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Yuli Gurriel suspended five games, in 2018, for actions in World Series Game 3
L.A. Times ^ | 10/28/2017 | Bill Shaikin

Posted on 10/28/2017 1:27:35 PM PDT by granite

Yuli Gurriel, one of the key hitters for the Houston Astros, was suspended for five games without pay at the start of the 2018 season after television cameras caught him making a gesture and mouthing a word with racial overtones during Friday’s game.

Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the suspension at 1:05 p.m. PDT during a news conference in Houston after he met with Gurriel on Saturday before the Astros were to play the Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series.

Gurriel also will have to undergo sensitivity training.

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To: dfwgator

At the very least it’s unsportsman like conduct which will get you busted in any sport.


41 posted on 10/28/2017 1:57:54 PM PDT by discostu (Things are in their place, The heavens are secure, The whole thing explodes in my face)
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To: Ronald_Magnus

To quote someone quite close to me...

The Cuban community is not burdened with white guilt...


42 posted on 10/28/2017 1:58:39 PM PDT by csivils
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To: angelrod

IMO, the punishment is too harsh. One game suspension is enough.

If he’d been playing for the 49ers and done it on the 50 yard line, no one would have said a word. Guess that’s the difference between the MLB and the Felon League.


43 posted on 10/28/2017 1:59:00 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Alberta's Child

Hard to believe that’s making fun of the way somebody else looks.


44 posted on 10/28/2017 1:59:28 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: granite

The City Houston will announce an Asian-American Sensitivity Week...


45 posted on 10/28/2017 2:00:40 PM PDT by Lexington Green (Sun Tzu Trumps Saul Alinsky)
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To: granite
Too bad he didn't just try to rip Darvish's throat out like that psychopath Imadong Sue did the other night.

Just a chump-change fine for that one.

46 posted on 10/28/2017 2:04:51 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: granite

I don’t know who Yuli is, but this baseball commissioner will do this for gestures... they pick and choose what is punishable. We have a bunch of weak and feminized men who think this is how to run a team.. or a business...

To clarify... the reason he was cited was for a gesture and lip reading.... who set the standards.. and when.. is it just the current popular thing to do.. to tear down statues of past historic figures because they reportedly “owned slaves”... How far back do they go and for how long must we pay for the “sins” of 100 - 200 years ago.. how about dragging robert byrd in for a hearing... he’s guilty... but he’s a democrat... can’t do that.


47 posted on 10/28/2017 2:06:34 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: bagster

I’ve worked with Philippinos who have made that gesture about each other, saying that another person also from the Philippines had (their word) “chinky” eyes. I had never heard that term before. It is from Asians that I learned the term Driving While Asian, a self deprecating term said with laughter.

I have no opinion on whether a baseball player should be punished for that conduct, which may well be justified. I think it is smart to penalize him away from affecting the World Series. I’ll agree with that.


48 posted on 10/28/2017 2:13:14 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: bagster

Actually the pitcher is Japanese, although the guy called him a “chinito” which means “little Chinaman” in Spanish.


49 posted on 10/28/2017 2:14:27 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: granite

He’s got nothin’ on Ty Cobb.


50 posted on 10/28/2017 2:16:19 PM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Ronald_Magnus

Agree.


51 posted on 10/28/2017 2:16:53 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Yaelle
Driving While Asian, a self deprecating term said with laughter.

A friend was asked the following riddle by a Korean businessman. (Pronounce each word phonetically:)

Q: "How do you brind [blind] a Asian woo-man?"

A: "Poot a wind-shee-ud in funt of huh!"

(Uproarious laughter.)

52 posted on 10/28/2017 2:23:03 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: Hugin
Actually the pitcher is Japanese,

Certain segments of Mexicans refer to all Asian people as "chinos" even other Mexicans that have slanty eyes. Yes, chino literally means China, but it's a catch-all phrase for our little oriental brothers and sisters to the Mexicans.

This includes Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hmong, Viet Cong, Cambodian, Laotian, and any other chino-like race you can think of. I'm only assuming that Cubans are the same. I've only met a handful of them.

Storytime. One of the funniest things I ever heard was watching these Mexican gang bangers bustin' on this Hmong gang banger and calling him "Chopsticks."

53 posted on 10/28/2017 2:30:04 PM PDT by bagster ( Mama tried to raise me better.)
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To: granite

Dodgers need to bean the bastard in tonight’s game...that way he can start his suspension while it means something


54 posted on 10/28/2017 2:30:56 PM PDT by Dont tread and Live
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To: granite

Sit him now


55 posted on 10/28/2017 2:34:42 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Dont tread and Live

Cuban guy makes bad gesture. Japanese guy is classy about it. Media wants another Ferguson.


56 posted on 10/28/2017 2:34:45 PM PDT by bfkirk
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To: Dont tread and Live
Dodgers need to bean the bastard in tonight’s game.

That's the way these things used to be settled.

57 posted on 10/28/2017 2:44:20 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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To: granite

NFL players kneeling during the National Anthem is offensive. Why are they not suspended?


58 posted on 10/28/2017 2:49:58 PM PDT by freedom1st
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To: granite
Yuli Gurriel, one of the key hitters for the Houston Astros,

This makes no Sense, How in the hell can a White Hispanic be accused of anything other than murdering a boy that could have been Obama's son :)

59 posted on 10/28/2017 2:54:24 PM PDT by DanZ (><P>)
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To: Lexington Green
The City Houston will announce an Asian-American Sensitivity Week...

I would not bet on that, the Chinks in Houston do not like the Vietcong, and no-one likes the Koreans. They may be as bad ad the Gypsies :)

60 posted on 10/28/2017 2:59:30 PM PDT by DanZ (><P>)
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