Melky Cabrera

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QUOTE (Ultra @ Aug 21 2012, 09:39 PM)

Good riddance taking the cheater off our team. Perhaps we had gotten spoiled watching him play for us so well for so long but it definitely makes you question just about any player in the game. As a Giants fan, it certainly caught me out of nowhere, but I don't have any more respect for this guy than I do for Barry Bonds.

Hitting about 100 pts over his career average should have raised some red flags. I wasn't all that shocked to hear about it.

 

I heard Bartolo Colon was suspended today.

[ILSnwdog]

QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Aug 17 2012, 08:21 AM)

QUOTE (barney_rebel @ Aug 17 2012, 06:59 AM) This belongs in the Not Very Sportsmanlike thread If only there was a mod around that might be able to move it......

[laughedatbytime]

Didn't know he/they could do this but it's an appropriate outcome.

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8407726/...l-batting-title

 

NEW YORK -- Melky Cabrera has been disqualified from the National League batting title at his own request.

 

Cabrera asked the players' association to convey his desire to the commissioner's office, and an agreement to make him ineligible was reached Friday.

 

"I have no wish to win an award that would be tainted," Cabrera said in a release. "I believe it would be far better for someone more deserving to win. ... I am grateful that the Players Association and MLB were able to honor my request by suspending the rule for this season. I know that changing the rules mid-season can present problems, and I thank the Players Association and MLB for finding a way to get this done."

 

Major League Baseball could not unilaterally disqualify Cabrera. It could only change the batting title rules for this year with an agreement from the union.

 

"After giving this matter the consideration it deserves, I have decided that Major League Baseball will comply with Mr. Cabrera's request," said commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement. "I respect his gesture as a sign of his regret and his desire to move forward, and I believe that, under these circumstances, the outcome is appropriate, particularly for Mr. Cabrera's peers who are contending for the batting crown."

 

CSNBayArea.com first reported the disqualification.

 

Serving a 50-game suspension, the San Francisco Giants' slugger entered Friday with a league-leading .346 average, seven points ahead of Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen. Cabrera, the All-Star game MVP, was suspended Aug. 15 for a positive test for testosterone and is missing the final 45 games of the regular season.

 

Selig had said Wednesday: "We generally don't interfere" in the batting title issue.

 

"Melky Cabrera, through a written request to me, asked for the Union's assistance in removing him from consideration for the 2012 National League batting title," MLBPA executive director Michael Weiner said in the joint MLB news release. "We complied with Melky's wish and brought the matter to the Commissioner's Office, which agreed to suspend the rule. We commend Melky's decision under these circumstances."

 

Qualifications for the batting championship are contained in the scoring section of the Official Baseball Rules, and Article 18 of baseball's labor contract says that if management and the union don't reach an agreement on proposed scoring rule changes that "significantly affect terms and conditions of employment" then the changes can't be put into effect until after the next complete season -- which in this case would delay a modification until 2014.

 

But MLB and the union can change the rule at any time if they agree.

 

Cabrera has 501 plate appearances, one fewer than the required amount if the Giants play 162 games. Under section 10.22(a) of the Official Baseball Rules, he would win the batting title if an extra hitless at-bat is added to his average and it remained higher than that of any other qualifying player.

 

That rule came into play for the first time in 1996, when San Diego's Tony Gwynn won his third straight NL batting title, and his seventh overall. Gwynn hit .353 in 498 plate appearances and won when four hitless at-bats were added and his average still topped that of Colorado's Ellis Burks, Gwynn's closest pursuer at .344.

 

Baseball rules state a player needs to average 3.1 plate appearances for each of his team's games to become a batting, slugging or on-base percentage champion. But the last sentence of 10.22(a) says: "Notwithstanding the foregoing requirement of minimum appearances at the plate, any player with fewer than the required number of plate appearances whose average would be the highest, if he were charged with the required number of plate appearances shall be awarded the batting, slugging or on-base percentage championship, as the case may be."

 

Under Friday's deal, MLB and the union agreed that the sentence will not apply this year, leaving Cabrera one plate appearance short.

