Dunkirk101
03-06-2005, 01:51 AM
Samy Sosa got ejected from Game... (Good)!!
Jerk thought he was too good for the Cubs. Now that he's gone, look what happened :p
See ya, Sammy
Sosa tossed in first Nationals-Orioles game since 1971
Posted: Saturday March 5, 2005 5:55PM; Updated: Saturday March 5, 2005 7:19PM
Sammy Sosa didn't realize he was ejected until he took the field the following inning.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- As an encore to his successful debut with the Baltimore Orioles, Sammy Sosa did something even more memorable: He got ejected from a spring training game while playing the outfield.
Sosa was tossed in the second inning of the Orioles' 9-6 loss to the Washington Nationals on Saturday. It was the first time in 34 years that Baltimore and Washington met on the baseball diamond, but the result was far less compelling than Sosa's surprise exit.
Traded from the Chicago Cubs to Baltimore during offseason, Sosa launched his career with the Orioles by getting two hits, including a homer, on Friday. His stint Saturday was much shorter.
The sequence of events that led to his ejection by second base umpire C.B. Bucknor began in the bottom of the first inning, when Sosa was called out by home plate umpire Joe West on a high third strike. Sosa briefly expressed his displeasure with the call before taking his place in right field.
After Baltimore starter Daniel Cabrera opened the second inning by going to a 2-0 count on leadoff hitter Brad Wilkerson, Sosa was ejected.
"I said, 'That was a strike,"' Sosa said, "and then the second-base umpire was like, 'Knock it off.' I said something back to him, and that was everything. I was all the way in right field, but I guess he took it the wrong way and threw me out of the game."
Sosa said his comments were not directed directly at Bucknor, but at West, who was well out of earshot.
"I told [Bucknor], 'Come on, this is spring training,"' Sosa said. "I was like, 'Wow, you can't even say anything in this game."'
Orioles manager Lee Mazzilli argued the ejection at second base as Sosa came in from right field to join the conversation. When Sosa realized the decision would not be overturned, he dropped his glove at Bucknor's feet and walked off the field.
Sosa couldn't remember an outfielder being tossed, let alone from a spring training game.
"The first time is now. So that's a heads-up for outfielders: You'd better look out," he said.
Bucknor declined comment after the game.
The Nationals rallied from a 5-4 deficit with a five-run ninth inning against Orioles closer B.J. Ryan in the first baseball game between Baltimore and Washington since Sept. 10, 1971. In that game the Orioles beat the Senators.
Washington mayor Anthony Williams, who helped orchestrate the move of the Montreal Expos to Washington, was delighted to be in attendance.
"It's fantastic to be here," Williams said. "To have played a role in bringing the national pastime to the nation's capital is a great feeling."
Baltimore and the Nationals had never played before, so could the confrontation be considered a rivalry? Not to the Orioles.
"Hardly even registers," Baltimore second baseman Brian Roberts declared.
"I don't think we look at it as a rivalry, especially today," Orioles outfielder Larry Bigbie said. "We just look at it as another spring training game to get ourselves ready for opening day. Until it becomes a rivalry, we won't make it out to be one."
Nationals manager Frank Robinson, who played for the Orioles back in the day when they regularly beat the Senators, agreed.
"An exhibition game isn't a big rivalry," he said. "Down the road, maybe it is."
Nationals outfielder Jeffrey Hammonds, a former Oriole, figures the 40-mile distance between Washington and Baltimore makes the teams natural rivals from the outset.
"That's the game plan, isn't it? If it's not a rivalry, then we as players aren't doing the right thing," said Hammonds, a former Oriole. "These are territorial rights. You've got pretty much the same fan base. We're coming in trying to jump in the Orioles' territory, and we've got to convert the fans. There will definitely be implications in every game we play against them."
They used to be the Expos, and now they're the Nationals. Before the game, Sosa spoke approvingly about Montreal's move to Washington.
"It's incredible. The Montreal Expos found a good place to go," he said. "I'm really happy, and I wish them the best."
