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No fine, no suspension for Dempster, who was ruled to have hit Milwaukee's Ryan Braun on the brim of the helmet on Saturday.

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Now maybe Ryan Dempster can start pitching in accordance with his $52 million windfall. I hated the contract when it was doled out and nothing so far in 2009 has changed my mind. $52 million is a lot for a pitcher who I believe will eternally struggle to keep his ERA under 4.75.

by BLou on May 13, 2009 2:40 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Well, this is the right call.

Let’s start a pool as to how long it will be before the Brewers start whining about the decision.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on May 13, 2009 2:53 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

No truth to the rumor

that MLB actually fined Ken Macha for wasting their time.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Trey2317 on May 13, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Too bad.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on May 13, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

He should at least have to pay Demp's attorneys' fees...

…assuming he had them, of course.

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by dat cubfan daver on May 13, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

or buy him a new suit

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by tony412 on May 13, 2009 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hell, buy him some Culver's at least.

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by dat cubfan daver on May 13, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let the sand pounding begin!

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on May 13, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know it's been said before

But it’s a really crappy thing for Ken Macha to instigate in the first place but to do this to Ryan Dempster is wrong. It’s been publicized he’s going through rough times with his child’s birth and it’s not like the Brewers didn’t know that. It’s like throwing salt in the wound.

Had it been Lilly, Zambrano or Harden i don’t think there would have been as much discussion about it on here.

by ak123 on May 13, 2009 3:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

too bad the Ump isnt fined for making a wrong call

with that much importance

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 3:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

YEAH!!! IN YOUR FACE, KEN MACHA!!!

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by dat cubfan daver on May 13, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

and still no decision

about Bradley.

Actually, I do think they got this decision wrong. The ball didn’t hit Braun at all.

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 4:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I agree.

And, yeah, what the hell is up with Bradley’s decision? Waitaminute, what’s his batting average? Oh, .186. I still say they’re waiting for it to clear the Mendoza Line to really twist the knife in.

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by dat cubfan daver on May 13, 2009 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kind of surprised they

didn’t interrupt the HR trot last night to rain on his parade

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by tony412 on May 13, 2009 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, some guy runs on the field and says:

“Milton Bradley, you’ve been served!”

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by dat cubfan daver on May 13, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and the HR doesnt count

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

At least justice was swift in this case.

Golf clap for getting it done right and fast.

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by KaliCub on May 13, 2009 4:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The right decision.....

….that didn’t even have to be made in the first place. Ken Macha is a fool.

"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008

by BeerCub on May 13, 2009 4:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

and the other BCB

has nothing posted. Of course.

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

maybe Macha is appealing the ruling

hoping for a deeper probe

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 14, 2009 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's what she said.

"You just don't know understand how frustrating this is"- Kevin Borseth

by TkGoUWGB on May 14, 2009 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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