As you learned earlier this afternoon, Major League Baseball doled out suspensions as expected for the Dodgers’ and Diamondbacks’ participation in Tuesday night’s fracas. There weren’t too many surprises, though as Craig noted, Yasiel Puig and Zack Greinke were not suspended at all, receiving only fines. On the D-Back side of things, Eric Hinske received a five-game suspension, which was shocking both to Hinske himself and to teammate Brandon McCarthy, who tweeted about it:
“I had him in fantasy once and he killed me so…five games?”- how I assume someone from MLB decided on Hinske’s suspension
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) June 14, 2013
Have you ever watched people who are bad at math try to split a bill? Basically that’s how I picture the process of deciding brawl penalties
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) June 14, 2013
Hinske’s had the soup and ended up paying for someone else’s surf & turf
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) June 14, 2013
As for Hinske, he maintains his innocence. Via Nick Piecoro:
Hinske: “I didn’t throw any punches. I had punches thrown at me by Puig. He gets no games. I get five. You tell me what’s right there.”
— Nick Piecoro (@nickpiecoro) June 14, 2013
Hinske: “I was holding my ground and shoving. There were a ton of Dodgers coming at me and I never threw a punch.”
— Nick Piecoro (@nickpiecoro) June 14, 2013
