TEX-TOR brawl suspensions: Odor gets 7 games, Gibbons gets 3, Andrus & Bautista get 1

[YNWA14]

It was a great precedent for Odor to set. How many guys you think are gonna take a dirty slide into 2nd in the near future on Odor?

All joking aside maybe in the end all of this will help with the bad blood, especially with Prince just laughing it all off. I think he was a good person to hit at the end of the day. A little more protected than most from a bean, and a pretty easygoing personality.

 

[sparxx87]

It was a great precedent for Odor to set. How many guys you think are gonna take a dirty slide into 2nd in the near future on Odor?

All joking aside maybe in the end all of this will help with the bad blood, especially with Prince just laughing it all off. I think he was a good person to hit at the end of the day. A little more protected than most from a bean, and a pretty easygoing personality.

I don't think he scares anyone... If anything, I'd think he might be careful how he slides now... We've learned that punching people gets you lots of attention, free BBQ food and a weeks vacation.


Excellent precedent.

 

[Muston Atthews]

And Bautistas suspension is upheld... Another beautiful precedent that probably won't be upheld. Anyone who goes hard into second beware.

 

[TootooTrain]

I agreed with the original suspensions. I have no idea what their reasoning is in regards to the results of the appeals.

How does one get a game reduced from punching someone in the face?
How does one not atleast get a one game reduction from an action such as Jose's?

Bizaro.

 

[sparxx87]

I agreed with the original suspensions. I have no idea what their reasoning is in regards to the results of the appeals.

How does one get a game reduced from punching someone in the face?
How does one not atleast get a one game reduction from an action such as Jose's?

Bizaro.

I just don't understand what he's suspended for? The slide?

Isn't the rule to award the out on those slides? Did it warrant a suspension?

 

[robert terwilliger]

i think bautista's was for escalating the situation.

 

[sparxx87]

i think bautista's was for escalating the situation.

Puffing his chest out and acting tough?

You're probably right, but I'm not sure that's just either.... Oh well.


For those who love to hate Bautista - his response is that MLB is depriving it's fans of the opportunity to see him play! ... I thought he was joking...

 

[Del Preston]

Bautista was the guest PA announcer when Pillar came up to bat a few minutes ago.

 

[King Mapes]

i think bautista's was for escalating the situation.

What about the pitcher/manager that started it all?

 

[robert terwilliger]

i'm not saying i agree with it, just that it was likely how mlb felt the issue was handled.

 

[King Mapes]

i'm not saying i agree with it, just that it was likely how mlb felt the issue was handled.

Okay well in that case I agree with you and disagree with the decision.

 

[Voight]

i think bautista's was for escalating the situation.

Meanwhile Odor tries to throw the ball at his head, and actually throws a punch and gets his suspension reduced

 

[hoglund]

MLB made another big mistake and being inconsistent on their discipline is not going to make many happy.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

I just don't understand what he's suspended for? The slide?

Isn't the rule to award the out on those slides? Did it warrant a suspension?

Dirty slides, and bowling over the catcher for that matter, are way more dangerous than getting thrown at. So long as the pitch isn't 100 mph at my head, taking a fast ball on the thigh, ribs or ass, while painful, is a helluva lot better than getting cleats in the knee on a slide that takes the player three feet past 2nd.

 

[Muston Atthews]

Dirty slides, and bowling over the catcher for that matter, are way more dangerous than getting thrown at. So long as the pitch isn't 100 mph at my head, taking a fast ball on the thigh, ribs or ass, while painful, is a helluva lot better than getting cleats in the knee on a slide that takes the player three feet past 2nd.

His cleats were down

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

His cleats were down

Exactly. It was a 'sending a message' type thing as much as the intentional pitch was.

 

[King Mapes]

Exactly. It was a 'sending a message' type thing as much as the intentional pitch was.

Yup. People act like he went Utley on him. Sure it was late and was to send a message but it wasn't overly dangerous.