[sumo] [getting off-topic] Police To Charge Tokitsukaze Oyakata

[Robert Hovestadt]

There in lies my problem with MLB. It is possibly the only professional
sport where a player can do something with the intent to injure and no be
tossed out of the game immediately. That is simply unacceptable when a
pitcher can purposely throw baseball 90+ mph at a batter and all he gets is
a slap on the wrist.  What happens when an NFL player intentionally spears
another player with his helmet? He is tossed from the game immediately. MLB
needs to take out the warning first crap when it is clear that it was
intentional.

Bob H.


On 9/28/07, Jeanne Hedge <jhedge at rcn.com> wrote:
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> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:10:28 -0400
> >From: "Robert Hovestadt" <sherlockiama at gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [sumo] [getting off-topic] Police To Charge Tokitsukaze
> Oyakata
> >To: "Sumo Mailing List" <sumo at webtrek.com>
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> >I will agree with most of what you said here.
> >Unfortunately I do not agree that there is a problem with a pitcher
> >throwing pitches high and tight. Those pitches are meant to
> >get the batter to back off the plate they are not meant to hit
> >the batter.  The problem I have with MLB is that obvious incidents
> >of pitchers throwing at batters are not dealt with immediately.
> >I have seen numerous occassions in the last month where
> >pitchers have purposely hit batters and all that is given is a
> >warning.
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> The rules require a warning first, of both pitcher and manager, *if* the
> umpire feels it's intentional. If they do it (intentionally) again in the
> game, they get ejected, and usually suspended and fined. If there's been a
> warning, and another pitcher comes in and does it, ejections etc happen.
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> Regards,
> Jeanne Hedge
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