Milton Bradley

[OleMissCub]

It would seem the correct thing for Helton to hold his tongue until after the season, or at least until/unless the Rockies are mathmatically eliminated.

 

Perhaps you are right, but I personally don't see how it matters because the only advantage Helton's team could gain from his testimony would be that Bradley is suspended...which doesn't matter because Bradley is out for the season already with his injury.

[Rob]

It would seem the correct thing for Helton to hold his tongue until after the season, or at least until/unless the Rockies are mathmatically eliminated.

 

Perhaps you are right, but I personally don't see how it matters because the only advantage Helton's team could gain from his testimony would be that Bradley is suspended...which doesn't matter because Bradley is out for the season already with his injury.

 

The question isn't how the Padres respond to it. It's how the umpires respond. He sides with the umps, and maybe they get some preferential treatment. He sides against them, and they may attempt to find retribution.

[OleMissCub]

It would seem the correct thing for Helton to hold his tongue until after the season, or at least until/unless the Rockies are mathmatically eliminated.

 

Perhaps you are right, but I personally don't see how it matters because the only advantage Helton's team could gain from his testimony would be that Bradley is suspended...which doesn't matter because Bradley is out for the season already with his injury.

 

The question isn't how the Padres respond to it. It's how the umpires respond. He sides with the umps, and maybe they get some preferential treatment. He sides against them, and they may attempt to find retribution.

 

I hadn't thought about that angle, good point.

[Soul]

It would seem the correct thing for Helton to hold his tongue until after the season, or at least until/unless the Rockies are mathmatically eliminated.

 

Perhaps you are right, but I personally don't see how it matters because the only advantage Helton's team could gain from his testimony would be that Bradley is suspended...which doesn't matter because Bradley is out for the season already with his injury.

 

The question isn't how the Padres respond to it. It's how the umpires respond. He sides with the umps, and maybe they get some preferential treatment. He sides against them, and they may attempt to find retribution.

 

I hadn't thought about that angle, good point.

 

I hadn't thought about that either, and I agree.

 

I was just thinking from the standpoint of avoiding any possibility of Helton being made into the bad guy on this thing while emotions are no doubt running very very high, and the Rockies are still a stakeholder in the playoff race.

[CubmanPi]

It would seem the correct thing for Helton to hold his tongue until after the season, or at least until/unless the Rockies are mathmatically eliminated.

 

Perhaps you are right, but I personally don't see how it matters because the only advantage Helton's team could gain from his testimony would be that Bradley is suspended...which doesn't matter because Bradley is out for the season already with his injury.

 

The question isn't how the Padres respond to it. It's how the umpires respond. He sides with the umps, and maybe they get some preferential treatment. He sides against them, and they may attempt to find retribution.

 

I hadn't thought about that angle, good point.

 

I hadn't thought about that either, and I agree.

 

I was just thinking from the standpoint of avoiding any possibility of Helton being made into the bad guy on this thing while emotions are no doubt running very very high, and the Rockies are still a stakeholder in the playoff race.

This is all exactly why I think that MLB should do the entire investigation as quietly as possible, to the point where we never find out what Helton has to say. Of course, if the ump gets suspended or severely reprimanded in any way, it'll be apparent what Helton must have said, but I don't want the official version of the investigation to even mention that they contact Helton. Keep politics out of it as much as possible.

[The Voice of Reason]

NEW YORK -- Umpire Mike Winters, who was involved in a dispute with San Diego Padres outfielder Milton Bradley in which Bradley injured his knee, has been suspended by Major League Baseball for the remainder of the regular season.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3037237

[Post Count Padder]

MLB suspended umpire Mike Winters for the rest of the season for his conduct during Sunday's game against the Padres.

 

No suspension at all for Bradley, though one could say he already received his punishment. For MLB to come down like this, Winters must have said some pretty nasty things. We hope that if the remarks were truly racist, Bud Selig and company would be sure to get rid of him in the offseason.

[OleMissCub]

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[David]

Good stuff. I like it.

[chuckywang]

NEW YORK -- Umpire Mike Winters, who was involved in a dispute with San Diego Padres outfielder Milton Bradley in which Bradley injured his knee, has been suspended by Major League Baseball for the remainder of the regular season.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3037237

 

Is the crew still going to do postseason games?

[TruffleShuffle]

a 5-game suspension.... way to go bud, another incompetent decision by the incompetent commissioner of major league baseball

[C.C.]

a 5-game suspension.... way to go bud, another incompetent decision by the incompetent commissioner of major league baseball

 

I blame Hendry on this incompetent decision. He's at fault somehow.

[jyoung55]

a 5-game suspension.... way to go bud, another incompetent decision by the incompetent commissioner of major league baseball

 

Why do you say that? What's the precedent for umpire suspensions?

[CubmanPi]

a 5-game suspension.... way to go bud, another incompetent decision by the incompetent commissioner of major league baseball

It's comparable to player suspensions in similar situations, and I think the fact that mlb bothered to come down on an umpire is a very significant step in the right direction.