March 15, 2008...10:45 am
Unfairness in suspensions?
Everybody knows the suspensions Shelley Duncan, Melky Cabrera, and Jonny Gomes got handed to them last Friday. Duncan and Cabrera were suspended for 3 games, going into effect opening day. Jonny Gomes was only suspended for 2 games. The question I’m asking is this: are the suspensions unfair?
What Shelley did was wrong, no doubt. You don’t go slide spikes high aiming at a player’s cahones. What Melky did was wrong too, even though nobody even noticed he hit Evan Longoria in the back of the head while watching the game.
But why do Duncan and Cabrera get 1 more game then Gomes? He was just as aggressive as they both were. Gomes was the one that started the bench clearing. If he hadn’t gone after Shelley like he did, there would have been a brawl in the first place.
Gomes should have gotten the same suspension. Period.
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