10:13 PM
12/21/24
12/21/24
June 19, 2002
STUNNED ESTES THINKS FINE IS WAY OFF MARK:
I love that the NY POST headlines are allcaps on the Yahoo! portal.
This is the second time this season that a Met will be punished for missing an opposing batter. Earlier in the year, Pedro Astacio was fined for throwing a pitch high and tight to Barry Bonds. Of course, Clemens was not fined last week after he hit Bonds when he said he intended to.
D-O-U-B-L-E S-T-A-N-D-A-R-D
posted by insomnyuk at 11:29 PM on June 19, 2002
I hate Roger Clemens with the fire of 12 hells.
posted by jerseygirl at 09:17 AM on June 20, 2002
well at least the fine will go to some charity or something. however, mlb baseball has a serious crisis on its hands. the excessive fining and suspensions for throwing inside has got to stop. i understand that the average fan wants to see balls flying out of the park and it would be in baseball's interest to protect hitters but fining a player for throwing inside (estes did not hit clemens) is absurd. barry bonds, mo vaugn, et all stand ON TOP of the plate. that plate needs to be reclaimed by the pitchers or you're going to see the home run record set at 80 by 2010. even more absurd is the excessive warnings umpires feel they need to hand out when someone is hit by a pitch. this doesn't give the other team a chance to respond and escalates things even further through press pissing contests. (see: this whole clemens saga got so much play on local sports radio that if the mets didn't attempt to hit clemens they would have been ridiculed out of town) if anything i think selig's thugs should put the newspaper down and focus on what is going on on the field. these issues will solve themselves if left up to players on the field. take away the elbow pads and bonds steps off of the plate. let the pitchers throw inside and we may see offensive numbers go back to reasonable levels.