This Is Great!
ESPN is reporting that Dodger closer Eric Gagne is going to serve a 2 game suspension for heckling the home plate umpire and getting ejected on April 6th. Thus extending his time out of the Dodger lineup for 2 days.
Or not...
He was suspended because when on the Disabled List, a player is not allowed to take part in any aspect of a game.
Obviously he did.
But guess what that means...
The Dodgers can simply activate him 2 days earlier than they want him in the lineup, thus serving his suspension while they were planning on keeping him on the DL anyway.
Totally legal, totally smart.
As long as DePodesta is as smart as the Fu2rman, and also thought of that.
From the looks of it so far, they haven't.
"It's bad for the team. We're going to be short-handed two days," said Gagne, who said he hasn't decided whether he will appeal the suspension.
Eric, there will be no appeal, just shut up and accept the suspension.
"It's just a situation we have to deal with," manager Jim Tracy said.
What situation?
There is no situation guys!
This one is a no-brainer.
posted by The Fu2rman at 1:01 AM
2 Comments:
Are you serious? Can they really do that? You have to be talking bullshit. Why would Gagne be worried if what you say is true?
Yes, they can do that. The only issue is that they have to drop a player from their active lineup.
No problem, if they can't live without one player, just activate Gagne on a day off. Then, yes they go short-handed for one game.
It all depends when he's going to come back.
If he is still a month away, activate him right before the series against Kansas City. The Dodgers should beat KC with their stars on the bench anyway.
One game, one player short, if the Dodgers can't figure that one out, just give the NL West to the D-Backs, or the frickin' Padres, for that matter.
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