ARLINGTON, Texas -- Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler has received a one-game suspension and an undisclosed fine by Major League Baseball for returning to the field to celebrate Nelson Cruz's walk-off home run after he had been ejected Friday.
Kinsler, who is in the starting lineup for Tuesday night's game against the Detroit Tigers, batting sixth, will appeal the suspension, according to Rangers officials.
"I think it's a little too harsh," Kinsler said. "It's a little unreasonable. There's not really too much common sense in [the rule], but they have rules for a reason."
Umpire Dale Scott tossed Kinsler after the second baseman had argued balls and strikes in the bottom of the 10th inning. Players are supposed to leave the field and not return after they are ejected. But after Cruz hit his home run in the 13th to give the Rangers the win over the Yankees on Friday, Kinsler returned to celebrate with his teammates on the field as Cruz rounded the bases.
Being ejected can only be for the duration of the game, so my question would be, when is the game officially over? I know there used to be some quirky rule about a walkoff HR not counting if the batter wasn't the winning run (as soon as it crossed, the game was over, all other runners stayed in their place). So things can be a little weird. Is it over as soon as the HR goes over the fence? Or is it not over till the batter steps on Home. I'm pretty sure its the last... in which case if Kinsler was on the field before that, he was breaking the rule. If he has just waited till foot met plate, in my opinion, it would be a different situation. I would be upset about an ejected player not being allowed on the field after the game.
Ian Kinsler has dropped his appeal of a one-game suspension. It was reported earlier this month that the suspension was rescinded, but apparently that wasn't the case. He'll serve the suspension Sunday on a day that he wasn't slated to start, anyway.
Ian Kinsler has dropped his appeal of a one-game suspension. It was reported earlier this month that the suspension was rescinded, but apparently that wasn't the case. He'll serve the suspension Sunday on a day that he wasn't slated to start, anyway.
Nice. Now, if he wasn't missing for months at a time this season and such a bust for his ADP, he'd be good.
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by StlSluggers » Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:27 pm 
