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Ortiz, Gregg get 4 games and fines for brawl

By JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer

BOSTON (AP)—Red Sox slugger David Ortiz(notes) and Baltimore pitcher Kevin
Gregg(notes) were suspended four games and fined on Thursday for their parts
in a July 8 bench-clearing brawl.

Orioles pitcher Mike Gonzalez was suspended three games, and manager Buck
Showalter was suspended one game as part of the punishment handed out
Thursday by Major League Baseball. Gregg and Gonzalez have decided to appeal,
delaying the suspensions; Ortiz was not immediately available for comment.

“I’ll let the process go out,” said Gregg, who did not reveal the amount
of his fine except to say it was “steep.” “The four-game is a pretty hefty
suspension. I get the right to meet in New York with some people, tell them
how it went down, what happened, get to say my side of the story.”

The Red Sox did not play on Thursday, and manager Terry Francona said Ortiz
was excused from the team’s workout in St. Petersburg, Fla., to give him an
extra day to recover from the All-Star game.

“I know now David has to kind of figure out what he wants to do,” Francona
said.

Showalter was to sit out Thursday night’s game against the Cleveland
Indians. He was replaced by bench coach John Russell.

“Managers don’t really have any rights to appeal,” Showalter said, adding
that he hoped his players’ punishment would be reduced on appeal. “I think
we’ve seen in the past what’s initially handed down and what initially gets
served are two different things in a lot of cases. So we’ll let the process
play out.”

Gonzalez said he was fined $1,500. Also fined undisclosed amounts in
connection with the three-day skirmish: Orioles pitcher Jim Johnson(notes),
Boston catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia(notes) and Boston pitcher John
Lackey(notes).

The skirmish started when Gregg threw two inside pitches to Ortiz. The Red
Sox designated hitter started toward the mound after the second, and players
from both benches and bullpens trotted onto the field, but nothing further
developed.

Gregg then got Ortiz to pop out and shouted something to the Boston slugger,
who charged and met Gregg about halfway between the mound and first base
line. Umpire Mike Estabrook ejected Gregg, Ortiz and Saltalamacchia.

Gregg said he was merely protecting himself and questioned the decision to
suspend him for the same number of games as Ortiz.

“He actually came out at me twice,” Gregg said. “I defended myself. To get
the same time, suspension, I don’t agree with it. That’s why I am appealing
it.”

Ortiz apologized the next day, but in the series finale on July 10 Gonzalez
threw a pitch behind Ortiz. Gonzalez and Showalter immediately were ejected.
In its statement, MLB said Gonzalez intentionally threw at Ortiz after both
sides had been warned.

“I definitely think they need to go back and do their homework,” Gonzalez
said. “I think they need to go back and go through the whole series as
opposed to just going through one game and seeing how everything fell into
place.”

The teams play again next week in Baltimore.

“We’ve got to concentrate on playing baseball,” Red Sox catcher Jason
Varitek(notes) said. “Those things tend to linger on externally more than
internally. Both teams will go out and play some baseball games.”

AP Sports Writer David Ginsburg in Baltimore and freelancer Mark Didtler in
St. Petersburg, Fla., contributed to this repo

老爹,Gregg 都四場 M. Gonzalez 三場....

對方總ㄟ一場... 投手不應該至少被禁個一個禮拜才有感覺嗎....

上訴後一個改三天,一個改兩天... 跟本就正常休息..

有夠倒楣...

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