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Penny is suspended 5 games for sure. It is official! Well, now Its up to Beckett to open up the year and try and get a win...
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It's official: Penny out for 5 games
Baseball upholds pitcher's suspension
BY CLARK SPENCER
cspencer@herald.com
[OUT: Marlins pitcher Brad Penny's appeal of his five-game suspension has been denied.]OUT: Marlins pitcher Brad Penny's appeal of his five-game suspension has been denied.
JUPITER - Upon learning Vladimir Guerrero's suspension had been reduced from three games to two, Marlins pitcher Brad Penny was hoping for similar treatment.
It didn't happen.
After hearing Penny's appeal Tuesday, Major League Baseball upheld his five-game suspension stemming from a March 10 spring-training brawl that erupted after Penny struck Guerrero with a pitch.
''They said I incited a bench-clearing brawl,'' Penny said after the hearing but before learning his fate. ``It isn't true. He [Guerrero] started it.''
The panel, which included baseball discipline czar Bob Watson and league president Bob DuPuy, heard Penny's case in Jupiter before deciding the original five-game suspension would stand. Now, Penny, who was penciled in as the Marlins' No. 2 starter, won't be allowed to play until April 6.
''I thought Penny's actions warranted the penalty that was imposed after the hearing was concluded,'' said DuPuy in an e-mail.
After drawing a menacing stare from Guerrero when he pitched inside to the Expos star, Penny's next pitch grazed the front of Guerrero's jersey. Guerrero, with his bat raised, charged after Penny, who came off the mound to confront the hitter. Guerrero swung at Penny and missed. Penny then swung at Guerrero and missed as well.
''If he had walked to first, nothing would have happened,'' Penny said.
Guerrero dropped his appeal in return for a one-game reduction in his suspension. That deal, agreed upon by the league and the Major League Players Association, was announced Tuesday morning -- before Penny's case was heard.
''Certainly it seems fair that if one gets reduced, the other should, too,'' Marlins manager Jeff Torborg said. A reduction in Penny's suspension would have helped the Marlins, who already are planning to start the season without No. 1 starter A.J. Burnett. Burnett is expected to start the year on the disabled list with an elbow problem and won't be able to start until April 5 -- the fifth game of the season -- at the earliest.
With Penny and Burnett out of the rotation, the Marlins moved Michael Tejera from the bullpen to make a fill-in start. Had Penny's suspension been reduced, the Marlins might have been able to keep Tejera in the bullpen and avoid additional disruption to the rotation. That won't happen now.
DuPuy didn't provide an explanation for why Guerrero's suspension was reduced, saying only that ''it was a negotiated settlement.'' Torborg said he didn't think there was much chance Penny's suspension also would be reduced because doing so would have enabled the pitcher to make a start within the first five games of the season.
''It was almost inevitable that his was not going to be changed,'' Torborg said.
``Otherwise, there would be no teeth in what they [the league] are trying to do. I saw it coming. Otherwise, it was a slap on the hand if they did nothing.''
Yet Torborg was surprised Guerrero's suspension was reduced.
''I didn't think they'd reduce anybody's day,'' Torborg said.
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It's official: Penny out for 5 games
Baseball upholds pitcher's suspension
BY CLARK SPENCER
cspencer@herald.com
[OUT: Marlins pitcher Brad Penny's appeal of his five-game suspension has been denied.]OUT: Marlins pitcher Brad Penny's appeal of his five-game suspension has been denied.
JUPITER - Upon learning Vladimir Guerrero's suspension had been reduced from three games to two, Marlins pitcher Brad Penny was hoping for similar treatment.
It didn't happen.
After hearing Penny's appeal Tuesday, Major League Baseball upheld his five-game suspension stemming from a March 10 spring-training brawl that erupted after Penny struck Guerrero with a pitch.
''They said I incited a bench-clearing brawl,'' Penny said after the hearing but before learning his fate. ``It isn't true. He [Guerrero] started it.''
The panel, which included baseball discipline czar Bob Watson and league president Bob DuPuy, heard Penny's case in Jupiter before deciding the original five-game suspension would stand. Now, Penny, who was penciled in as the Marlins' No. 2 starter, won't be allowed to play until April 6.
''I thought Penny's actions warranted the penalty that was imposed after the hearing was concluded,'' said DuPuy in an e-mail.
After drawing a menacing stare from Guerrero when he pitched inside to the Expos star, Penny's next pitch grazed the front of Guerrero's jersey. Guerrero, with his bat raised, charged after Penny, who came off the mound to confront the hitter. Guerrero swung at Penny and missed. Penny then swung at Guerrero and missed as well.
''If he had walked to first, nothing would have happened,'' Penny said.
Guerrero dropped his appeal in return for a one-game reduction in his suspension. That deal, agreed upon by the league and the Major League Players Association, was announced Tuesday morning -- before Penny's case was heard.
''Certainly it seems fair that if one gets reduced, the other should, too,'' Marlins manager Jeff Torborg said. A reduction in Penny's suspension would have helped the Marlins, who already are planning to start the season without No. 1 starter A.J. Burnett. Burnett is expected to start the year on the disabled list with an elbow problem and won't be able to start until April 5 -- the fifth game of the season -- at the earliest.
With Penny and Burnett out of the rotation, the Marlins moved Michael Tejera from the bullpen to make a fill-in start. Had Penny's suspension been reduced, the Marlins might have been able to keep Tejera in the bullpen and avoid additional disruption to the rotation. That won't happen now.
DuPuy didn't provide an explanation for why Guerrero's suspension was reduced, saying only that ''it was a negotiated settlement.'' Torborg said he didn't think there was much chance Penny's suspension also would be reduced because doing so would have enabled the pitcher to make a start within the first five games of the season.
''It was almost inevitable that his was not going to be changed,'' Torborg said.
``Otherwise, there would be no teeth in what they [the league] are trying to do. I saw it coming. Otherwise, it was a slap on the hand if they did nothing.''
Yet Torborg was surprised Guerrero's suspension was reduced.
''I didn't think they'd reduce anybody's day,'' Torborg said.
