Devil Rays prospect throws bat at plate umpire

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Originally Posted by ncump7

Sorry to disagree with you. He threw the bat at a scab who has disrespected our brothers in blue. I guess this shows that the gloves are coming off in dealing with the "replacements". These guys have been babied by Minor League Baseball since the strike began. If they were treated like the real umpires, they would not be there, the games would not be played, PBUC would have to deal with the umps, and the entire farce would be over. I don't wish an injury on anyone, but the scab was in the wrong place at the wrong time. What have they done to earn respect? Stab our fellow umpires in the back. Not much respect for that from either the players, or other umpires.

Well, maybe the next guy will just forget about the toss and just turn and crack em across the face with the bat.

And hopefully his wife and kids will be at the game to see it live, that'll really teach those scabs.

Some of you union guys are unbelievable. As soon as I saw the headline for this story I thought the first thing that would happen is that the guys on strike would blame it on the umpire, saying he caused it or wasn't trained enough or didn't have enough experience. If you really think that young wouldn't have THROWN his bat at a so-called "real umpire" then I really need to have some of what you guys are smoking.