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Rays' Young Suspended 50 Games

Q Quincy1,000+ posts
Rays prospect Delmon Young was suspended for 50 games, and also agreed to perform 50 hours of community service, by the International League today for throwing his bat at an umpire.

The suspension is the longest in International League history. Young will not be paid during the suspension, which will include the 10 games he has already missed.

He is eligible to return June 19, at home against Charlotte.

The community service will involve working with the Durham Bulls Youth Athletic League and the Miracle League of Gulf Beaches in St. Petersburg, according to the IL.

Young, 20, had been suspended indefinitely by the league on April 26 after the incident, which took place after he was ejected for arguing a called third strike in Triple-A Durham’s game at Pawtucket.

Young stood in the batter’s box and glared at the umpire for several seconds after being called out on a third strike from Pawtucket’s Jon Lester in the first inning. He said a few words to the umpire, who immediately ejected Young. Young then flipped his bat at the umpire, hitting him in the chest.

Young was the Rays’ minor-league player of the year last season, hitting .315 with 26 homers, 99 RBIs and 32 stolen bases combined at Durham and Double-A Montgomery. Baseball America has named Young the top prospect in the minors. He was batting .329 in 79 at-bats this season at Durham.

Tribune staff writer Eduardo A. Encina contributed to this report
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O Orlando1,000+ posts
I think he got off easy as well, particularly in light of the League President saying:

"There was not any consideration to sitting him out the entire year," Mobley said. "Early on I settled on the fact that if I could have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that there was intent to hit the umpire with the bat, then I would have gone that route. But I didn't conclude that he intended to hit the umpire with the bat."

Intention is pretty much unprovable in a situation like this. Given what we all saw on the video, though, the two conclusions that could be drawn would be that he intended to hit the ump or that he didn't care if it hit him or not. Frustration or temper tantrum, I would think, would have led him to fling the bat toward the dugout, where he was heading.

So it's a softened response for a Top Prospect.
rz1rz15,000+ posts
I still think that a bat thrown is the same as a punch. What would the league have done if Young went up and punched the ump after he watched a third strike go by. I'll bet his 06 season would be over and without arguement.

I think Bernie showed Delmon how a big leaguer uses his peripheral vision
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N NHFundamentalsDad100+ posts
LadyNMom,

Yes, i was watching the game and you knew he was going to get tossed after taking a called 3rd strike for a 3rd time.

I wonder if the helmet had bounced up and hit the ump, what MLB would have done? Where he was walking away and didnt see where the ump was when he threw the helmet at the ground, it is unlikely that one could say intent was involved. Unlike Mr. Young whose bat was airborne the whole time til it hit the ump.
S 2seamer100+ posts
quote:
"There was not any consideration to sitting him out the entire year," Mobley said. "Early on I settled on the fact that if I could have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that there was intent to hit the umpire with the bat, then I would have gone that route. But I didn't conclude that he intended to hit the umpire with the bat."


Amazing. So, he was heading to the dugout on the 1st base side, turned 180 degrees, and nailed the ump dead center.

Nope, I don't see intent, either. Big Grin Confused

I think that if Young was a 49th round pick that had signed for $500 and a bus ticket instead of being a top prospect bonus baby, then League President Mobley may have had a different perspective on intent.
Midlo DadMidlo Dad10,000+ posts
HeyBatter, you raised the point that was in my mind. What Delmon Young did was a criminal act. Think of what would be done to any one of us if we pulled that out on the street. Well, there are no exceptions in the laws for having done it on a baseball field.

You want to put a stop to this stuff? Whether it's baseball, football, hockey, football, or whatever, intentional acts of violence are crimes and the local prosecutors need to get off their rear ends, put some cuffs on them, let them do the perp walk on TV and haul these guys into court.

OK, so all the league will do is give him 50 days off? Give him 10 days in jail. And a court-imposed fine. And maybe an additional suspended sentence so that if he does it again, all the hanging time comes down on him.

That's what would happen if he'd done it off the field. That's what would happen if you or I did it. Nothing about it being done by a star, or it happening during a baseball game, should make the court system's treatment of the crime any different.

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