Example of poor sportsmanship..

[Jistic]

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So then, do you think he should go to prison?

He could easily be arrested for what he did. If the ump wanted to press charges it would be a slam dunk case. Then it's up to the judge...

[glucklich]

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He could easily be arrested for what he did. If the ump wanted to press charges it would be a slam dunk case. Then it's up to the judge...

Do you think he SHOULD go to prison?

[ehh]

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Do you think he SHOULD go to prison?

It's not out of the question. That's friggen assault any way you look at it.

If that ever happened off the field it'd be a no brainer.

[glucklich]

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It's not out of the question. That's friggen assault any way you look at it.

If that ever happened off the field it'd be a no brainer.

So then, do you think he SHOULD go to prison? BTW, isnt the legal definition of assault hinge on whether there was a perceived threat by the assaulted party and that the assaulter had the capacity to follow through on the perceived threat? Here, there really didnt seem to be a perceived threat. It looked like it was a complete surprise as if at no point did the umpire consider that Young would hit him with a bat.

[Jistic]

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So then, do you think he SHOULD go to prison? BTW, isnt the legal definition of assault hinge on whether there was a perceived threat by the assaulted party and that the assaulter had the capacity to follow through on the perceived threat? Here, there really didnt seem to be a perceived threat. It looked like it was a complete surprise as if at no point did the umpire consider that Young would hit him with a bat.

Being that I'm not a judge in that state I have no idea what the penalties are for battery with a baseball bat. If the penalty is prison, then yes I think he SHOULD go to prison.

[glucklich]

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Being that I'm not a judge in that state I have no idea what the penalties are for battery with a baseball bat. If the penalty is prison, then yes I think he SHOULD go to prison.

Thats good to hear. Its nice to see someone who makes reference to criminal dimensions of what occurs on the field is willing to make offenders FULLY accountable. A lot of people clamor that he needs to be taught a lesson like there can be no gray area, etc but they fall short in making him fully accountable which makes little sense.

[GBrushTWood]

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I don't understand how this thread has over 60 replies.

He threw a bat at an umpire. I would have thought the sanctimonious holier than thou posts would have been flushed out a day after this happened.

I watched the video of this toss, and I found it to be pretty hilarious to be honest. High comedy. He gets called for strike three (on a pitch that is not a strike FWIW), and just stands in the box while the next batter walks up. He probably talks some $hit to the ump, then proceeds to move off camera to the left. Suddenly, you see a bat flying in a left-to-right direction and drilling the bozo ump in his chest.

Pretty good stuff.

[Jistic]

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I watched the video of this toss, and I found it to be pretty hilarious to be honest. High comedy.

Now I know why Tigers eat their young.

[yucatan]

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So then, do you think he SHOULD go to prison? BTW, isnt the legal definition of assault hinge on whether there was a perceived threat by the assaulted party and that the assaulter had the capacity to follow through on the perceived threat? Here, there really didnt seem to be a perceived threat. It looked like it was a complete surprise as if at no point did the umpire consider that Young would hit him with a bat.

Merely semantics. You are correct about the legal definition of assault, however, Delmon's actions certainly constitute the requirements for a charge of battery.

[Cincinnati_Kid]

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This shouldn't have even happened, Delmon should have been with the D-Rays since opening day, so technically you could blame their stupidity for this incident, but it was a really stupid thing to do. Even if it was one of those heat of the moment things, you have to control yourself.

um no !!! absolutley not


if anything elijah dukes deserved to be on the major league roster since spring training not delmon dont let his press clippings fool you

that empire is the hardest thing he has hit all season...he isnt ready yet

not to mention maturity....you dont think he isnt going to see some tough strike calls in the majors?

especially now

[Cincinnati_Kid]

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Assuming he eventually reaches the majors, it'll be interesting to see how pitchers treat him. I bet there'd be someone who would plunk him.

i dont know about pitchers but there will be more than a few umpires licking there chops at calling balls & strikes against him

[Cincinnati_Kid]

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This is actually a blessing in disguise because it takes the pressure off of the Devil Rays to call Delmon Young up midseason and waste an arbitration year. With this, they can call him up in September or have him start next year and not waste an arbitration year.

and yes in a way it definatley isyour exactley right about them wanting to hold off on calling him up but the fact was he wasnt going to be called up anytime soon anyways

that aside im sure they would have wished for another way to do exactley what you wrote

[glucklich]

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Merely semantics. You are correct about the legal definition of assault, however, Delmon's actions certainly constitute the requirements for a charge of battery.

The only reason I did that was because of this quote:

It's not out of the question. That's friggen assault any way you look at it.

If that ever happened off the field it'd be a no brainer.

I wouldnt have pointed this out had he not been so bold.

[Cincinnati_Kid]

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[countryboy]

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I think you suspend him for the season and make him go through anger management training before allowing him back into baseball next year.

There is simply no excuse, and I can careless that he apologized because he has to. I am glad the umpire is ok.