 

As the agreement is worded, the only way Cabrera would qualify for the batting title is if the Giants had a rainout and played only 161 games, in which case 499 plate appearances would be sufficient. Such a situation is unlikely this late in the season.

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QUOTE (laughedatbytime @ Sep 21 2012, 05:11 PM)

Didn't know he/they could do this but it's an appropriate outcome. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8407726/...l-batting-title NEW YORK -- Melky Cabrera has been disqualified from the National League batting title at his own request. Cabrera asked the players' association to convey his desire to the commissioner's office, and an agreement to make him ineligible was reached Friday. "I have no wish to win an award that would be tainted," Cabrera said in a release. "I believe it would be far better for someone more deserving to win. ... I am grateful that the Players Association and MLB were able to honor my request by suspending the rule for this season. I know that changing the rules mid-season can present problems, and I thank the Players Association and MLB for finding a way to get this done." Major League Baseball could not unilaterally disqualify Cabrera. It could only change the batting title rules for this year with an agreement from the union. "After giving this matter the consideration it deserves, I have decided that Major League Baseball will comply with Mr. Cabrera's request," said commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement. "I respect his gesture as a sign of his regret and his desire to move forward, and I believe that, under these circumstances, the outcome is appropriate, particularly for Mr. Cabrera's peers who are contending for the batting crown." CSNBayArea.com first reported the disqualification. Serving a 50-game suspension, the San Francisco Giants' slugger entered Friday with a league-leading .346 average, seven points ahead of Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen. Cabrera, the All-Star game MVP, was suspended Aug. 15 for a positive test for testosterone and is missing the final 45 games of the regular season. Selig had said Wednesday: "We generally don't interfere" in the batting title issue. "Melky Cabrera, through a written request to me, asked for the Union's assistance in removing him from consideration for the 2012 National League batting title," MLBPA executive director Michael Weiner said in the joint MLB news release. "We complied with Melky's wish and brought the matter to the Commissioner's Office, which agreed to suspend the rule. We commend Melky's decision under these circumstances." Qualifications for the batting championship are contained in the scoring section of the Official Baseball Rules, and Article 18 of baseball's labor contract says that if management and the union don't reach an agreement on proposed scoring rule changes that "significantly affect terms and conditions of employment" then the changes can't be put into effect until after the next complete season -- which in this case would delay a modification until 2014. But MLB and the union can change the rule at any time if they agree. Cabrera has 501 plate appearances, one fewer than the required amount if the Giants play 162 games. Under section 10.22(a) of the Official Baseball Rules, he would win the batting title if an extra hitless at-bat is added to his average and it remained higher than that of any other qualifying player. That rule came into play for the first time in 1996, when San Diego's Tony Gwynn won his third straight NL batting title, and his seventh overall. Gwynn hit .353 in 498 plate appearances and won when four hitless at-bats were added and his average still topped that of Colorado's Ellis Burks, Gwynn's closest pursuer at .344. Baseball rules state a player needs to average 3.1 plate appearances for each of his team's games to become a batting, slugging or on-base percentage champion. But the last sentence of 10.22(a) says: "Notwithstanding the foregoing requirement of minimum appearances at the plate, any player with fewer than the required number of plate appearances whose average would be the highest, if he were charged with the required number of plate appearances shall be awarded the batting, slugging or on-base percentage championship, as the case may be." Under Friday's deal, MLB and the union agreed that the sentence will not apply this year, leaving Cabrera one plate appearance short. As the agreement is worded, the only way Cabrera would qualify for the batting title is if the Giants had a rainout and played only 161 games, in which case 499 plate appearances would be sufficient. Such a situation is unlikely this late in the season.

Classy move.

[Bastille Dave]

PR move

[Principled Man]

Classy-yet-suspicious PR move.

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QUOTE (Workaholic Man @ Sep 21 2012, 07:55 PM)

Classy-yet-suspicious PR move.

Classy move by Melky. PR way of handling it by MLB.

[Ultra]

PR move or not, it was the right move to make. Maybe the one right decision Melky has made throughout this whole ordeal.