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Originally Posted by JRutledge
I do not think anyone has said that a player does not deserve to be suspended. The fact that this incident happen to an umpire and the fact the reality this umpire might not have been properly trained in are two separate issues.
I also do not agree with a lifetime ban. I can see this player being suspended the entire season but that is not going to happen either. I think anywhere from 30-50 would not upset me. This is also not my decision.
Peace
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What??? Did you actually think before you wrote that second sentence?
It hurt my head so much that I asked the four year old down the street to translate it. He says that you are implying that this umpire may not have been adequately trained how to prepare himself for being hit by a thrown bat. Is that what you meant? No, his younger sister said that you may have meant that he wasn't properly trained to officiate that game, although the video clearly shows he handled it exactly as the 'real' guys would have. Did you mean that?
You couldn't possibly have thought that he wasn't capable of working that level of ball since D1 umpires and ex-Minor Leaguers have been working that park since the season began. Watch more than the fifteen second clip and you'll see a pro at work.
By the way, the Baseball America article points out the lunacy of the AMLU justifying their cause through this incident. "If a replacement umpire hadn't been there, this wouldn't have happened." Right...
Read Young's apology on ESPN.com and you'll see that he knows (has been told!) that his actions were reckless. His history of acting like a horse's *** make him the perfect poster child for the AMLU - only not the way they would prefer. I guess that naming the umpire to the AP and saying that he probably brought it on himself are their way of supporting their brother umpires. Chalk this up as another blown call by the union and that pinhead IL crew chief (I won't name him).