Cliff Lee of Seattle Mariners Suspended for Five Games

Posted: 18th March 2010 by Adam Bernacchio in MLB
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Am I the only one who is confused by how Major League Baseball hands down suspensions? Barry Zito of the San Francisco Giants hit Prince Fielder in the back on purpose at the beginning of spring training but didn’t get suspended. Joba Chamberlain of the New York Yankees has thrown at the head of Kevin Youkilis on numerous occasions, but nothing ever happened to him. But the Seattle Mariners’ Cliff Lee throws over the head of Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Chris Snyder and gets suspended five games? Really? Major League Baseball suspended Lee for the first five games of the regular season because he threw a pitch over the head of Snyder during the Mariners-Diamondbacks spring training game on Monday. The trouble between Lee and Snyder started in the first inning when they collided ...

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