#5 His reputation was more of a factor than the actual bat-throwing I'm a big believer in umpires and referees making many decisions based on reputations instead of actual events. An example would be when a ref calls a technical on Rasheed Wallace for yelling at him but letting another player, such as LeBron James, get away with it for an entire game. Sheff has a bad rep as a angry, angry guy among MLB umpires and after he had his little discussion with the home plate ump, the tide was already turned against him.
#4 He didn't throw the bat anywhere near the umpire The bat was thrown by Sheffield directly behind him. Even though Sheff is a major league ball player, there's a good chance that if he wanted to hit someone with an object, he'd have to turn to look and see where they were at first. The bat may have gone in the general direction of the umpire, but if it didn't hit him, then what's the big deal? No harm no foul.
#3 The piece of bat was like yay big It was the handle man. The handle of a bat. Man up and get over it blue, that thing is not going to hurt you unless it is hurled from a cannon at top speed. I don't know what model bat Sheffield uses, but I guarantee it's not some sort of metal that is really going to injure you that badly. Grow some cojones.
#2 Sheff was right. Those pitches sucked balls. One was high, the other was inside. The umpire was WRONG. Unfortunately, unlike in other sports, MLB umpires seem to have complete reign over their domain and have no one really checking their decisions other than players and managers on the field, but even they won't win arguments that they start. Gary had a right to be disagreeing with that ump because those were shit calls, and they ruined Gary's at-bat by forcing him to swing at a pitch he otherwise wouldn't have- hence why he broke his bat.
#1 If Gary Sheffield wanted to hurt someone, by God he would hurt someone Gary Sheffield is one big, scary man. If he had wanted to hurt that umpire, he would have turned around and clocked him and then beat him down with his bare hands. There would be none of this bat throwing- just a pure beat down. After the ump kicked him out of the game was when Gary decided to go after the guy, and it took three teammates to hold him back. You know why? Because he is a big, scary man. Sheff didn't want to hurt this umpire. If he had wanted to hurt this umpire, we would probably be checking for hospital updates on the guy that Gary beat into a pulp because he didn't like a call.
This suspension had better get overturned.
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