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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Fish Tank: MLB denies Yankees protest

The Yankees protest of the Marlins 6-5 victory Sunday was denied Tuesday by major league baseball.

President Larry Beinfest informed Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez of the decision just before Gonzalez received a fax from the league office.

Gonzalez was relieved, even though he believed it wasn’t a “protestable type” incident.

“What’s the old (saying), thousand pound gorilla,” Gonzalez said. “I had about two of them.

“It’s embarrassing, big time embarrassing. You got 25 players on the team and six coaches and staff members, 50,000 people in the stands and two million viewers. It’s not easy. It’s embarrassing. And then to get the game protested and you got an off day, it’s a tough couple of days.”

Tripon Posted: June 23, 2009 at 11:50 PM | 20 comment(s)
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1. Pat Rapper's Delight Posted: June 24, 2009 at 12:02 AM (#3230557)

Cue Nelson Muntz.

2. 6 - 4 - 3 Posted: June 24, 2009 at 12:36 AM (#3230578)

I'm not understanding this situation. The Marlins lost both De Aza and Coghlan for the game after Giardi brought it to the attention of the umpires... and the Yankees still protested?

What did they want to have happen? Was the only issue whether or not the strike to Jeter should stand?

I guess that I'm not understanding the Yankees' beef here. The Marlins were "properly punished" by the loss of both players. Does the rule book offer some other form of relief?

3. Big Red Basketball (NJ) Posted: June 24, 2009 at 01:29 AM (#3230598)

So, how about Phil Hughes? I have to be at work in like 4 hours but I stayed to watch him pitch on Yankees Rewind. Filthy stuff, once again.

4. Sleepy supports S.S. at second Posted: June 24, 2009 at 01:33 AM (#3230601)

Does the rule book offer some other form of relief?

if the Yankees won the protest, the game would have been replayed from the point of the error.

5. 6 - 4 - 3 Posted: June 24, 2009 at 03:37 AM (#3230623)

if the Yankees won the protest, the game would have been replayed from the point of the error.

I get that. But in order to reach that point, the umpires would have had to make a "reversible error." Was the one strike against Jeter the only thing at issue? In other words, had the umps not counted that one strike, would Giardi not have protested the game?

6. Best Regards, Larry Mahnken Posted: June 24, 2009 at 05:44 AM (#3230641)

So, how about Phil Hughes? I have to be at work in like 4 hours but I stayed to watch him pitch on Yankees Rewind. Filthy stuff, once again.

You're crazy. Rich Rifkin told us that he was a wasted draft pick.

7. OCD SS Posted: June 24, 2009 at 06:45 AM (#3230651)

You're crazy. Rich Rifkin told us that he was a wasted draft pick.

That's OK, Hughes2.50 told us he would be better than Pedro-in-his-prime. I think reasonable people can agree that he's likely to be somewhere in between.

8. Shooty Did Not Kill McGurk

Posted: June 24, 2009 at 06:48 AM (#3230653)

Has MLB ever held up a protest. I mean, like, ever?

9. Jose Can You Seabiscuit Posted: June 24, 2009 at 06:53 AM (#3230656)

Has MLB ever held up a protest. I mean, like, ever?

Ask George Brett.

10. OCD SS Posted: June 24, 2009 at 07:02 AM (#3230665)

Regarding the Yankee's protest, it seems like they're going a bit overboard, like filing a lawsuit over a minor traffic infraction just because you've got a bunch of lawyers on retainer. It smacks a little of desperation...

But at least they're not asking MLB for a decision by forfeit against a team facing a natural disaster.

11. Shooty Did Not Kill McGurk

Posted: June 24, 2009 at 07:06 AM (#3230668)

Ask George Brett.

D'oh. Forgot that one.

12. Jose Can You Seabiscuit Posted: June 24, 2009 at 07:47 AM (#3230683)

Shooty - For what it's worth that's the only one I can think of that's been upheld. I want to say one of the Death to Disco Night or 10 Cent Beer Night promotions actually was forfeited after a protest too but I'm not sure on that.

13. Shooty Did Not Kill McGurk

Posted: June 24, 2009 at 07:54 AM (#3230692)

When you guys played LL, did you always have the one coach that would protest a game at the drop of the hat? It always seemed that way to me. It's like every LL needs a designated douche.

14. Ryan Jones Posted: June 24, 2009 at 07:58 AM (#3230697)

Why would a coach bother to protest a LL game? Does he think that there's some MLB scout tracking his progress, and that one blemish on his record could deny him his rightful spot as manager of the Yankees?

15. Jose Can You Seabiscuit Posted: June 24, 2009 at 07:59 AM (#3230698)

The LL DD in our town was this little guy with a Napolean complex. I can distinctly remember him challenging two different opposing managers to a fight before finally being kicked out of the league when he grabbed the home plate ump and pinned him against the backstop. The ump was probably 14-15 years old at the time.

16. Coot Veal and Cot Deal Posted: June 24, 2009 at 08:00 AM (#3230699)

When you guys played LL, did you always have the one coach that would protest a game at the drop of the hat?

it's been close to 50 years, but we had 'em back then...

17. Shooty Did Not Kill McGurk

Posted: June 24, 2009 at 08:00 AM (#3230700)

18. Ryan Jones Posted: June 24, 2009 at 08:01 AM (#3230701)

The LL DD in our town was this little guy with a Napolean complex. I can distinctly remember him challenging two different opposing managers to a fight before finally being kicked out of the league when he grabbed the home plate ump and pinned him against the backstop. The ump was probably 14-15 years old at the time.

So LL is where Americans keep all the ####### coaches that Canadians would store in Junior Hockey.

19. Jose Can You Seabiscuit Posted: June 24, 2009 at 08:21 AM (#3230714)

So LL is where Americans keep all the ####### coaches that Canadians would store in Junior Hockey.

Pretty much. Some of these folks get crazy intense and the parents who aren't even coaches are pretty nuts too.

20. Ryan Jones Posted: June 24, 2009 at 08:25 AM (#3230720)

Pretty much. Some of these folks get crazy intense and the parents who aren't even coaches are pretty nuts too.

Yeah, that sounds exactly like Junior Hockey.

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