Sveum Suspended for 3 games.

Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum has been suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed amount for an encounter with umpires after Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati.

The suspension, which will begin tonight, was announced by Bob Watson, vice president for on-field operations for Major League Baseball.

Sveum took exception to the calls being made by home plate umpire Kevin Causey. At the end of the game, Sveum yelled at Causey as he walked off the field. When third-base umpire Brian Runge became involved, Runge and Sveum exchanged words.

MLB called Sveume's actions "inappropriate and aggressive toward the umpires." We'll have to see if this was a shock to manager Ken Macha.

Causey made a contreversial interference call at second base the night before and he called out five Brewers on strikes when he was behind the plate Sunday. Causey was called up from the minors to fill-in for a vacationing umpire

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Interesting

I wonder if the Karstens/Kendall exchange last night will warrant any sort of action as well.

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by kirbir on Jul 21, 2009 12:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Suspended for yelling at the umpire?

That’s utterly ridiculous. Did he hurt the umpire’s widdle feewings? Poor baby! Don’t worry, Daddy Watson will make it alllll better. Man-up and grow a pair, dude. I can understand mandatory suspension for contact with an umpire because it can be practically impossible to determine intent in such a case, but yelling? Whatever.

If managers and coaches can’t yell at umpires then why not just send them up to a coaches box next to the Press box? I’m sure MLB can install a phone on the back of the pitcher’s mound and in the dugout if they have to talk to their players. The first and third base coaches can sit in a plexiglass soundproof cage in the dugout when their team is in the field and then be escorted to their appropriate places on the field when their team is batting.

by ecocd on Jul 21, 2009 1:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Maybe the umpired texted the Brewers off.

BrewersDale Sveum is a big meanie in the dug out.

by SgtClueLs on Jul 21, 2009 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Twitter, I'm sure.

by ecocd on Jul 21, 2009 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It is a known fact

that umpires are oversensitive 2 year olds who all want ponies and chocolate cake. So, yes, their feelings need to be strongly protected.

by Braunstalker on Jul 21, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Question...

Would Sveum have received at least a one-game suspension anyways, since there is some rule where a non-manager coach comes on to the field to argue a call, which was what happened to Randolph a few weeks ago?

As for the fact that it’s THREE games, that’s crap.

by cwatts78 on Jul 21, 2009 4:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Did Sveum..

Go on the field though? The article doesn’t really say that he did…only that Causey was on the field. I didn’t see the game either, nor do I think they would have showed footage of this altercation on television after the game had ended.

by TheBurningRom on Jul 21, 2009 6:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like Haudricourt's reaction

It’s like all the irritation built up during his chat today was let out in one long rant against umpires.

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by TheJay on Jul 21, 2009 5:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

THwitter has changed from complaining about the weather

to complaining about Umpires.. over the course of the last month or so

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by tcyoung on Jul 21, 2009 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow.

I thought Tom H only talked like that to fans.

He’s right though. Suspensions would be a lot easier to take if there were actual repercussions for poor umpiring. Instead their contract actually makes it impossible to fire them for incompetence. It’s like tenure for college professors, only instead of creating a place where new and controversial ideas can survive or die on their own merits, it simply encourages ineptitude.

Welcome to the big leagues. Your success or failure here will, in part, be determined by the men in black over there. You can question them, but do it politely, quietly, and don’t prolong they exchange. You can’t argue with them. You can’t touch them. If they don’t like your body language, they may shout at you. They may follow you back to the dugout. If they do, be polite, or you’ll be ejected. Like you, they worked years and competed with thousands to get here. If you don’t perform, you won’t be here long. If they don’t perform, they still get to stay.

And they wonder why they don’t get respect.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 21, 2009 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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