The Nationals and Orioles don't meet in the regular season, but that should change in 2006, according to Katy Feeney, senior vice president of club relations and scheduling in the commissioner's office.
Mayor watches Nationals beat Orioles
Washington mayor Anthony Williams made his first road trip to see his city's new baseball team, attending the Nationals' spring training game against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.
Wearing a red Nationals cap, Williams arrived about an hour before the first pitch. He chatted with Nationals manager Frank Robinson and general manager Jim Bowden on the field, then watched some batting practice before settling into a front-row seat.
"It's fantastic to be here. To have played a role in bringing the national pastime to the nation's capital is a great feeling," Williams said.
"I'm really excited about the proposals that we're getting for building the stadium. We're going to bring even more support on board. And we're going to have not only a great team and a great stadium but a great surrounding."
The Nationals have been owned by the sport's 29 other teams since 2002, and Major League Baseball has to reach a compensation deal with Orioles owner Peter Angelos before it can find a new owner.
Angelos says that having a team in Washington will draw fans away from the Orioles and lower the value of his franchise.
Williams, who watched the Nationals' 9-6 victory with his wife from a seat near the visitors' dugout at Fort Lauderdale Stadium, said he believes a deal can be worked out with Angelos that "will be win-win for everybody."
"Most of the [Nationals'] season tickets are from people who live out of town," Williams said. "That's what we're trying to do -- bring money that is otherwise going to be spent out of town into the city. That's exactly why this is going to be so successful."
The American League's Orioles and National League's Nationals won't play during the regular season this year, but major league baseball will look into scheduling them for interleague play in 2006.
"I'm looking forward to it, but I don't know what they're going to call the series with Baltimore," Williams said, rejecting his wife's suggestion of "The Baltimore Parkway Battle" as too long.
The mayor is also scheduled to attend Sunday's game between the Nationals and the Houston Astros at Washington's spring training stadium in Viera. <end>
See for yourself: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/baseball/mlb/specials/spring_training/2005/03/05/bc.bbo.nationals.orioles.ap/index.html?cnn=yes
Jerk thought he was too good for the Cubs. Now that he's gone, look what happened :p
See ya, Sammy
Sosa tossed in first Nationals-Orioles game since 1971
Posted: Saturday March 5, 2005 5:55PM; Updated: Saturday March 5, 2005 7:19PM
Sammy Sosa didn't realize he was ejected until he took the field the following inning.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- As an encore to his successful debut with the Baltimore Orioles, Sammy Sosa did something even more memorable: He got ejected from a spring training game while playing the outfield.
Sosa was tossed in the second inning of the Orioles' 9-6 loss to the Washington Nationals on Saturday. It was the first time in 34 years that Baltimore and Washington met on the baseball diamond, but the result was far less compelling than Sosa's surprise exit.
Traded from the Chicago Cubs to Baltimore during offseason, Sosa launched his career with the Orioles by getting two hits, including a homer, on Friday. His stint Saturday was much shorter.
The sequence of events that led to his ejection by second base umpire C.B. Bucknor began in the bottom of the first inning, when Sosa was called out by home plate umpire Joe West on a high third strike. Sosa briefly expressed his displeasure with the call before taking his place in right field.
After Baltimore starter Daniel Cabrera opened the second inning by going to a 2-0 count on leadoff hitter Brad Wilkerson, Sosa was ejected.
"I said, 'That was a strike,"' Sosa said, "and then the second-base umpire was like, 'Knock it off.' I said something back to him, and that was everything. I was all the way in right field, but I guess he took it the wrong way and threw me out of the game."
Sosa said his comments were not directed directly at Bucknor, but at West, who was well out of earshot.
"I told [Bucknor], 'Come on, this is spring training,"' Sosa said. "I was like, 'Wow, you can't even say anything in this game."'
Orioles manager Lee Mazzilli argued the ejection at second base as Sosa came in from right field to join the conversation. When Sosa realized the decision would not be overturned, he dropped his glove at Bucknor's feet and walked off the field.
