After Tuesday night's bench clearing brawl between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees, the MLB handed down suspensions to the 2 major culprits - Jorge Posada and Jesse Carlson. For their role in Tuesday night's fracas, Posada and Carlson each got four-game suspensions. Their suspensions had been scaled back to three games because neither Posada nor Carlson appealed the penalty.
If someone might explain to me how the league came up with 4 games for both of them, I'd really appreciate it.
When it comes to how many games a competitor gets for his actions, it's anyone's guess. It seems to me there are no set rules for suspensions. That is a giant dilemma in my mind.
Let's take a look at two non-steroid linked suspensions that have been handed out thus far in '09:
Does anybody else see what's ridiculous here? There is no rhyme or reason for any of the suspensions.
How did Youkilis and Porcello receive five games for provoking a bench-clearing fracas, however Posada and Carlson only got three games? What did Youkilis and Porcello do differently that their brawl resulted in two more games?
In my opinion, a bench-clearing fight is a bench-clearing fight. They are like coincidences; there are no degrees.
How does Beckett receive a six-game suspension for throwing at someone's head, however Zambrano becomes the same game suspension for roughing up a water cooler? I did not realize possibly ending someone's career could be just as damaging as roughing up an inanimate object.
This isn't a Red Sox-Yankee dilemma - this is a reasonable issue. I feel as if I am taking crazy pills even writing something such as this. If you do A, you receive B. It's as basic as that.
Major League Baseball - and I am talking about you Bob Watson - needs to draw up a benchmark penalty for each violation.
At present, it just doesn't make any sense.
If someone might explain to me how the league came up with 4 games for both of them, I'd really appreciate it.
When it comes to how many games a competitor gets for his actions, it's anyone's guess. It seems to me there are no set rules for suspensions. That is a giant dilemma in my mind.
Let's take a look at two non-steroid linked suspensions that have been handed out thus far in '09:
Does anybody else see what's ridiculous here? There is no rhyme or reason for any of the suspensions.
How did Youkilis and Porcello receive five games for provoking a bench-clearing fracas, however Posada and Carlson only got three games? What did Youkilis and Porcello do differently that their brawl resulted in two more games?
In my opinion, a bench-clearing fight is a bench-clearing fight. They are like coincidences; there are no degrees.
How does Beckett receive a six-game suspension for throwing at someone's head, however Zambrano becomes the same game suspension for roughing up a water cooler? I did not realize possibly ending someone's career could be just as damaging as roughing up an inanimate object.
This isn't a Red Sox-Yankee dilemma - this is a reasonable issue. I feel as if I am taking crazy pills even writing something such as this. If you do A, you receive B. It's as basic as that.
Major League Baseball - and I am talking about you Bob Watson - needs to draw up a benchmark penalty for each violation.
At present, it just doesn't make any sense.
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