Comments on: MLB officially suspends Juan Carlos Oviedo for eight weeks

By: 5thbase

5thbase — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:22:23 +0000

If my employer found out I had intentionally lied to them about the very nature of who I was, I would not get any kind of suspension. I would be fired outright.

Not sure why modern people are so outraged by consequence. Or are we just so arrogant that we think these non-white “children” don’t know right from wrong? If he doesn’t know first grade level morality better than that he probably should not be able to get a visa and he definitely should not get the privilege of playing baseball here. Obviously he knew it was wrong all along, he got busted, now he’s paying the price and word will get out in the DR.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 29 May 2012 00:30:59 +0000

Sorry about that, Randy. The way you phrased the final sentence of your initial response – ie, as opposed to writing, say, “Bud probably thinks excessive punishment” etc. – looked to me like you were expressing your own point of view.

By: randygnyc

randygnyc — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:10:39 +0000

Gator- I didn’t say I agree with bud, just what his likely impetus is here.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Mon, 28 May 2012 22:47:23 +0000

Randy: I doubt it. An impoverished Dominican kid will gladly risk putting a few million in his pocket before getting nailed, if he ever does. You’ve had two “unmaskings,” one – Oviedo’s – effectively voluntary – out of Buddha knows how many that got away with it.

The best way to put a stop to this behavior is to put a stop to the officially sanctioned exploitation of underage ballplayers by MLB.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Mon, 28 May 2012 22:44:34 +0000

Because Bud feels the need to be Judge Roy Bean – who, unlike Bud, was not a complete asshole.

By: The Baseball Idiot

The Baseball Idiot — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:38:30 +0000

What he did was a federal violation, not a baseball one. The Department of Justice chose not to punish him at all. Why does Bud feel the need to be Judge Roy Bean?

By: randygnyc

randygnyc — Mon, 28 May 2012 20:46:47 +0000

Deterrent. MLB is afraid this fraud is going to become even more prevalent in the future. Excessive punishment may make people think otherwise.

By: jimmymarlinsfan

jimmymarlinsfan — Mon, 28 May 2012 20:08:18 +0000

Totally agreed…at least Heath Bell pitched well today to nail down the save

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Mon, 28 May 2012 19:49:04 +0000

I have been trying to figure out the logic of this suspension. Deterrent? Well, what’s the likelihood of Oviedo faking his name and age again anyway? Punishment? For what – circumventing an inherently unfair and abusive practice by agents and major league teams for signing, in effect, children who don’t generally know any better? Eight weeks? Effectively, the same fifty games a guy would get for squirting himself up? When he’s already missed most of a season already due to the criminal penalties involved?

It’s bullshit.