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League Suspends Bañuelos: Pensacola Blue Wahoos right fielder Guillermo Bañuelos received a 3-game suspension from the league office after he was ejected from a game with the Birmingham Barons recently.
"I knew I probably was going to be suspended," said Bañuelos. "We just didn't know how many games. I ain't really surprised about the suspension. What I did was wrong. You never get into it with an umpire like that. Something bad is going to happen, probably a suspension. I just hate it had to come to that."
Bañuelos was ejected when he complained bitterly about a called third strike. Bañuelos was called out by the home plate umpire. He immediately spun around and stared at the ump and then used both hands to throw his helmet to the ground. At that point, Bañuelos was ejected. By that time his third base coach and manager had gotten between the pair. Then Bañuelos climbed on the back of his coach trying to reach the umpire. After tussling with him, both men got the irate player calmed down and under control and got him to go back to the dugout and to leave the premises.
This season in 22 games, Bañuelos has hit at a .169 clip with 11 hits, no home runs, 6 RBIs and 8 runs scored.
"I knew I probably was going to be suspended," said Bañuelos. "We just didn't know how many games. I ain't really surprised about the suspension. What I did was wrong. You never get into it with an umpire like that. Something bad is going to happen, probably a suspension. I just hate it had to come to that."
Bañuelos was ejected when he complained bitterly about a called third strike. Bañuelos was called out by the home plate umpire. He immediately spun around and stared at the ump and then used both hands to throw his helmet to the ground. At that point, Bañuelos was ejected. By that time his third base coach and manager had gotten between the pair. Then Bañuelos climbed on the back of his coach trying to reach the umpire. After tussling with him, both men got the irate player calmed down and under control and got him to go back to the dugout and to leave the premises.
This season in 22 games, Bañuelos has hit at a .169 clip with 11 hits, no home runs, 6 RBIs and 8 runs scored.