Brett Lawrie was suspended for four games yesterday, appealed, played last night and went hitless. Today he has reconsidered, dropped his appeal and will begin serving his four-game punishment. I suspect this has something to do with the personnel moves the Jays made today, making them better able to weather the temporary loss of Lawrie. Or,…
Baseball player that is. What they do with their bikini line is their own business. The Blue Jays just announced that they have demoted the struggling Adam Lind to triple-A Las Vegas and have called up Yan Gomes to take his place. The Jays say that, once Gomes plays in the game, he’ll be the first Brazilian player…
Vladimir Guerrero officially reported to the Toronto Blue Jays minor league complex in Dunedin, Florida on Tuesday. However, MLB and Blue Jays fans alike shouldn’t expect to see the veteran slugger make an appearance in the majors anytime soon. The Blue Jays said that Guerrero will have to earn his way to the majors and [...]
Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie was suspended four games by Major League Baseball for his “aggressive actions toward Umpire Bill Miller”. MLB released a statement handing down the suspension and undisclosed fine to Lawrie for “throwing his helmet in Miller’s vicinity”. Lawrie has decided to appeal MLB’s ruling. … [visit site to read [...]
There’s a side to Brett Lawrie‘s story. That’s what he said after appealing the four-game suspension handed down by MLB on Wednesday. Lawrie, of course, spiked and hit umpire Bill Miller with his helmet during Tuesday’s game. And he’s not really sorry about it. “The only thing I regret is the helmet hitting him,” Lawrie…
No matter the circumstances, no major league umpire should ever feel unsafe on the field. MLB simply didn’t do enough to protect its men in blue Wednesday by handing Brett Lawrie a mere four-game suspension for his outburst in Tuesday’s game. Lawrie’s helmet spike was no mere accident. I’m certainly not going to argue that…
Just got the press release from MLB: Third baseman Brett Lawrie of the Toronto Blue Jays has received a four-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for his aggressive actions toward Umpire Bill Miller, which included throwing his helmet in Miller’s vicinity, during the bottom of the ninth inning of last night’s game against the Tampa…
The latest outright assignments from around MLB… The Indians announced that they outrighted Dan Wheeler to Triple-A Columbus. The right-hander, who was designated for assignment over the weekend, must accept the minor league assignment. The Blue Jays announced that they outrighted right-hander Trystan Magnuson off of the 40-man roster to the Dunedin Blue Jays (via Sportsnet.ca’s [...]
Brett Lawrie is still going to get suspended, it seems, but any of you who were saying this was or should be a Delmon Young/bat toss situation are going to be disappointed because, according to Danny Knobler of CBS Sports.com, Joe Torre acknowledges that Lawrie was not trying to hit the ump with his helmet on purpose:…
Home plate umpire Bill Miller probably didn’t expect to get this type of reaction when he rung Toronto Blue Jays third baseman
