Comments on: Joel Peralta suspended eight games for pine tar, will appeal

By: Jennie Oemig

Jennie Oemig — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:32:04 +0000

Filing an appeal is pointless, but I still think the penalty is a little harsh given that Cole Hamels only got five games for purposely beaning Bryce Harper. Perhaps, the MLB should think about revising their penalty book! http://98ontheblack.com/2012/06/24/2198980/

By: mqcarpenter

mqcarpenter — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:19:02 +0000

Sad. They would have scratched their heads back in the baseball heyday of they sent a glove “to the MLB offices in new York for further investigation”. WTF? The umpire can’t tell if tar is on the glove? Is there a test lab in new York?

By: dangcote

dangcote — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:33:20 +0000

Just because something is your legal right doesn’t mean that you have to appeal. Legal rights were created to help prevent innocent people from getting punish. They were not created for guilty people to get off on technicalities, this has been an unfortunate by product. There is nothing preventing this guy from admitting his mistake, serving his time and moving forward, (Look at Donte Stallworth’s hit and run case.) It is not like he didn’t know he was not allowed to use pine tar in his glove.

By: drewsylvania

drewsylvania — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:34:59 +0000

It’s less than the mandatory 10 games he’s supposed to get.

By: onermedboxer

onermedboxer — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:37:42 +0000

Funny thing is, Peralta isn’t their best option. They still sent the Nats down in order in the 8th and 9th w/o any pine tar

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:18:22 +0000

Taking your opponent’s best option off the mound in a one run game in the ninth is hardly an “ulterior motive.”

By: scubadave1947

scubadave1947 — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:08:21 +0000

I believe the coach from the nationals knew, for some time, of Peralta’s habit of using pine tar. It makes me wonder why he chose this time to come forward. I think rather than being a good citizen he is a “snitch”. Snitches always snitch for an ulterior motive. I wonder what his is. Furthermore, since anyone will snitch on anyone for the right payoff/price I wonder how that will come out in the wash. BTW I agree rules should be written and adhered to, not made up in secret boys club

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:22:48 +0000

While I agree with you in principle, from a scheduling standpoint, they have @WsN (1), @Phi (3), @KCR (3), Det (4), NYY (3), @Cle (4), and Bos (3) coming up. I would think that they would want to be up to full strength for the Tigers, Yankees, Indians, and Red Sox, teams they may be competing with for a playoff berth.

By: reospeedwagon916

reospeedwagon916 — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:01:12 +0000

Would have been better off getting a DUI.

By: Dom in Jersey

Dom in Jersey — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:00:10 +0000

Joel,

You cheated. Man up and face the music. Baseball is about skill not pine tar, HGH, amphetamines, or anything else. Take a lesson from Jamie Moyer – if you can’t get them out anymore then it’s time to go home.

By: sumerduckman

sumerduckman — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:29:00 +0000

He should have just plunked Harper on purpose, less suspension time.

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:04:47 +0000

Donnelly’s initial suspension was ten games, he appealed and it was reduced to eight.

By: natstowngreg

natstowngreg — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:04:34 +0000

It’s not about avoiding the suspension. Peralta will do the time eventually. The question is, how much time? The appeal is about getting the suspension reduced.

By: Walk

Walk — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:04:09 +0000

The appeal process can be usued to give the team time to get the bullpen prepared for his absence as well. For instance giving the suspeneded player a heavy workload for a few days then resting some of the other players or giving them time to make a roster move such as sending down a bench bat for another pitcher. Could also be used to allow him to be available for a tough series or road series then drop appeal after when a lesser team is on the schedule. Lots of gamesmanship involved with appeals process and lots of reason to appeal or even drop the appeal.

By: bbk1000

bbk1000 — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:49:56 +0000

I love the fact Johnson called Peralta out on it, but there are pictures showing pine tar on the pitching hand of Kenny Rogers, the league always ignored it.

By: ironhawk

ironhawk — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:44:20 +0000

You always appeal. Always. It’s your legal right and it’s worth a shot. The only reason not to is if you want the PR from saying you’re not going to appeal.

By: daveod1817

daveod1817 — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:40:28 +0000

Appeal ??????????
Yea sure you can appeal. However if you lose your appeal the suspension should be double.
Your playing a game within a game.
The fact is your going to lose 8 days pay. Was it worth it. ??
Stand up and take your medicine like a big boy , You guys lie so much , even you don’t know when your telling the truth

By: thebigcaptain2011

thebigcaptain2011 — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:23:55 +0000

….And he’s going to appeal why? I’m sure it’s because the player’s association is making him. Any other reason than that should result in the suspension getting extended. He got caught. That’s it. Plain and simple. Screw the stupid unwritten rules and all of that BS. He get caught cheating. If you can do the crime then you can do the time.

By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:22:32 +0000

8 seems too steep for a reliever. for a starter, that would pretty much guarantee missing a start (not just pushing a guy back a day), and punishing the team for just a game. I get that they want to make an example of the guy, but still. 8 is too much.