Astros Pitchers Throws GM to the Ground

Yahoo Sports is reporting that Houston Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon has been suspended indefenitely for the events that followed:

“I sat down to eat and Ed Wade came to me and very sternly said, ‘You need to come with me to the office,”’ Chacon said. “I said ‘for what?’ I said ‘I don’t want to go to the office with you and Cooper.’ And I said, ‘You can tell me whatever you got to tell me right here.’ He’s like, ‘Oh, you want me to tell you right here?’ And I said, ‘yeah.’ I’m not yelling. I’m calm.”

Chacon said things went downhill from there.

“He started yelling and cussing,” Chacon said of Wade, according to a story on the Chronicle’s Web site. “I’m sitting there and I said to him very calmly, ‘Ed, you need to stop yelling at me. Then I stood up and said, ‘You better stop yelling at me.’ I stood up. He continued and was basically yelling.”

Chacon said that after Wade told him he needed to “look in the mirror,” it got worse.

“So at that point I lost my cool and I grabbed him by the neck and threw him to the ground. I jumped on top of him,” he said. “Words were exchanged.”

Chacon said players quickly came and separated the two. He recalled outfielder Reggie Abercrombie pulling him away from Wade.

If this isnt absolutely pathetic that a guy like Shawn Chacon is going after his boss that way. I think every working person in America has been extremely mad at their boss and have possibly thought about doing something absurd like this but in most instances your thinking cap comes on and you say to yourself if I go postal on my boss I am going to get fired and possibly have a law suit coming my way after. So in my best guess Shawn Chacon will not be employed by the Astros for much longer and when he is released I do not think he will pitching for a long time. He will have to go the an independant league team to prove himself worthy of being a professional baseball player because he certainly did not act professional with what he did.

Hoffman Gives Up 2 Runs in the 9th Inning to Lose Game

Trevor Hoffman entered the top of the 9th inning with the game tied at 1-1.  After Hoffman struck out the first 2 batters he faced Brendon Harris came to the plate and hit the the first pitch fastball out of the park. Then Brian Buscher came to the plate and connected on a home run. Trevor Hoffman now is 1-5 with 4.85 era. Trevor Hoffman is done. He needs to hang up his cleats at the end of the season. He is just not as reliable as he once was. Guys are starting to figure him out. He will start you with a 85 mph fast ball then 75mph curve then the 80mph change up. Major League hitters are finally figuring out that Trevor Hoffman is extremely hittable. He has had one heck of a career but he time is coming to an end.

Mets Owner Praises Randolph but Agrees with Firing

Mets owner Fred Wilpon said Monday “I think Willie did a good job. I think that the results the last, say, 14 months were not up to what we thought it had to be.” And he continued to say “What Omar finally decided was that he had to make that change.” No matter what is said by the Mets management after the fact does not matter. What they did to Willie Randolph was flat out horrible. How do you fly a guy out to California for a three game series and then win game one and fire him a couple hours after the game in the middle of the night. I understand not wanting to fire him on Fathers day but come on they had an off night that Thursday and could have easily dismissed him then. The point is the Mets are trying to make themselves look better by saying that Willie did a good job but what they are really saying is we look really bad in the media and need to look better.

Ben Sheets Throws Complete Game

Ben Sheets threw a complete game 4 hitter against the Atlanta Braves on Monday. With the win his record improves to 9-1 this year. He may single handedly keep the Brewers in contention. Time will tell. If he is unable to keep the Brewers a float GM Doug Melvin is going to have a tough decision to make come the July 31st Trade Deadline.

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