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Old 06-03-2007, 07:38 PM
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Piniella suspended indefinitely

According to the Associated Press, "Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella was suspended indefinitely and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball on Sunday for his latest dirt-kicking tirade against an umpire... Piniella was ejected in the eighth inning of Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves." How long do you think he'll be out, and will this ultimately help or hurt the Cubbies?
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Old 06-03-2007, 07:45 PM
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According to the Associated Press, "Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella was suspended indefinitely and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball on Sunday for his latest dirt-kicking tirade against an umpire... Piniella was ejected in the eighth inning of Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves." How long do you think he'll be out, and will this ultimately help or hurt the Cubbies?
Well I would say they would be fine, this may actually help them..
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Re: Piniella suspended indefinitely

I didn't see the contact with the ump ???
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Old 06-03-2007, 08:25 PM
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I didn't see the contact with the ump ???
Baseball claims there was. I haven't seen video of it yet, so I dunno.
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I didn't see the contact with the ump ???
I saw where he kicked dirt on shoes but hasnt he did that before..
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Baseball claims there was. I haven't seen video of it yet, so I dunno.
lou kicked the guy once all thr other contact was the ump waving his finger in lous grill in other words the ump needs longer suspention the lou
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Re: Piniella suspended indefinitely

I saw the dirt kicking also, but saw no contact. This has to be a body of work suspension as he has done this several times. Has he ever been suspended for a tirade before?
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Piniella's suspension set at four games

Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella's suspension was set at four games Monday by Major League Baseball for his weekend dirt-kicking tantrum against an umpire. The commissioner's office originally planned to suspend Piniella for five games, then reduced the penalty by one game after the manager spoke with John McHale Jr., MLB's executive vice president for administration.Piniella started serving the penalty Sunday, when baseball said he was being suspended indefinitely pending his talk with McHale.
He was ejected by umpire Mark Wegner in the eighth inning of Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves at Wrigley Field after Angel Pagan was thrown out trying to steal third.
Piniella ran onto the field and kicked dirt as he argued and tossed his cap. The commissioner's office said Piniella made contact with Wegner, an allegation the manager denied.

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Piniella needs to go on Nutra-System. Does he know how ridiculous he looks in a uniform?
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Old 06-05-2007, 09:11 AM
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Wow, this was a very harsh punishment for Pinella...

I think MLB should suspend umpires after they make ridiculously stupid calls...
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Piniella needs to go on Nutra-System. Does he know how ridiculous he looks in a uniform?
lou can join his buddy jon kruk and not be so disgusting

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wow this was very harsh punishment for pennilla ...

i think MLB should discipline umpires after they make reduciulys stuppid calls
did u hear the former umpires on the dan patrick show saying that its the managers fault saying the managers up stage them well if the umps would just ingonore the managers and keep their trap shut then this wouldnt matter
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Re: Piniella suspended indefinitely

That's pretty steep for Piniella.

Four games for one blown top? Not equivalent.
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