty.
If someone can explain to me how the MLB came up with four games each, I'd really appreciate it.
When it comes to how many games a player is hit with for his actions, it's anyone's guess. It seems to me there are no set guidelines for suspensions. That's a big dilemma in my mind.
Let's take a gander at a couple of non-steroid linked suspensions that have been handed out so far in 2009:
Does anyone else see what is wrong here? There's no rhyme or reason for any of these suspensions.
How did Youkilis and Porcello receive five games for provoking a dugout-clearing mle, although Posada and Carlson only received 3 games? What did Youkilis and Porcello do differently that their clash resulted in two extra games?
In my opinion, a bench-clearing brawl is a dugout-clearing fight. They are similar to coincidences; there are no levels.
How does Beckett get a six-game suspension for aiming at someone's head, although Zambrano gets the same game suspension for beating up a water cooler? I did not realize possibly ruining someone's career might be just as detrimental as roughing up an inert object.
This isn't a Red Sox-Yankee dilemma - this is a very rational dilemma. I feel like I'm off the rocker even discussing something such as this. If you do A, you receive B. It's as simple as that.
Major League Baseball - and I am referring to you Bob Watson - has to come up a benchmark penalty for each breach.
Right now, it just doesn't make a single bit of sense.
If someone can explain to me how the MLB came up with four games each, I'd really appreciate it.
When it comes to how many games a player is hit with for his actions, it's anyone's guess. It seems to me there are no set guidelines for suspensions. That's a big dilemma in my mind.
Let's take a gander at a couple of non-steroid linked suspensions that have been handed out so far in 2009:
Does anyone else see what is wrong here? There's no rhyme or reason for any of these suspensions.
How did Youkilis and Porcello receive five games for provoking a dugout-clearing mle, although Posada and Carlson only received 3 games? What did Youkilis and Porcello do differently that their clash resulted in two extra games?
In my opinion, a bench-clearing brawl is a dugout-clearing fight. They are similar to coincidences; there are no levels.
How does Beckett get a six-game suspension for aiming at someone's head, although Zambrano gets the same game suspension for beating up a water cooler? I did not realize possibly ruining someone's career might be just as detrimental as roughing up an inert object.
This isn't a Red Sox-Yankee dilemma - this is a very rational dilemma. I feel like I'm off the rocker even discussing something such as this. If you do A, you receive B. It's as simple as that.
Major League Baseball - and I am referring to you Bob Watson - has to come up a benchmark penalty for each breach.
Right now, it just doesn't make a single bit of sense.
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