Clemens and Torre get suspended..5 and 1 respectively

AGGiE · Post #1 » by **AGGiE** » Thu Aug 9, 2007 10:23 pm

New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens has been suspended for five games and fined an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing a pitch at Alex Rios of the Toronto Blue Jays in the bottom of the seventh inning of the game on Tuesday, Aug. 7 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto after warnings had been issued to both Clubs earlier in the game. Bob Watson, Vice President of On-Field Operations for Major League Baseball, made the announcement.

Pending appeal, the suspension of Clemens is scheduled to begin on Friday, Aug. 10, when New York plays at Cleveland. If appealed, the suspension will be held in abeyance until the process is complete.

In addition, Yankees manager Joe Torre has been suspended for one game and fined an undisclosed amount for the intentional actions of Clemens after warnings had been issued earlier in the game. Torre is scheduled to serve his suspension on Friday night.

Also receiving undisclosed fines for their roles in the incidents during Tuesday's game were New York's Alex Rodriguez and coaches Larry Bowa and Tony Pena and Toronto's Matt Stairs and Josh Towers and coach Brian Butterfield.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/ ... p&c_id=mlb

mets87 · Post #2 » by **mets87** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:47 am

clemens is a **** ****

suns32 · Post #3 » by **suns32** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:24 am

mets87 wrote:clemens is a **** ****

STFU

cmaff051 · Post #4 » by **cmaff051** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:38 am

mets87 wrote:clemens is a **** ****

No comments from the peanut gallery please.

34Celtic · Post #5 » by **34Celtic** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:44 am

Thats the job of Mets fan's though...they are the Penut Gallery for us.

stro4swift · Post #6 » by **stro4swift** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:11 am

That's awesome.

:lol:

risktaker91 · Post #7 » by **risktaker91** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:47 pm

They should get 52 each. A-Rod fined 25 million.

Post #8 » by **nykgeneralmanager** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:11 pm

risktaker91 wrote:They should get 52 each. A-Rod fined 25 million.

And you should make a normal, insightful post. But if that happened, the world may end...so on second thought, continue your ways until you get banned or something.

cb4_89 · Post #9 » by **cb4_89** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:21 pm

i don't really care. Id be pissed if Rios got injured or something. But we hit their best player and they went after ours. No hard feelings.

risktaker91 · Post #10 » by **risktaker91** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 2:28 am

nykgeneralmanager wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

And you should make a normal, insightful post. But if that happened, the world may end...so on second thought, continue your ways until you get banned or something.

I'm not getting banned for telling you that IMO he deserved a longer suspension.

And if Torre got banned for 52, it only does the Yankees a favor. :lol:

Post #11 » by **nykgeneralmanager** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 2:39 am

risktaker91 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

I'm not getting banned for telling you that IMO he deserved a longer suspension.

And if Torre got banned for 52, it only does the Yankees a favor.

Oh trust me I agree. I was talking about Clemens :lol:

Silk Wilkes · Post #12 » by **Silk Wilkes** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:30 am

Let's see...

NY 1) A-Rod messes up the easy pop up catch for Howie Clark
TOR 1) Jays throw behind A-Rod
NY 2) One of the Yankees takes a very hard slide into second base (which took him past the bag) and takes out John McDonald
TOR 2) Towers hits A-Rod in the leg
NY 3) Clemens hits Alex Rios in the back
TOR 3) Still to come...I guess

I think that's how it went. I got no hard feelings towards Clemens because he did what a good teammate would do. However, A-Rod is making stupid mistakes on a team like the Yankees. I don't think Derek Jeter would ever try to distract an opponent like A-Rod did. Nevertheless, Clemens has to be punished (with a 1 game suspension in essence) but I'm not sure about Torre. Also, if what I listed was correct, everyone's assessment of "the Jays should be punished too" is a bit hasty seeing as they still didn't pick up Alex Rios getting hit yet.

Post #13 » by **nykgeneralmanager** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 4:06 am

Youngblood wrote:Let's see...

NY 1) A-Rod messes up the easy pop up catch for Howie Clark
TOR 1) Jays throw behind A-Rod
NY 2) One of the Yankees takes a very hard slide into second base (which took him past the bag) and takes out John McDonald
TOR 2) Towers hits A-Rod in the leg
NY 3) Clemens hits Alex Rios in the back
TOR 3) Still to come...I guess

I think that's how it went. I got no hard feelings towards Clemens because he did what a good teammate would do. However, A-Rod is making stupid mistakes on a team like the Yankees. I don't think Derek Jeter would ever try to distract an opponent like A-Rod did. Nevertheless, Clemens has to be punished (with a 1 game suspension in essence) but I'm not sure about Torre. Also, if what I listed was correct, everyone's assessment of "the Jays should be punished too" is a bit hasty seeing as they still didn't pick up Alex Rios getting hit yet.

Since ARod's HA, the Yankees are 43-21. And obviously he is not only the MVP of the team but of the league. Why bring Derek Jeter into this, it's just stupid to. Say what you will, but that one little stupid play (which happens a hell of a lot more than you would think, people just don't notice it because it happened to work this time) turned the Yankees season around.

mets87 · Post #14 » by **mets87** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 10:55 pm

correlation = causation.

oh wait, no it doesn't. wtf are you on bro, i want some

Post #15 » by **nykgeneralmanager** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:07 am

mets87 wrote:correlation = causation.

oh wait, no it doesn't. wtf are you on bro, i want some

It's called a Yankee high. Some day, if your team is ever good enough, you may be fortunate enough to enjoy it, too.

mets87 · Post #16 » by **mets87** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:22 am

oh boy, you really struck a nerve there. i'm so angry. :lol:

ah, yankee fans. gotta love 'em.

xstockholmsyndromex · Post #17 » by **xstockholmsyndromex** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:05 pm

mets87 wrote:
yankee fans. gotta love 'em.

Damn right you do!

jeff1624 · Post #18 » by **jeff1624** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:53 pm

mets87 wrote:oh boy, you really struck a nerve there. i'm so angry.

ah, yankee fans. gotta love 'em.

FUNNY how badly we sucked the 1st 2 months of the season yet we have a better record than the mets playing in the AL.... Damn the mets suck....

34Celtic · Post #19 » by **34Celtic** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:31 am

mets87 wrote:oh boy, you really struck a nerve there. i'm so angry.

ah, yankee fans. gotta love 'em.

Gotta love us because we root for a team with a better record than the Mets

risktaker91 · Post #20 » by **risktaker91** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:32 am

Even though the Yankees have so many haters and are the most hated franchise in North American Sports, they are also the most exciting team to watch. You cannot disagree with that...the way their offense explodes and the comebacks they go on.