Delmon Young called up by Tampa Bay

[NCCubFan]

He was called up to replace Jonny Gomes, who went on the DL to have season-ending shoulder surgery.

 

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[soccer10k]

He should not be playing professional baseball this year.

[Soriano12]

Lets not toss any bats Delmon

[Soriano12]

He should not be playing professional baseball this year.

 

Some said the same thing about Paplelbon this spring.

 

Tampa is as close as it gets to the minors anyways.

[soccer10k]

He should not be playing professional baseball this year.

 

Some said the same thing about Paplelbon this spring.

 

Tampa is as close as it gets to the minors anyways.

 

I was referring to the bat incident and the fact that I think he should have been suspended for the remainder of the year.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

He should not be playing professional baseball this year.

 

Some said the same thing about Paplelbon this spring.

 

Tampa is as close as it gets to the minors anyways.

 

No, he thinks Young should still be suspended for the bat flip.

[stitchface]

the minors would be professional baseball anyway.

[Soriano12]

yeah..he probably should been benched for the year.

 

I heard he pleaded insanity..his defense..he is in the Devel Rays organizatin.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

yeah..he probably should been benched for the year.

 

I heard he pleaded insanity..his defense..he is in the Devel Rays organizatin.

 

The D-Rays have a brighter immediate future than the Cubs.

[UMFan83]

Way to teach him a lesson Tampa....

 

Thank GOD Detroit and Tampa Bay don't play the rest of this season. With Delmon and Dimitri in the same zip code, good things simply can not come from it

[Drew Doughty]

Way to teach him a lesson Tampa....

 

Thank GOD Detroit and Tampa Bay don't play the rest of this season. With Delmon and Dimitri in the same zip code, good things simply can not come from it

 

great things can come from it. in the form of an online comic about a baseball chatroom.

[UMFan83]

Way to teach him a lesson Tampa....

 

Thank GOD Detroit and Tampa Bay don't play the rest of this season. With Delmon and Dimitri in the same zip code, good things simply can not come from it

 

great things can come from it. in the form of an online comic about a baseball chatroom.

 

Yes, in fiction. I doubt either of us want those things to happen in real life :)

[Drew Doughty]

Way to teach him a lesson Tampa....

 

Thank GOD Detroit and Tampa Bay don't play the rest of this season. With Delmon and Dimitri in the same zip code, good things simply can not come from it

 

great things can come from it. in the form of an online comic about a baseball chatroom.

 

Yes, in fiction. I doubt either of us want those things to happen in real life :)

 

i dunno, it'd be pretty amusing.

[soccer10k]

the minors would be professional baseball anyway.

 

Yeah, I guess I should have clarified. I meant what you are implying: that Delmon Young should not be allowed to play professional baseball in any league in 2006.

[fiver]

 

No, he thinks Young should still be suspended for the bat flip.

 

 

no real need to delve into this again, but I can't resist....flip?

[Soriano12]

yeah..he probably should been benched for the year.

 

I heard he pleaded insanity..his defense..he is in the Devel Rays organizatin.

 

The D-Rays have a brighter immediate future than the Cubs.

 

Well see how their young talent matures at the major league level.

 

They are stacked position player wise..I don't know what they have in terms of young pitching outside of Kashmir.

 

I highly doubt they will be anything evermore than a .500 ballclub because they refuse to go out and spend some $$$ on veterans to get them to the next level.

[neely crenshaw]

not to say this is ok but let's put this in baseball context...he got 50 games for incidently? hitting an umpire with a bat..but a guy who physically-intentially attacks another man gets 5 games and that's ok?

 

sports in general has a screwed system of discipline....kill someone and get to play...cover up a murder by your friends..get to play ball

set up one of the largest drug deals and get to play

[RichHillIsABeast]

not to say this is ok but let's put this in baseball context...he got 50 games for incidently? hitting an umpire with a bat..but a guy who physically-intentially attacks another man gets 5 games and that's ok?

 

sports in general has a screwed system of discipline....kill someone and get to play...cover up a murder by your friends..get to play ball

set up one of the largest drug deals and get to play

 

Barrett gets 10 days for punching another man in the face. Outside of a baseball park, that's assault. Young didn't go at the ump with that intensity. Instead he threw a bat. Big whoop. The only problem is he assaulted an authority figure instead of a peer. I guess that's worse...but only b/c the authority figures have the power to punish you. Wanna guess what Barrett's suspension would be if the Sox clubhouse got to pick the punishment?

 

* Personally, I love that Barrett clocked AJ.

[goonys evil twin]

Barrett gets 10 days for punching another man in the face. Outside of a baseball park, that's assault. Young didn't go at the ump with that intensity. Instead he threw a bat. Big whoop.

 

That's absurd.

 

A bat is far more dangerous than a fist. Throwing a bat at somebody is also assault, quite possible with a deadly weapon.

