If Milton Bradley touches an umpire with one atom’s worth of the brim of his helmet, it’s a two game suspension.
If Jermaine Dye throws his helmet and it hits an umpire in the chest, it’s, um, a two game suspension.
White Sox right fielder Jermaine Dye received a two-game suspension and was fined an undisclosed amount for his actions in Wednesday’s 4-0 loss at Cleveland.
In the sixth inning of the game, Dye took a called third strike with the bases loaded and two outs. He flipped his bat and slammed his batting helmet to the ground before being ejected by home-plate umpire Mike DiMuro.
Dye’s helmet bounced up and hit DiMuro. DailyHerald.com Blogs.
Mr. Bradley, your reputation precedes you.
But umpire Paul Schreiber can put both his hands on Magglio Ordonez, and all he has to do is apologize.
Apparently, the “no contact” rule only goes one way.
Yeah, that was pretty bogus. At first, my reaction was: what’s the big deal? all the ump did was gently touch Magglio’s back to help him along back to the dugout.
And then I realized, wait. A gentle touch after an argument is all it would take to get a Cub suspended for a week.