Bats: Blue Jays' Brett Lawrie Appeals Suspension The young third baseman was in the lineup against the Yankees on Wednesday despite being barred for four games and fined for his tirade at an umpire. Griffin: Brett Lawrie appeals four-game suspension for hitting umpire with helmet "In a nutshell, I didn't mean to hit him," says fiery Jay, just "an unlucky hop." MLB player banned for tirade Brett Lawrie's helmet hits home-plate umpire Bill Miller after Lawrie spiked it in anger. Brett Lawrie heard the penalty, then expressed just one regret about his tantrum: that his batting helmet bounced up and hit an umpire. Brett Lawrie: Gets Four-Game Suspension; Appealing Update: Lawrie has been suspended four games for throwing his batting helmet toward the home plate umpire in Tuesday's game. He's appealing the suspension and will be in the lineup Wednesday, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports. Baseball: Blue Jays' Brett Lawrie suspended after helmet hits umpire Toronto third baseman also fined Brett Lawrie Blow-Up Overshadows Fact That Umpires Still Need to Be Held More Accountable Soon enough, we'll almost certainly learn that Brett Lawrie will be suspended for his actions Tuesday night. The Blue Jays third baseman went a little cuckoo after being called out on strikes in the ninth inning of a one-run game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Lawrie flipped his lid -- quite literally -- slamming his helmet into the dirt, which then bounced up and hit home plate umpire Bill Miller ... Brett Lawrie suspended after his helmet hits ump | Baseball notes Brett Lawrie heard the penalty, then expressed just one regret about his tantrum: that his batting helmet bounced up and hit an umpire. Major League Baseball suspended Lawrie... Jays' Lawrie suspended 4 games for ump altercation Brett Lawrie heard the penalty, then expressed just one regret about his tantrum: that his batting helmet bounced up and hit an umpire. Jays' Lawrie spikes helmet, hits ump after ejection Brett Lawrie of the Blue Jays might have earned himself a fine and suspension when he was a bit aggressive in objecting to a called third strike on Tuesday. Jays cite bad bounce as Lawrie appeals four-game ban for altercation with umpire TORONTO - Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos sounded like a parent defending young slugger Brett Lawrie.
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