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Post by timdaye on Aug 5, 2011 16:00:12 GMT -5
Who appointed Tony LaRussa keeper of the unwritten rule book?
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Post by FredFan7 on Aug 5, 2011 16:24:22 GMT -5
Who appointed Tony LaRussa keeper of the unwritten rule book? Nobody appointed him to such position, thus the reason that so many non-Cardinals fans despise him.
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Post by cball1985 on Aug 5, 2011 23:22:25 GMT -5
So far no video of it, but Brian Knight ejected the Blue Jays manager.
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Post by cball1985 on Aug 5, 2011 23:23:41 GMT -5
The benches cleared in the Phillies V Giants game. It is a west coast game, and I am tired so when the video becomes avalible someone please post it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2011 23:41:10 GMT -5
It was on BBTN. As usual the umpires just stood there doing nothing and watching.
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Post by FredFan7 on Aug 5, 2011 23:49:42 GMT -5
It was on BBTN. As usual the umpires just stood there doing nothing and watching. It used to be that umpires would wade into the middle of the brawl. Some umpires were injured in those. Really, what can four umpires do when there's a dog pile of 50 players. Now the mechanic is to try to stop it, but if the benches clear, stand back and take numbers. Plus, some umpires were accused of being too aggressive in breaking up fights (Joe West throwing down Dennis Cook in 1989 or 1990), so to avoid liabilities (including tying up a player while another one belts him), they stay back.
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Post by FredFan7 on Aug 6, 2011 8:55:54 GMT -5
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Post by JAYJAYSTRIPES on Aug 6, 2011 9:10:13 GMT -5
Looks like a few days off and a few IOU's to the league office will be forthcoming. It will be interesting how the sort out the perpertrators from the game films, it was a real cluster nut of a situation
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Post by zcr57 on Aug 6, 2011 9:58:55 GMT -5
The benches cleared in the Phillies V Giants game. It is a west coast game, and I am tired so when the video becomes avalible someone please post it. Yet another example of idiotic announcers, criticizing rookie umpire Mike Muchlinski for not "taking charge" of the situation. It looked like he was going to toss Ramirez, but he had to restrain Victorino to prevent all hell from breaking loose. I think the SF catcher deserves the heftiest fine and suspension. Had he not gone after Polanco, not much would have come of this.
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Post by zcr57 on Aug 6, 2011 10:02:21 GMT -5
It was on BBTN. As usual the umpires just stood there doing nothing and watching. Muchlinski tried to restrain Victorino, which leaves 3 umpires trying to calm down 50+ players and coaches.
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Post by cj on Aug 6, 2011 11:30:43 GMT -5
Ah come on....a couple of major penalties for fighting...just pass a rule that the first identiable player to leave the bench receives an automatic suspension. Once the NHL did that, bench clearing brawls were a thing of the past....the umpires can handle a couple of fights and toss the perps as long as the benches don't empty. If the NHL could do it, so can mlb.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2011 12:22:35 GMT -5
Ah come on....a couple of major penalties for fighting...just pass a rule that the first identiable player to leave the bench receives an automatic suspension. Once the NHL did that, bench clearing brawls were a thing of the past....the umpires can handle a couple of fights and toss the perps as long as the benches don't empty. If the NHL could do it, so can mlb. But then Dud Selig would lose his edge. The way umpiring is going and the way that MLB disrespects its umpires, they might as well go with the honor system like golf.
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Post by howard63 on Aug 7, 2011 16:19:22 GMT -5
Paul Nauert had to leave the Reds-Cubs game due to apparent heat exhaustion. The Reds announcers seemed to think Paul tried to hang in there a bit too long as he had been visibly struggling for a while. Doug Eddings replaced Nauert behind the plate.
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Post by FredFan7 on Aug 7, 2011 16:37:40 GMT -5
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Post by cball1985 on Aug 7, 2011 22:26:24 GMT -5
Paul Nauert had to leave the Reds-Cubs game due to apparent heat exhaustion. The Reds announcers seemed to think Paul tried to hang in there a bit too long as he had been visibly struggling for a while. Doug Eddings replaced Nauert behind the plate. Here is the video of Nauert leaving the game. mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17772123
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