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Victorino suspended three games; Giants fined

POSTED: Monday, August 8, 2011, 6:07 PM

David Murphy, Daily News Staff Writer

Shane Victorino was the only player suspended by Major League Baseball as a result of the bench-clearing scrum between the two-teams on Friday night.

Victorino was suspended three games, but will appeal. It is possible that suspension can be reduced.

Third baseman Placido Polanco and catcher Eli Whiteside were both fined, as was Ramon Ramirez, the pitcher who hit Victorino with a pitch.

No Giants were suspended.

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Comments (71)

0 like this / 1 don't • Posted 6:11 PM, 08/08/2011

what the hek...Polanco was fined? Forget about that...Now that you know nothins gonna happen to our pitcher for hitting players it should be open season on the Giants if we face them

— MFPhils

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:42 PM, 08/08/2011

It's not hard to spell Lincicum, unless you are a meatball.

— conniesmack

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:47 PM, 08/08/2011

Not sure if serious...

— psuflyers

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1 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:29 PM, 08/08/2011

Brilliance rules!

— BEMiller

0 like this / 1 don't • Posted 6:14 PM, 08/08/2011

How was Whiteside not fined for initiating contact?

— philliesphan79

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:07 AM, 08/09/2011

Whiteside was, in fact, fined.

— Dinero

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:23 PM, 08/08/2011

Victorino deserved a suspension, but this shows that the league won't necessarily punish purpose pitches and will tolerate it when players are baited into confrontations. I think their decision encourages throwing at players.

— tgray83

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:28 PM, 08/08/2011

So called purpose pitches should be in the same category as NHL head shots. Problem is, in the NHL the players will continue to take cheap shots to the head and the announcers will continue to cover for them. In baseball, pitchers will continue to throw AT players, and the annoucers, especially clowns like Rick Sutcliffe, will continue to cover for them. Starting pitchers should get 5 games for throwing at hitters, and the reliefs should get at least two, NO APPEAL!

— BEMiller

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:27 PM, 08/08/2011

That's an f'ing travesty! I'm shocked...

— The Pack Leader

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:28 PM, 08/08/2011

I do not understand how the pitcher was not suspended too. He deliberately threw at Victorino and hit hm in the back and that is what started all of this. And he is not punished? The handling of all of this seems a bit lopsided.

— gusschultz