[Jehrico]

not to say this is ok but let's put this in baseball context...he got 50 games for incidently? hitting an umpire with a bat..but a guy who physically-intentially attacks another man gets 5 games and that's ok?

 

sports in general has a screwed system of discipline....kill someone and get to play...cover up a murder by your friends..get to play ball

set up one of the largest drug deals and get to play

 

Barrett gets 10 days for punching another man in the face. Outside of a baseball park, that's assault. Young didn't go at the ump with that intensity. Instead he threw a bat. Big whoop. The only problem is he assaulted an authority figure instead of a peer. I guess that's worse...but only b/c the authority figures have the power to punish you. Wanna guess what Barrett's suspension would be if the Sox clubhouse got to pick the punishment?

 

* Personally, I love that Barrett clocked AJ.

 

The difference is, if you pretend both of them happening out of the park, if you want to make the comparison of Barrett's incident with assault, Delmon Young's equivalent transgression would be assaulting a police officer.

 

I think that's a fairly significant difference.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

yeah..he probably should been benched for the year.

 

I heard he pleaded insanity..his defense..he is in the Devel Rays organizatin.

 

The D-Rays have a brighter immediate future than the Cubs.

 

Well see how their young talent matures at the major league level.

 

They are stacked position player wise..I don't know what they have in terms of young pitching outside of Kashmir.

 

I highly doubt they will be anything evermore than a .500 ballclub because they refuse to go out and spend some $$$ on veterans to get them to the next level.

 

Besides Kazmir, they have Jeff Niemann and Jason Hammel - Niemann might make a good #2 pitcher.

 

They are light on the pitching prospects, but they have more positional prospects on the way (Elijiah Dukes [who seems like perfect trade bait], Evan Longoria, Reid Brignac).

Edited August 29, 2006 by CaliforniaRaisin

[RichHillIsABeast]

not to say this is ok but let's put this in baseball context...he got 50 games for incidently? hitting an umpire with a bat..but a guy who physically-intentially attacks another man gets 5 games and that's ok?

 

sports in general has a screwed system of discipline....kill someone and get to play...cover up a murder by your friends..get to play ball

set up one of the largest drug deals and get to play

 

Barrett gets 10 days for punching another man in the face. Outside of a baseball park, that's assault. Young didn't go at the ump with that intensity. Instead he threw a bat. Big whoop. The only problem is he assaulted an authority figure instead of a peer. I guess that's worse...but only b/c the authority figures have the power to punish you. Wanna guess what Barrett's suspension would be if the Sox clubhouse got to pick the punishment?

 

* Personally, I love that Barrett clocked AJ.

 

The difference is, if you pretend both of them happening out of the park, if you want to make the comparison of Barrett's incident with assault, Delmon Young's equivalent transgression would be assaulting a police officer.

 

I think that's a fairly significant difference.

 

A police officer is given power and protection by society. An ump is given power and protection by a business. Big difference indeed.

 

Barrett assaulted a businessman and so did Young. It just so happens that Young's businessman knew the powers that be and Barrett's didn't.

[goonys evil twin]

A police officer is given power and protection by society. An ump is given power and protection by a business. Big difference indeed.

 

Barrett assaulted a businessman and so did Young. It just so happens that Young's businessman knew the powers that be and Barrett's didn't.

 

You are the one that wanted to take the scenario out of the business side of things (and in the business of baseball, punches to a fellow players face don't equal throwing a bat at an umpire). You can't try and remove them in once aspect but then qualify that with the society/business in the other aspect.

 

Assaulting a fellow player is part of the game. It happens all the time. Assaulting an official is not.

[1908]

Barrett gets 10 days for punching another man in the face. Outside of a baseball park, that's assault. Young didn't go at the ump with that intensity. Instead he threw a bat. Big whoop.

 

That's absurd.

 

A bat is far more dangerous than a fist. Throwing a bat at somebody is also assault, quite possible with a deadly weapon.

A bat is far more dangerous than a fist if it's swung, but thrown? Would you rather be punched in the face or hit with a bat thrown from 10, 20 feet? I'd take the bat, and hypotheticals are fun.

[RichHillIsABeast]

A police officer is given power and protection by society. An ump is given power and protection by a business. Big difference indeed.

 

Barrett assaulted a businessman and so did Young. It just so happens that Young's businessman knew the powers that be and Barrett's didn't.

 

You are the one that wanted to take the scenario out of the business side of things (and in the business of baseball, punches to a fellow players face don't equal throwing a bat at an umpire). You can't try and remove them in once aspect but then qualify that with the society/business in the other aspect.

 

Assaulting a fellow player is part of the game. It happens all the time. Assaulting an official is not.

 

If we start assaulting officials all the time, would it then become part of the game and thereby acceptable?