Ubaldo Jimenez suspended 5 games

[Auggie]

A.P. / 4-2-12

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Cleveland Indians pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez was suspended for five games and fined by Major League Baseball on Monday for intentionally throwing at Colorado's Troy Tulowitzki during a spring training game.

Jimenez will serve his suspension during the first five games of the season unless he asks the players' association to appeal the decision by MLB senior vice president Joe Garagiola Jr.

SNIP

Before the penalty was announced, Jimenez said he wasn't going to apologize to Tulowitzki after hitting his former Rockies teammate on the left elbow Sunday.

"Players are hit by pitches every day," Jimenez said. "With a guy like him, you have to go inside. I can't get the ball to go where I want every time."

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7767204/mlb-bans-cleveland-indians-ubaldo-jimenez-5-games-hitting-colorado-rockies-troy-tulowitzki

BULLSHIT--PROVE IT, JUNIOR!



Cleveland will appeal.

[hughee99]

1. If Jimenez could get the ball to go where he wanted every time,

the Rockies wouldn't have traded him for Drew Pomeranz and a case of big league chew. Having said that, I don't see the problem with a 1 start suspension.

[El Supremo]

2. I don't know.... If Tulo called him a pussy to his face....

(as some people are saying) I think the beaning was almost deserved.

[Auggie]

3. Good thing they won't face each other until next spring

That's the rumor? "Pussy?" That is asking for it, if true.

[JonLP24]

4. Jiminez is claiming Tulo said that after he was beaned

Jimenez tried to pin the blame for the bench-clearing incident on Tulowitzki, for barking at him after being hit by the pitch.

“I was surprised [when Tulowitzki moved toward him],” Jimenez told the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “I've never had any problem with him. He was calling me things.

“I'm a man. I try to relax all the time, but if someone calls me out, I've got to go. He was calling me names. He was calling me a chicken. Well, not chicken, but another really aggressive word that I can't say right now.”

Reading between the lines, sounds like Jimenez is accusing Tulo of calling him a pussy, which is a pretty sure-fire way to start a fight on a baseball diamond.

http://ology.com/post/67649/ubaldo-to-tulo-i-wish-i-could-quit-you-with-video-

Either way, if I was Tulo, I'd let Jiminez say whatever he wants about the Rockies without trying to take it so personal.