Sosa couldn't remember an outfielder being tossed, let alone from a spring training game.
"The first time is now. So that's a heads-up for outfielders: You'd better look out," he said.
Bucknor declined comment after the game.
The Nationals rallied from a 5-4 deficit with a five-run ninth inning against Orioles closer B.J. Ryan in the first baseball game between Baltimore and Washington since Sept. 10, 1971. In that game the Orioles beat the Senators.
Washington mayor Anthony Williams, who helped orchestrate the move of the Montreal Expos to Washington, was delighted to be in attendance.
"It's fantastic to be here," Williams said. "To have played a role in bringing the national pastime to the nation's capital is a great feeling."
Baltimore and the Nationals had never played before, so could the confrontation be considered a rivalry? Not to the Orioles.
"Hardly even registers," Baltimore second baseman Brian Roberts declared.
"I don't think we look at it as a rivalry, especially today," Orioles outfielder Larry Bigbie said. "We just look at it as another spring training game to get ourselves ready for opening day. Until it becomes a rivalry, we won't make it out to be one."
Nationals manager Frank Robinson, who played for the Orioles back in the day when they regularly beat the Senators, agreed.
"An exhibition game isn't a big rivalry," he said. "Down the road, maybe it is."
Nationals outfielder Jeffrey Hammonds, a former Oriole, figures the 40-mile distance between Washington and Baltimore makes the teams natural rivals from the outset.
"That's the game plan, isn't it? If it's not a rivalry, then we as players aren't doing the right thing," said Hammonds, a former Oriole. "These are territorial rights. You've got pretty much the same fan base. We're coming in trying to jump in the Orioles' territory, and we've got to convert the fans. There will definitely be implications in every game we play against them."
They used to be the Expos, and now they're the Nationals. Before the game, Sosa spoke approvingly about Montreal's move to Washington.
"It's incredible. The Montreal Expos found a good place to go," he said. "I'm really happy, and I wish them the best."
The Nationals and Orioles don't meet in the regular season, but that should change in 2006, according to Katy Feeney, senior vice president of club relations and scheduling in the commissioner's office.
Mayor watches Nationals beat Orioles
Washington mayor Anthony Williams made his first road trip to see his city's new baseball team, attending the Nationals' spring training game against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.
Wearing a red Nationals cap, Williams arrived about an hour before the first pitch. He chatted with Nationals manager Frank Robinson and general manager Jim Bowden on the field, then watched some batting practice before settling into a front-row seat.
"It's fantastic to be here. To have played a role in bringing the national pastime to the nation's capital is a great feeling," Williams said.
"I'm really excited about the proposals that we're getting for building the stadium. We're going to bring even more support on board. And we're going to have not only a great team and a great stadium but a great surrounding."
The Nationals have been owned by the sport's 29 other teams since 2002, and Major League Baseball has to reach a compensation deal with Orioles owner Peter Angelos before it can find a new owner.
Angelos says that having a team in Washington will draw fans away from the Orioles and lower the value of his franchise.
Williams, who watched the Nationals' 9-6 victory with his wife from a seat near the visitors' dugout at Fort Lauderdale Stadium, said he believes a deal can be worked out with Angelos that "will be win-win for everybody."
"Most of the [Nationals'] season tickets are from people who live out of town," Williams said. "That's what we're trying to do -- bring money that is otherwise going to be spent out of town into the city. That's exactly why this is going to be so successful."
The American League's Orioles and National League's Nationals won't play during the regular season this year, but major league baseball will look into scheduling them for interleague play in 2006.
"I'm looking forward to it, but I don't know what they're going to call the series with Baltimore," Williams said, rejecting his wife's suggestion of "The Baltimore Parkway Battle" as too long.
The mayor is also scheduled to attend Sunday's game between the Nationals and the Houston Astros at Washington's spring training stadium in Viera. <end>
See for yourself: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/baseball/mlb/specials/spring_training/2005/03/05/bc.bbo.nationals.orioles.ap/index.html?cnn=yes