quote:Originally posted by Bulldog 19:
Yep, and if an umpire bumps a player in MLB he umpires the next day and no suspension..
If he umpires the next day, it's because the penalty has not yet been levied. The same happens with players. They can play for weeks while a penalty is being appealed. If you are insinuating that umpires are not punished for such behavior, that is patently untrue.
Umpires are fined, severely for their salary, for such action and lose games. For behavior less severe than that they have been known to lose post season assignments.
In 2007 Mike Winters referred to Milton Bradley as a piece of $hit and Bradley made contact with him. Bradley was fined $750 while Winters was fined thousands, suspended and lost post season games.
The difference is that often umpire discipline is not made public. This is a century old policy that MLB believes helps prevent bullying by coaches and players.