A revised roster was released this afternoon announcing a 3 game suspension for Erik Kratz for involvement in the 8/26 game’s incident. I don’t have the details but I remember the benches clearing a couple times.
With 5 games remaining into the playoffs the Pigs will depend on Dane Sardinha’s .126 batting average and John Suomi who was called up from Reading.
Also, Tagg Bozied was placed on the DL with a left shin contusion.
Yet another nail…
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At least the pigs get to earn interest on my playoff money for 6 months in the offseason
I believe that is why they started selling them so early. There is no question to any of the motive(s) coming from upper management there,
Ok, how would you like to sell tickets for a playoff game on a 24 or 48-hour notice?
waiting until they “clinch” would be a logistical nightmare, and there’d be 1500-or so people for a playoff game
this is done throughout sports..
this ain’t the big leagues, where playoff games sell out in a few hours
yeah, they’ll make a few bucks on interest. but you didn’t have to buy them either.
so stop complaining
do they get a “bonus” from
Not really complaining but just saying the team will not be making the playoffs with the way they have been playing. I could really care less about the $2 they will earn off my money
The IL commissioner’s 3-game suspension of Kratz is not only bogus, but unfairly penalizes an entire team in a battle for the playoffs. Sure, Kratz got into a yelling match with a Louisville player and came out of the dugout. But the umpires didn’t eject either player from the game. The commissioner claims Kratz “instigated a confrontation,” but the baseball rule involved here was not meant to be used in a situation like this!
The rule is generally used when, for example, a pitcher hits a batter, the batter charges the pitcher, they brawl and a bench-clearing brawl ensues, resulting in players’ ejections by the umpires. This was clearly not that serious an incident.
Instead the commissioner pulled the trigger and may have helped put the final nail in the coffin of a team struggling to make the playoffs. With the run-production problem they’re having, the ‘Pigs can’t afford to lose a guy with that kind of batting average. Nor can they afford to lose his ability to throw out runners attempting to steal second base. The SW Yankees took advantage of his absence last night.
There are times when it’s best to leave well enough alone. This was one of those times. Thanks a lot, commish.