Torii Hunter has been known around Major League Baseball as a friendly stand-up player since he joined the league nearly ten years ago. However a recent joke involving several bottles of expensive champagne being delivered to an opposing team's lockeroom for defeating an inner conference rival could end up costing Mr. Hunter a few games for his team.
In a recent post on "The cheater's Guide to Baseball Blog" it was reported that Minnesota Twins outfielder Torii Hunter violated rule 21-b of MLB rules by giving the Kansas City Royals organization four expensive bottles of champagne for sweeping the Detriot Tigers last September, enabling the Twins to come from behind to win the AL Central.
The rule sates that "Any player or person connected with a club who shall offer or give any gift or reward to a player or person connected with another club for services rendered in defeating or attempting to defeat a certain club shall be declared ineligible for not less than three years."
Although Hunter said his gesture was an "Honest mistake" many fans throughout the league are saying his actions violated the integrity of the game and that he should be punished for his actions.
Do you think Mr. Hunter's gesture tampered between teams and that he should be punished for his actions? Or should the league let this one action slide because it looked as if the gift was in good fun.
3 comments:
MLB should not punish Torii Hunter. It was a joke dating back to last year when he said he'd buy every Royals player a bottle of champagne after they swept the Tigers. This is not a case of tampering.
Give him 3 years. He broke the rules. That and i'm a Whitesox fan.
You have to look at the player's character when dealing with situations like this. Hunter is a good person and has never been in trouble to my knowlege. He did it as a joke and if he is going to be punished I feel baseball is being to stict and is taking the joy out of this beloved sport. We don't want the MLB to turn into the NBA where supsions are given out on a common bases.
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