So…Odor gets eight days, a $5,000 fine, and Bautista nothing? Really?
Gibbons got three days.
Nice job, Torre.
So…Odor gets eight days, a $5,000 fine, and Bautista nothing? Really?
Gibbons got three days.
Nice job, Torre.
Fan Interference 
Gonna wait for official word from MLB, because multiple sources are reporting different things “unofficially”. Sportsnet is reporting (unofficially) that Bautista got 1 game, which isn’t much but it isn’t “nothing” (which I don’t see anywhere in your linked article). Sportsnet’s tally:
Odor – 8
Gibbons – 3
Chavez – 3
Andrus – 1
Bautista – 1
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Yes, ESPN did not have that at the time. They’ve updated to reflect what you saw.
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doesn’t make them less of spineless wankers, though
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Concur.
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A bunch of liberal pansies can’t take a good ol ruckus.
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Suspensions and fines are socialistic.
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Kiwi, holy shit. I am swooning. 🙂
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Oh my gosh, you guys, we’ve been blessed with the presence of Kiwi!!!
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I know, right? A kiwi sighting is a rare and beautiful thing. Enjoy it. A true and sharp wit.
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Bautista shouldn’t get anything. He slid hard but clean. Right at the base, spikes low. He could’ve done some real damage to Odor but didn’t…
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Not to mention that his illegal slide already carries a penalty, which MLB had already applied.
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The penalty was applied quite nicely by Odor.
I am really enjoying the beating we are giving your team. 🙂
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12-2. It’s a nice punch.
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That slide was not clean…that slide would have been considered dirty last year and was already against the rules (the “new” rules don’t actually outlaw anything that wasn’t already illegal, they just let umpires change how they call games without admitting they’ve been ignoring the rules…just like the “new” catcher rules, which aren’t anything new either).
If you are already past the base before your ass touches the ground and you are targeting a guys standing leg as he makes the turn, it is not a clean slide.
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He was going for a clean break.
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Nice. That made me laugh.
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No, that slide was illegal by the old rules and the new rules created to enforce the old rules. Bautista was clearly retaliating like the coward and jerk he is for the hit by pitch towards an innocent and defenseless player. His level of assjackery needs to be punished. He also illegally slid into Logan Forsythe earlier this season, remember? Bautista needs to learn to play by the rules. Fortunately for him, my rooting interest has taken the high road. So far.
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Plus, after the game he even admitted that the slide was intended to “send a message”….with the only possible message being, “if you hit me with a pitch, I’m going to try to injure a player on your team”.
Odor is no saint, but that is completely irrelevant. There is no morality which states that if a person is predisposed to fight that it is okay to assault them.
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