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Just one week after Houston Astros pitcher Shawn
Chacon fought General Manager Ed Wade, we hear of
another baseball player shoving team officials around. This time it was Boston Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez. Manny reportedly pushed the teams traveling secretary, Jack McCormick, to the ground in an argument over free tickets.
This post is a bit late due to
a recent death in the family. So here we
go. MLB recently received two black eyes due to the incidents in Houston between Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon and GM Ed Wade and the other incident also being in Houston, but this time on the visitor’s side
Last week, Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon got into
a physical altercation with general manager Ed Wade after
Chacon refused to go to manager Cecil Cooper’s office, and Wade angrily approached Chacon over the refusal. There have been altercations between players and front office staff before. Legend has it that Babe Ruth once dangled Yankees manager Miller Huggins from a moving train ..
The players' association filed a grievance Tuesday over
the release of pitcher Shawn Chacon, saying the team's
decision to terminate his contract was without just cause.
From MLB.com : This time, it didn't happen
in the dugout. And this time, it wasn't caught
on camera. But for the second time this season, Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez was involved in an altercation involving someone within the organization. According to a report in the Providence Journal, Ramirez pushed long-time team traveling secretary Jack McCormick to the floor in the visitors ...
Houston Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon got into a
physical altercation with general manager Ed Wade before yesterday’s
game against the Rangers at Minute Maid Park resulting in Chacon being suspended from the team indefinitely. Chacon had recently been demoted to the bullpen and had asked for a trade on Sunday through his agent, Dan Horwits. As reported by the Houston Chronicle , matters ...
Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon was suspended indefinitely by
the team Wednesday for doing something most Phillie fans
wanted to do to Ed Wade at the trade deadline every year.
He threw his boss down to the ground
by grabbing him around the neck. Yep, according to
this Associated Press story Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon got into a heated exchange that was initiated by general manger Ed Wade and eventually grabbed him by the neck and threw him to the ground. Amazing. Now, of course, Wade and the ball club suspended Chacon indefinitely -- presumably until they trade ...
BY SEAN McADAM Journal Sports Writer HOUSTON --
Maybe it's something in the water in Houston. Days
after Houston Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon tackled general manger Ed Wade in the home clubhouse at Minute Maid Park, the visitors clubhouse was ...
Houston General Manager, Decked by Pitcher, Now Slammed
by Fans By Edward Klump July 3 (Bloomberg) --
Houston Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon lost his $2 million job last week when he expressed his disagreement with management by decking a manager. Some ...
I knew it. From the ProJo : Days
after Houston Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon tackled general manger
Ed Wade in the home clubhouse at Minute Maid Park, the visitors clubhouse was the scene of another player-club employee altercation Saturday ...
08:00 AM EDT on Monday, June 30, 2008
By SEAN McADAM Journal Sports Writer HOUSTON -- Maybe
it's something in the water in Houston. Days after Houston Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon tackled general manger Ed Wade in the home clubhouse at Minute Maid ...
Yesterday, while dining in the team’s lunch room,
Ex-Phillies GM Ed Wade approached recently-demoted pitcher Shawn Chacon
as he was eating. (Mistake #1) Wade informed Shawn that he and manager Cecil Cooper would like to have a word with him in ...
In wake of the Shawn Chacon-Ed Wade brewhaha
...
Random links for the afternoon. No chat today
- we will probably push it to Thursday. That
was quick - the Mets designated Andy Phillips for assignment. Shawn Chacon cleared waivers and was released without pay, but the players' ...
Ex-Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon loves him a Kane-esque
chokeslam. CHAC'OWNED!
The players’ association filed a grievance Tuesday over
the release of pitcher Shawn Chacon, saying the team’s
decision to terminate his contract was without just cause. Chacon cleared waivers and was released Monday, five days after a ...
MILE HIGH WATCH * Center fielder Dexter Fowler
and right-handed relievers Casey Weathers and Ryan Mattheus ,
teammates with the Rockies' Double-A Tulsa affiliate, were selected for the Futures Game, a minor league showcase staged in conjunction with ...
Just heard about this from ‘Duk : HOUSTON
(AP) —Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon was suspended indefinitely by
the team Wednesday for insubordination after reportedly grabbing general manager Ed Wade by the neck and throwing him to the ground. ...
Wade confirmed Thursday to the Houston Chronicle that
he told Chacon to "look in the bleeping mirror."
According to Chacon's account, Wade yelled and cursed at him. Can you imagine another GM talking that way to a player in front of his teammates? The White Sox's Ken Williams, maybe. But the Yankees' Brian Cashman? The Red Sox's Theo Epstein? The Phillies' Pat Gillick? Never.
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Pushing team officials? thats just Manny being Manny