SUSPENSIONS HANDED DOWN...

Hope it was worth it with a crappy AL Central team that had nothing to lose. Maybe the Yankees bonded yesterday. Perhaps they did, but I still hated the way everything went down. It was stupid, immature and taught us nothing about leadership. Here's the disciplinary letter handed down by MLB communications:

Discipline has been issued to members of the @tigers and the @Yankees as a result of the bench-clearing incidents during Thursday’s game. pic.twitter.com/vTJ5KQlVyx

— MLB Communications (@MLB_PR) August 25, 2017

I LOVED what Senior Managing Editor Suzie Pinstripe said about it the morning after it happened:

I'm frustrated with @Yankees & @tigers for their immature behaviors on the field yesterday @MLB #Poor #RoleModels @BleednYankeeBlu

— Suzanne (@suzieprof) August 25, 2017

Says it all right there.

So now Gary Sanchez and Austin Romine have suspensions, and sure they can appeal, but we need all our players and we need them at this crucial time.  As I stated in UM... WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY?, you really need to prioritize what you're doing when you get into fights with crappy teams that mean nothing, because you have more to lose than them.  That's what happened with the Tigers... it's BS.

Romine's suspension should be overturned. It was clear that he was shoved first, and Miguel Cabrera needs to keep his hands to himself.  It was only when Romine was shoved that the fight began to get physical.  For Gary Sanchez, it was clear, he got a shot in and he get's what's coming to him.  ESPN writes:

"A series of events led to Cabrera and Romine jawing in the sixth. Cabrera made the first move by pushing Romine in the chest and taking a swing.

'I still think I was defending myself,' Romine said. 'Obviously, we are going to have to appeal it.'

Girardi said the Yankees would try to stagger the suspensions so they have either Sanchez or Romine available. Girardi said he did not know who would serve as the backup when Sanchez and Romine are out. The Yankees top minor league catcher Kyle Higashioka."

And that last part is significant, and this is what I'm talking about... the staggering of suspensions, because now, it's way to important and you can't mess around if you're the New York Yankees.  AND... if you're giving Joe the keys to stagger and strategize, that's the last person you want doing that.

Look, we'll have to wait and see what happens, but I hated this brawl, because ultimately, it didn't matter and didn't need to happen... it just hurts the team, and could potentially hurt the Yankees' chances.


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