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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Athletics starter Joe Blanton was ejected in the seventh inning of Oakland’s game against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday after shoving Ichiro Suzuki, clearing both benches.
After Raul Ibanez hit a bases-clearing double, the relay throw from shortstop Bobby Crosby got by A’s catcher Jason Kendall. As Blanton tried to retrieve the ball near the Seattle dugout, he shoved Suzuki, who scored on the play.
Mariners outfielder Jason Ellison, the closest player to the incident, apparently took exception and went after Blanton, and the dugouts cleared.
Both sides remained heated for several minutes, with Blanton exchanging words with Seattle pitchers Miguel Batista—the only other player who was ejected—and Felix Hernandez.
Blanton vs. Ichiro? That’s a fat guy/skinny guy mismatch, isn’t it?
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1. Brandon in MO (Yunitility Infielder) Posted: July 08, 2007 at 11:09 PM (#2434090)BTW, can I repeat how much I love Niehaus' baseball announcing voice? Now that Harwell's gone, he and Scully sit atop the heap as my favorite game-callers. I guess they've given him a partner in the radio booth because he's getting up there in years, but godalmighty have I grown to enjoy his "crusty old grandpa" style. He calls flyballs very well too, none of this Sterling BS.
Yup. It's a model of forethought.
I adore Niehaus, too. But for as long as I can remember, he's always had a partner, whether it's on the radio or on TV.
He was hitting for a 1.2 OPS here in Taiwan until he got kicked off the team. The rumour is either pot or throwing games, not sure. The Bill Pulsipher rumour was pot for sure.
I'm still pissed we didn't Es Lima time to come here, but Pete Munro is kicking a lot of ass.
A skinny guy will just bounce right off the fat guy, but the fat guy will never catch him... better to choose five medium-sized skaters.
Niiiiiice.
I still play Ice Hockey once in a while - I find all fat guys except one skinny guy to be the optimum mix, when done right.
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