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...Roberto Alomar He didn't say it, he sprayed it. The Baltimore Oriole second baseman spit on umpire John Hirschbeck after an argument in Toronto toward the end of the regular season, then compounded his sin by saying Hirschbeck hasn't been the same since his son died of a neurological disease. After Alomar was given an absurdly lenient suspension (five games next season rather than in the postseason), he became the chew toy in a dogfight among the players, umpires and baseball executives. The real damage, though, was done to Alomar's name. He may never shake his spitting...
When the Baltimore Orioles' Roberto Alomar spit in the face of an umpire [Sport, Oct. 14], baseball presented a perfect microcosmic example of the decline of American culture, from the loss of leadership, courage and reasoned authority at the owner and governing level to the loss of sportsmanship, work ethic and basic respect at the player level. In order to remain a fan over the past few years, I have concentrated on the game itself and avoided the surrounding drama. Now, however, there is no place to avert my eyes, for the nastiest scene yet has taken place right...
...Wednesday, Roberto tried to do the right thing in dropping his appeal, which only left Budig's sentence lying there, naked in its leniency. So Phillips again beat the drums for a strike, demanding that Alomar serve his suspension immediately instead of at the start of next season. On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Edmund Ludwig in Philadelphia ruled that the Umpires Association would be in violation of its collective-bargaining agreement if it staged a walkout, and so the A.L. umps reluctantly showed up in Cleveland, Ohio, and Arlington, Texas. But we haven't heard the last...
...Roberto Alomar didn't just spit on an umpire. This vile act stopped baseball, shocking its fans and leading to a threatened umpire strike. The second baseman's lack of professionalism shifted focus from the post-season and its drama to a reevaluation of our athletes...
...President of the American League, he must have thought he'd be spending most of his time happily watching baseball from the best seats in the park. Recently, though, he's been occupied mainly by telephone conversations handling disputes with the Baltimore Orioles. After his sloppy handling of the Roberto Alomar spitting incident, he needed to quickly and decisively rule on the latest controversy, a Baltimore protest of a catch by a 12-year old fan that turned a probable out into a game-tying eighth-inning home run in a game the Yankees later won. Budig and baseball...