Pirates Cut Prospect for Clubbing Teammate With Baseball Bat

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No one ever accused me of being timely
Published 5/5/2008 by Pat at Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke?
... their fourth OT), when it dawns on me that I have completely neglected to post about the Olivo Astacio incident on WHYGAVS. As you likely know, the breach of team policy that he was cut for was swinging a bat at a teammate, which makes Oliver Perez's landry cart abuse look downright pedestrian when it comes to clubhouse tantrums. The player he took a cut at hasn't been named, but he wasn't hurt in the incident. That fact was summed up perfectly in a comment left by a friend of mine on my FanHouse post about the incident: ...

Relevant Bat Attack!
Published 5/5/2008 by Camp Tiger Claw at Walkoff Walk
... having been drafted by the Red Sox in '02 but sitting out all of 2005 as a disciplinary action. The following year, he only pitched one game for AA Altoona before breaking his hand in a fight. Milton Bradley, Anton Newcombe and Bad News Brown all think this dude needs to take it down a notch. Apparently the guy he hit wasn't seriously injured. Duh, Astacio is a pitcher!11!ONE!! I owe a a pair of headphones and some hip shades to Pat Lackey for the lead.