Why The MLB Is Backwards
Following Tuesday night’s dugout clearing fight between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees, the MLB handed down suspensions to the 2 core culprits – Jorge Posada and Jesse Carlson. For their part in Tuesday night’s mle, Posada and Carlson each got 4-game suspensions. Their suspensions had been lowered to three games because neither Posada nor Carlson contested the penalty.
If someone might make clear to me how the league came up with four games each, I would genuinely appreciate it.
When it comes to how many games a player is hit with for his actions, it’s anybody’s guess. It appears to me there are no firm rules for penalties. That is a giant issue in my mind.
Let’s have a look at a couple of non-steroid linked suspensions that have been handed out thus far in ’09:
Does anybody else see what is ridiculous here? There’s no rhyme or reason for any of the suspensions.
How did Youkilis and Porcello get five games for inciting a dugout-clearing brawl, however Posada and Carlson only got three games? What did Youkilis and Porcello do differently that their brawl resulted in 2 more games?
In my belief, a dugout-clearing fight is a dugout-clearing brawl. They are like coincidences; there are no degrees.
How does Beckett get a 6-game suspension for pitching at someone’s head, although Zambrano becomes the same game suspension for beating up a water cooler? I did not know potentially ending someone’s career may be just as damaging as beating up an inert object.
This isn’t a Red Sox-Yankee dilemma – this is a common sense problem. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills even writing something like this. If you do A, you are hit with B. It’s as basic as that.
The MLB – and I mean you Bob Watson – needs to draw up a benchmark penalty for every infringement.
At present, it just doesn’t make a single bit of sense.
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