jbooma Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 The amazing thing about this article is the post beat ESPN and CNNSI by 20 minutes http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23782-2003Jun6.html Associated Press Friday, June 6, 2003; 12:40 PM CHICAGO - Sammy Sosa was suspended for eight games by major league baseball Friday for using a corked bat. The Cubs slugger will appeal the suspension, said Jim Hendry, the team's general manager. The appeal will make Sosa available for a four-game series against the New York Yankees. "We support him in his appeal," Hendry said. "We have no reason to believe it was anything more than a one-time incident. We will support him and his right exercise and appeal." The appeal had to be filed before Friday's game so he could play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 He got off easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishhead Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 He should've been fined, along with the 8 game suspension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsbadd Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 This appeal thing pisses me of, Whats to appeal? he clearly used the Bat. Why should he even have the option of an appeal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 Because the Yankees are coming into town this weekend. He's appealing just to delay the start until he's on a road trip. It's a common practice for all suspensions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milliondollarslim Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 he gets to appeal so he can play against the Yanks and draw a bigger crowd and some folks can make more money. but the appeal IS part of the process and is his right in the MLB rules. this is getting more coverage than a Super Bowl star trying to run over his wife and kid with a Hummer!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taryl69 Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 He got caught red handed so they definitly should of suspended him without an appeal, but this is the first time since the 1938 World Series that these two teams have meet at Wrigley field AND Roger Clemens is going for his 300th win against fellow Texan Kerry Wood, so it was pretty much a given that he was going to play somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKurp Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 This is excerpted from yesterday's USA Today. Advantages in questionHitters often believe that a corked bat gives them an advantage. Players drill a hole and fill it with cork, then close the hole with glue and sawdust. The bat is lighter without giving up mass, and players are able to get around on a fastball faster. Or so the theory goes. But some experts say cork fillers reduce the distance a ball can be hit, about 3 feet on a 400-foot drive, according to Robert K. Adair, author of The Physics of Baseball. Adair writes that the same advantages can be gotten by choking up on the bat about an inch. So, putting aside the rules violation, let's say this is true, that a corked bat does NOT give the hitter any advantage. Does the violation then warrant an 8 day suspension? Should Sosa's homerun ability be tarnished? Just so it's understood. I'm no fan of Sosa's. In fact, I don't like any player that doesn't play for the Texas Rangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROSTY28 Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 I think Rick Reilly should ask him to take a steroid test again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phat Hog Posted June 7, 2003 Share Posted June 7, 2003 Light punishment - no fine with right to appeal... you knew this was going to happen. He means too much to baseball right now - not that I'm a fan (until DC get's a team ! !). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor The Invincible Posted June 7, 2003 Share Posted June 7, 2003 Did you say a corked bat doesn't give him any advantage? It will make the bat lighter, and thus and advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuckinIA Posted June 7, 2003 Share Posted June 7, 2003 Originally posted by TheKurp In fact, I don't like any player that doesn't play for the Texas Rangers. He used to play for them. Of course he was VERY small then:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardi gras skin Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Baseball...I love baseball. Everytime I watch parts of a game (has anyone ever WATCHED a whole game?), it reminds me just how special football is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsFan01 Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 maybe i'm a little harsh, but he should be banned from baseball. he is a professional and he was caught cheating. it is his responsability to grab the correct bat, dont give me that 'one time mistake" how do we know? if his bat hadnt broke, we still wouldnt know. Do you honestly think he would have told the mlb officials about it if the bat didnt break(assuming he realized it was corked when he got back to the dug-out)?hell no. the question is how many times has he done this and got away with it before, i'd be willing to bet that it was more than once. i dont follow baseball too much, but i heard he was going through a slump, and he accidently grabs a corked bat that helps with distance, coincidense? you be the judge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Craig Nettles was caught in the 70s with a bat stuffed with rubber balls. He got no suspension. 8 games is the norm now. His other bats were tested and they were clean. He spoke the truth. It was a BP bat that he grabbed by mistake. He should pay the price (8 games) and his records should not come into question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 What's baseball? Can't we just deport him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 Originally posted by Kilmer17 Craig Nettles was caught in the 70s with a bat stuffed with rubber balls. He got no suspension. 8 games is the norm now. His other bats were tested and they were clean. He spoke the truth. It was a BP bat that he grabbed by mistake. He should pay the price (8 games) and his records should not come into question. I believe there was nothing at the time in the rulebooks that prevented Nettles from doing what he did. When that occurred - baseballl quickly corrected their oversight. As for Sosa - he knew full well which bat he had. No major league player in unaware of what bat they are using - their bats are their babies. Hell, they won't even let their own teammates touch them usually. Sosa tried to bend the rules - he got caught - and now he will have to sit out his time. He should be have been suspended without pay (IMHO) - but I guess 700k+ is a lot of $'s to fine someone.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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