May 21, 200322 yr Colon, Manuel Suspended 5, 1 Games Respectively By Mario Scalise May 21, 2003 SoxNet.net (SN Report #499) - As a result of last weeks bench-clearing incident with the Baltimore Orioles, Bartolo Colon and Jerry Manuel were handed suspensions by major league baseball on Wednesday. Last Thursday, May 15 against the Orioles at U.S. Cellular Field, Colon was ejected after hitting Jerry Hairston in the ninth, one inning after a warning was issued when Jorge Julio hit Magglio Ordonez in the back with a fastball. Colon will be suspended for five games, which will cause him to miss his next start against the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. Manuel recieved a one game suspension and will serve it on Friday, opening game against the Tigers.
May 21, 200322 yr So why the hell isnt Julio suspended? He clearly did that on purpose and strted all teh s***. And what about Harriston jr trying to strt a fight when his whole team was on teh field? bunch of bulls***. :fyou MLB
May 21, 200322 yr So why the hell isnt Julio suspended? He clearly did that on purpose and strted all teh s***. And what about Harriston jr trying to strt a fight when his whole team was on teh field? bunch of bulls***. :fyou MLB Damn straight. The Sox should try to appeal this s*** or something. Jorge Julio has better control than to hit Maggs right in the f***in back. God I hate the f***in MLB. CWSOX45
May 21, 200322 yr So, Joe Nossek will take Manuel's place, I presume, which isn't a BAD thing. Could spread some light on the fact that Nossek could be a good manager at this level.
May 21, 200322 yr So, Joe Nossek will take Manuel's place, I presume, which isn't a BAD thing. Could spread some light on the fact that Nossek could be a good manager at this level. Hell I don't care about Manuel getting a suspension. I'm pissed about Colon missing a start. CWSOX45
May 21, 200322 yr If I recall Nossek isn't thought of as that great of a manager. In all honesty it wouldn't shock me if our third base coach took over.
May 21, 200322 yr Hell I don't care about Manuel getting a suspension. I'm pissed about Colon missing a start. CWSOX45 Luckily it's against the Tigers...Whomever pitches in his spot is gonna get a relatively easy victory.
May 21, 200322 yr Julio got fined, but not suspended. why? no idea. terrible decision. To me he instigated it, but even he shouldn't of gotten anything. I think MLB has gotten way too knit picky with the whole suspension issue. Unless its a guy trying to start a fight, forget about it. Or if its something that is causing injury. In the case of this, Colon simply retaliated and nothing really happened out of it. Colon hit one guy and nowhere near the head. I think that was the Sox only hits batsmen of the series. Now it was intentional, but its part of the game. MLB shouldn't be stopping that, they should be figuring out how to increase attendance, and make baseball more competitive, etc.
May 21, 200322 yr Hell I don't care about Manuel getting a suspension. I'm pissed about Colon missing a start. CWSOX45 Luckily it's against the Tigers...Whomever pitches in his spot is gonna get a relatively easy victory. LOL. I'm not worried about that either, I'm just pissed cuz he's on my fantasy team! f*** those MLB bastards! :finger :finger CWSOX45
May 21, 200322 yr So, Joe Nossek will take Manuel's place, I presume, which isn't a BAD thing. Could spread some light on the fact that Nossek could be a good manager at this level. Jerry will be peaking out of teh tunnel giving orders just like he does when he gets tossed out of a game. It's a home game he's choosing so they have ways of communicating.
May 21, 200322 yr Could spread some light Ok, Heather, I am sorry, but I simply can't resist. The phrase is "shed some light." What one sheds, often in a dark place, is light. What one speads, often in a dark place, is, ah, something other than, ah, light.
May 21, 200322 yr Reinsdorf saves about $ 1/4 million in wages. That is wrong. The salary gets paid but it gets donated to a specific baseball charity.
May 21, 200322 yr Hell I don't care about Manuel getting a suspension. I'm pissed about Colon missing a start. CWSOX45 Luckily it's against the Tigers...Whomever pitches in his spot is gonna get a relatively easy victory. That's a little presumptuous, don't you think? There is a reason why the games are played on the field. Nothing at the pro level is certain.
May 21, 200322 yr I agree Julio should be suspended. But whatever. Well win on the field and rub our crap in the rest of MLBs face...
May 21, 200322 yr It's another typical BS decision from MLB offices. But, then again look who's running the outfit. I am not paranoid or anything, but their all out to get the Sox.
May 22, 200322 yr Luckily it's against the Tigers...Whomever pitches in his spot is gonna get a relatively easy victory. LOL. I'm not worried about that either, I'm just pissed cuz he's on my fantasy team! f*** those MLB bastards! :finger :finger CWSOX45 My words exactly, CWSOX45. This is total bulls***. Julio should have gotten suspended too. :finger
May 22, 200322 yr Besides umpire call and league office there is a SOX bias being shown .Sox hitters have been nailed 3 times as many as opposition but that is OK f*** this s***.
May 22, 200322 yr The difference is the both benches were warned after Julio hit Maggs. So, Colon hit Hairston after the warnings. But, I'm like Jason on this one. No one should be suspended. If anyone was it should have been Julio, since he was retaliating against Maggs because Maggs had been smoking the ball that day.
May 22, 200322 yr oh i knew this s*** would happen.... now tell me is there gonna be suspensions handed down from last nites bench clearing between oakland and the twins too???? of course not... it doesnt involve the sox so why would they........... :fyou mlb and this stupid s***..........go back to the days when players played and took their lumps too..........
May 22, 200322 yr Not only will there be no suspensions, there were no ejections... if can believe that. And that was AFTER both benches were warned.
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