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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Correct me if I am wrong, but Winters said something to his partner and his partner said something to Bradley. Then when Bradley got on base, he was confronted by him. That does not sound like sticking his nose into anything. I will always have my partner's back. I have no problems on Winters telling his partner about a player's action.
Peace
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I think the sequence of events was something like this...
The PU rings up Bradley, who throws has bat. The PU doesn't take much notice of the thrown bat.
Winters informs the PU that Bradley threw his bat at him.
When Bradley comes up again, the PU mentions the incident to Bradley and, apparently, adds that the 1st base umpire had told him about it.
Bradley gets a hit and reaches first.
When Bradley arrives at 1st, words are exchanged between Bradley and Winters. It is unclear who started it, but I suspect it probably started with Bradley saying something to Winters.
Even if Bradley "started it", Winters should not say anything that would put fuel on the fire ... which apparently he DID.
There is plenty of blame to go around - of that I'll agree.
David Emerling
Memphis, TN