I was wondering why Brandon Lyon had gotten the save for the Tigers the last 2 days and not their normal closer Fernando Rodney. I even picked up Lyon in my fantasy league for a chance to get a few cheap saves. Apparently Rodney was suspended for 3 games for endangering the lives of all 4 people who attended the Tampa Bay Rays game last week. Deadspin has video of the B.K. Kim type celebration that Rodney displayed.
It would have been worse for Rodney, as he could have been given 30 days in jail for throwing a fastball at some woman's head like Cubs minor leaguer Julio Castillo. Just one in a series of cases on athletes going bonkers on adrenaline and attaching the fans.
Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson didnt get any jail time for wailing on the wrong freakin fans. Just proves that it doesnt matter who you beat down, as long as someone gets beat down. So never throw beer at basketball players and never quirt water onto hockey players. They're not the most level headed people in the world.
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Who Cares If You Do Coke?
Matt Jones was arrested for cocaine possession. He was arrested in July. He was convicted. His punishment?
A 3 game suspension five months after his arrest.
Let's compare this to other punishments:
-Plaxico Burress shooting himself in the thigh and owning an illegal fireman: 4 game suspension
-Albert Haynesworth: stomping on Cowboys' Center Andre Gurode's face: 5 game suspension
-6 players took a banned diuretic that they actively researched to see if it contained banned substances and even after talking to the company and thought that it was clean yet it DID have a banned substance therefore they had a banned substance in their system: 4 game suspension (possible playoff suspension)
-Exclaiming that you're upset that your colleagues that they are going out with you're "sloppy seconds": 6 game suspension (NHL)
Clearly doing cocaine is OK and not as bad as owning a gun or doing a substance legalized by U.S law you didn't realize you were taking.
Speaking of stupid suspension: Sean Avery made the "sloppy seconds" comment above and got a 6 game suspension. He got a 5 game suspension for elbowing a guy into unconsciousness and a 2 game suspension for elbowing another guy and forcing him out for 12 weeks. Making snide comments is CLEARLY worse than seriously injuring players so I can actually understand this suspension.
