Posted on 06/17/2005 3:37:12 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Angels reliever Brendan Donnelly was suspended 10 games by Major League Baseball on Friday for having pine tar on his glove during a game against the Washington Nationals.
Angels manager Mike Scioscia and Nationals manager Frank Robinson were suspended for one game apiece and fined an undisclosed amount for screaming at each other after Robinson had umpires inspect Donnelly's glove for a foreign substance in the top of the seventh inning during the Nationals' 6-3 victory Tuesday.
Donnelly was ejected without throwing a pitch, and Scioscia then came face-to-face with Robinson. Both benches emptied and several players pushed and shoved each other.
Donnelly appealed the suspension and will play until his case is heard. Robinson has also appealed his suspension and his case will be heard on Monday.
Scioscia was scheduled to serve his suspension Friday night when the Angels hosted the Florida Marlins.
It's too bad Donnelly didn't have steriods in his glove, he might have gotten off with a warning.
How did Robinson know?
I guess when your ERA doubles, you try something different...too bad.
Jose Guillen
I'm guessing they got tipped, and took a gamble that he'd have it.
NOTHING gets past a wiley old veteran/coach.
It's amazing what they can catch.
Didn't I just hear in Wednesday's game that the last pitcher charged with pine tar violations only served a two day suspension ?
After you said that, I went and read this, which clears it up.
I have to say...while I don't like guys cheating, and applaud Robinson for asking for the inspection, Guillen seems to be nearing psychosis, and has what appears to be a vendetta against Scioscia and the Angels.
That was my immediate thought as well.
Don "The Gerbil" Zimmer couldn't catch Pedro a couple of years ago...
Astonishing. A major league pitcher attempting to cheat. Why can't they all be honest, clean, and upright like Gaylord Perry?
Yes, it was Guillen who couldn't keep himself under control last year. The Angels did what few sports teams have ever done and suspended him even though it really hurt them in the playoffs. He is such a loser!
Robinson also fabricated the story about Donnelly handing Kennedy sand paper. Wiley old veteran? More like ornery old fart. Soscia simply told him he was gonna have every one of his pitchers stripped and Robinson started screaming. I get so annoyed when these old guys think they can act like they are 40 years younger and be tough guys. Soc would have dropped him in a heartbeat and then everyone would have jumped all over him even though Robinson was without a doubt the aggressor. Like two years ago when the old guy from the Yanks (drawing a blank on his name) wnet after Pedro in the playoffs and Pedro just kind of pushed him to the ground. Everyone was all over Pedro...
See post # 11.
BINGO!
I saw it after I posted, I hate the brain farts!
I was watching that game. It was hilarious. Pedro had more self-control than I would have.
Robinson said he knew Donnelly was cheating by viewing videos which doesn't seem truthful, isn't truthfulness also part of the integrity of the game ?
Then Donnelly was ejected without throwing a pitch, the crime had not even occurred yet which doesn't seem respectable to make an accusation of cheating till it actually happens...
While the Nats outfielder the next night caught a ball off the ground and held it up in his glove, trying to cheat the call!
A harsh penalty for Donnelly since the guy who tried to catch a fly ball that hit the ground got no suspension for trying to cheat,, makes good publicity, more people out to the park and everyone wins...except Donnelly...
Alright...I gotta ask this. How the heck can a pitcher cheat using pine tar? I remeber ole Gaylord Perry and his vaseline years ago. It seems to me that the tar would stick out like a sore thumb on a white baseball.
Can someone explain this?
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