This shit is so stupid. White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson will reportedly be suspended for one game because of the language he used in a brawl on Wednesday, which began after Royals starter Brad Keller (who will be suspended five games) plunked Anderson following a bat flip after a home run earlier in the game.
White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson has been suspended for one game because of language used during the benches-clearing incident with Kansas City, sources familiar with situation tell ESPN. Brad Keller, who hit Anderson with a pitch, has been suspended for five games, per sources.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) April 19, 2019
White Sox manager Rick Renteria, whose player got plunked, was also suspended for a game, while Royals manager Ned Yost, whose pitcher did the plunking, reportedly avoided suspension.
Other suspensions from #WhiteSox–#Royals incident, per sources: Royals pitcher Brad Keller, five games. White Sox manager Rick Renteria, one game.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) April 19, 2019
Here’s the homer in question.
Let the kids play. pic.twitter.com/J4s4I7cM4p
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) April 17, 2019
The funny thing is that after the home run, MLB’s official Twitter accounts were all about Anderson enjoying his dinger.
🗣️LET THE KIDS PLAY. pic.twitter.com/VDUSiQpawx
— Cut4 (@Cut4) April 17, 2019
Imagine hating someone having fun this much. pic.twitter.com/XN58u3ALzv
— Cut4 (@Cut4) April 17, 2019
LET. THE. KIDS. PLAY.
— MLB (@MLB) April 17, 2019
Keep doing your thing, @TimAnderson7. 👏 #LetTheKidsPlay pic.twitter.com/9irMSsyFZ2
— MLB (@MLB) April 18, 2019
So, to briefly recap here.
- Hitting dingers: good
- Pimping dingers: sort of good
- Throwing at players for hitting and pimping dingers: bad
- Getting upset that you got thrown at for hitting and pimping a dinger: also bad
- Getting upset that your player who hit and pimped a dinger was thrown at: just as bad
If Anderson’s one game suspension really was for “language used” during the brawl, I really hope he got his money’s worth out of it.
