Team Temper Tantrum

[Valadius]

Team Temper Tantrum's Sidney Ponson has been charged with DUI.

[Willets Point]

I think we might have a batboy as well.

[seawolf17]

I've read this story a half-dozen times, trying to figure out why the kid got suspended and Penny just got a laugh instead of the other way around. Penny's a freaking moron.

[Elster88]

Ridiculous suspension. Let the kids have some fun.

For posterity:

]Milk does a body good, but it didn't do good for one batboy. On a dare, a Florida Marlins batboy tried to drink a gallon of milk in under an hour without throwing up. But not only did the batboy not succeed in the challenge, his mere attempt cost him his job for six games, the Miami Herald reported Wednesday. The Marlins suspended the unidentified batboy for the team's upcoming six-game homestand against the Cardinals and Mets from Aug. 28 through Sept. 4 for accepting the dare Sunday from Dodgers pitcher (and former Marlin) Brad Penny. Penny offered the batboy $500 if he could drink a gallon of milk in less than an hour before Sunday's game without throwing up. Penny told the paper the boy drank the milk and didn't throw up, but didn't finish the gallon in the allotted time frame to win the dare. "It's kind of ridiculous that you get a 10-game suspension for steroids and a six-game suspension for milk," Penny told the Herald. ''It's ridiculous that they worry about stuff like that. It shows they [the Marlins organization] don't know anything about the game. That kind of stuff goes on everywhere. It didn't affect the way he worked, the way he did his job.''

[Guest Let's Go Mets!!!]

How about Jose Guillen? He got kicked off his team before the playoffs last year and he called Scioscia a piece of garbage.

[Valadius]

He's there, on the bench.

[Guest Let's Go Mets!!!]

OK, so Guillen is already there. How about Lugo for SS? Didn't he beat his wife or something? And you gotta go with Cox over Piniella. I've never heard of Lou going Lou on his wife. Cox did.

[Zvon]

this list looks pretty complete.
Id add Mike Lieberthal, Phils catcher, for dissin his own pitchers at times as well as the umps he has to work with.

Seems all you have to do to become an asshole is become a starting catcher for the Phils.

Darren 'Dutch" Dalton was one of the biggest assholes in MLB history, and Lieberthal seems proud to keep up that tradition.
Both decent players.

Im sure at least one more will come to mind eventually.

[Guest Beenso]

haha...i might get scolded for this one, but if pedro wasnt on my team i would probably throw him on that list.

i hated him...

but how much i love him now......................

[Guest Beenso]

yea, i think castro got accused of rape also....


go mets! as long as they are playing well

[Elster88]

[url]http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2143002[/url]

Suspended batboy mulling two offers

Got milk? An unidentified Florida Marlins batboy does.

After the batboy was suspended six games for accepting a dare from Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Brad Penny, a former Marlin, to drink a gallon of milk in less than an hour without vomiting, the Milk Processor Education Program wants to compensate him. The group is offering the batboy $500, the original prize of the dare, along with any lost wages from the suspension as long as he promises to drink the recommended three glasses of milk a day (just not all in one sitting).

In addition, the Fort Myers Miracle, the Minnesota Twins' Single-A affiliate in the Florida State League, have offered him an honorary batboy position during their game Monday night against the Tampa Yankees.

"Similar to a rehab stint, we want to help this kid stay on top of his game," Miracle GM Steve Gliner said. "Instead of crying over spilt milk, we decided to offer him the honorary post."

All kids 14 and under will receive a pint of milk upon entering the stadium. The Miracle will also have a cow at the front gates and literature will be passed out on the importance of drinking milk. Empty milk cartons will be placed around the ballpark, so fans can donate money to the out-of-work batboy.

The offers come in the wake of a Miami Herald report Wednesday that the Marlins suspended the unidentified batboy for the team's upcoming six-game homestand against the Cardinals and Mets from Aug. 28 through Sept. 4 for accepting the dare Sunday.

Penny told the paper the boy drank the milk and didn't throw up, but didn't finish the gallon in the allotted time frame to win the dare.

"It's kind of ridiculous that you get a 10-game suspension for steroids and a six-game suspension for milk," Penny told the Herald.

"It's ridiculous that they worry about stuff like that. It shows they [the Marlins organization] don't know anything about the game. That kind of stuff goes on everywhere. It didn't affect the way he worked, the way he did his job," he said.

[Valadius]

Minnesota's Kyle Lohse went on a rampage on Tuesday, damaging manager Ron Gardenhire's office door with a baseball bat after being pulled from the game.