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River Ave. Blues ยป MLB suspends Dempster five games for throwing at A-Rod

MLB suspends Dempster five games for throwing at A-Rod

August 20, 2013 by Mike 30 Comments

Game 124: Game One
Cano and Stewart help Yankees to come from behind win over Blue Jays

Ryan Dempster has been suspended five games and fined an undisclosed amount for throwing at Alex Rodriguez on Sunday, the league announced. Joe Girardi was also fined for his tirade. Because the Red Sox have some off-days coming up, Dempster can serve his entire suspension and not miss a start without even filing an appeal.

MLB had to suspend Dempster for a number of reasons, first and foremost the whole “protect the players” thing. They also can’t let it be open season on A-Rod no matter how much opposing players don’t like him, and remember, Alex has accused both the Yankees and MLB of conspiring to get him out of the game. Letting Dempster go unpunished would add some validity to that claim. Anyway, it’s no surprise Dempster won’t miss a start, pitcher suspensions are always a joke.

Game 124: Game One
Cano and Stewart help Yankees to come from behind win over Blue Jays

Filed Under: Asides Tagged With: Alex Rodriguez, Joe Girardi, Ryan Dempster

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