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TORONTO -- Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos sounded like a parent defending young slugger Brett Lawrie. A good kid who didnt mean to do bad. Caught up in the emotion of the moment. He shouldnt have done it, but hes only human. "Im not going to blame him (Lawrie) for being upset," Anthopoulos told reporters Wednesday after Lawrie was suspended for four games in the wake of hitting umpire Bill Miller with his helmet. "Thats what a competitor is. I think anybody in a normal circumstance would get upset, its just the way you deal with it." Lawries temper tantrum over two controversial strike calls resulted in the ban from Major League Baseball on Wednesday. After being ejected by Miller following a called third strike Tuesday night in the ninth inning of a 4-3 loss to Tampa, Lawrie slammed his batting helmet into the ground. Unfortunately for the fiery 22-year-old from Langley, B.C., the helmet bounced up and smacked Millers hip. Lawrie has appealed the suspension, meaning he was in the lineup Wednesday against the visiting New York Yankees. His defence? "In a nutshell, its just I didnt mean to hit him," he said. "I feel I have the right to explain my side of the story about what happened," he added. Lawrie apologized after the game Tuesday and said Wednesday he planned to speak to Miller directly to apologize. He didnt have too far to look. His third base companion for the night was none other than Miller, who made the normal umpire rotation from home plate to the hot corner. Miller and his colleagues were roundly booed as they walked on the field Wednesday. Lawrie drew warm applause when he came to the plate in the second inning, grounding into a forceout and then stealing second before being driven in by a J.P. Arencibia homer. Lawrie, who went into Wednesdays game with a club-best .308 average in May, finished the night without a hit and struck out twice without making a fuss. Helmetgate did manage, at last briefly, to deflect the spotlight from a Jays team that had lost three straight and seven of its last 10 going into Wednesdays 8-1 win over the Yankees before 28,915 under the dome. Walks and errors had featured prominently earlier in the week but the Jays (20-18) won with the long ball Wednesday with homers from Arencibia, Edwin Encarnacion, Jose Bautista and Kelly Johnson. Manager John Farrell said the spotlight on Lawrie had not affected his team, which he said has shown all season that it can separate itself from whatever happened the previous day. "They came out very focused, a lot of energy, and a lot of good at bats," he said. "So it wasnt a distraction, I think, by any means." In a city with a history of bad bounces, Anthopoulos even cited physics at one point in trying to put the Lawrie incident in perspective. "He shouldnt throw his helmet. Goes without saying ... He didnt throw it at anybody, it happened to bounce and hit someone. So if he had turned a little to his right, a little to his left, I think youre probably not even involved in an any type of suspension." The GM returned to that analysis later in his talk with reporters, including the stadiums artificial turf in the equation. "If he had thrown the helmet a little bit to the right or left, were not having this conversation today," he said. "If the turf, like sometimes itll do with some of the balls, it would have kicked the helmet right or left, I think we would have been fine, " he added. Lawrie, who was fined an undisclosed amount in addition to the ban, also cited a bad bounce. "Im just playing the game the way Ive always played it. Thats the passion that I have for the game and I dont feel like I need to change anything." "The only thing I would change is maybe not throw the helmet or throw any equipment towards an umpire because you know you can get an unlucky hop and have kind of the mess thats going on right now." Farrell spoke up in support of Lawries attitude, although he said the youngster would learn from the good and bad he encounters on his major league journey. "Hes an energetic player and we dont want him to lose that energy and that passion for the game and that will to compete and do whatever he has in his power at the moment to make an impact on the game." Said Anthopoulos: "As good a kid as youre every going to be around." The Jays GM said the team supported Lawries opportunity to explain himself. He also said he wanted to hear the rationale for the suspension being four games. "And look, if someone explains that four is the right amount, Brett will be the first one to say its the right amount." Mondays confrontation seems minor compared to some in other sports. But Lawries raw enthusiasm rubs some the wrong way. Baseball is rife with tradition, which in some quarters is long on respect and paying dues. Payback, even with umpires, is not unheard of. Asked if the 3-2 strike call was made out of spite, Anthopoulos paused. "I dont think the umpires would ever do their job that way," he replied diplomatically. Farrell, meanwhile, denied the suggestion that his team is developing a reputation about complaining to umpires. Farrell, critical of Millers calls that sparked the ruckus, said replays and reflection had not changed his view of the incident. "No different. They confirmed my thoughts at the time," said the manager, who said he had already spoken to league officials and expected a fine of his own. As for Lawrie, he said he was looking forward not back. "I woke up today with a smile on my face and a new day at the ball park. Looking forward to coming to get a win against the Yankees today." Lawrie demonstrated that enthusiasm by hammering a ball into the highest level of the Rogers Centre by the left-field foul post during batting practice. There was some mild umpire scrutiny in the seventh inning Wednesday when the Yankees Jayson Nix was called out at second base on a forceout. Replays showed he may have been hard done by. The Jays said the search continues for the fan who hit Miller with a beer on the shoulder as he walked off the pitch Tuesday. Nike Free Günstig Kaufen Schweiz . -- The Anaheim Ducks have acquired centre Kyle Wilson from Tampa Bay in exchange for right wing Dan Sexton. Nike Air Max 90 Hyperfuse ... another abrasive and tough-minded Scotsman. In fact, the similarities between Alex Ferguson and David Moyes are so numerous that its uncanny. http://www.schuheonlinebilligch.com/nike-free-5-0/nike-free- 5-0-damen.html . All he has to do is show up. Kidd will become the oldest guard to start a game in an NBA finals when the Dallas Mavericks face the Miami Heat on Tuesday night. Nike Free 3.0 Herren . -- Jim Caldwell is back in the NFL, this time as the Baltimore Ravens quarterbacks coach. 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"What can I say? It couldnt be better," said Ramirez, who is batting .455 with seven RBI in the playoffs. "Really happy we got the first win. Just come back (Tuesday) and even up the series." Pitching continued to dominate this series, as Dodgers righty Hyun-Jin Ryu scattered three hits and a walk over seven scoreless innings to help L.A. get back in the series after losing the first two in St. Louis. Of course, only one team has rallied from an 0-2 deficit in the NLCS -- the Cardinals in 1985 against the Dodgers. Adrian Gonzalez and Yasiel Puig ended the Dodgers 22-inning scoreless drought with RBI extra-base hits in the fourth inning, and that was all Ryu and the back end of the Dodgers bullpen needed. "I think the playoffs are a one-day momentum swing. Every day changes with momentum. Right now I feel like weve kind of grabbed it," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. Adam Wainwright, who tossed a complete-game gem in the NLDS closeout game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, surrendered two runs in seven innings to take the loss, while the Cardinals continued to struggle to get things going offensively. As a team, St. Louis is only hitting .134 with seven walks through the first three games. "Were a better club than this," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "It wasnt very characteristic of how we played all season." The nine combined runs in the series thus far are the fewest ever tthrough three games of an LCS.dddddddddddd Now the Dodgers will turn to righty Ricky Nolasco, who was supposed to start Game 4 of the NLDS against Atlanta, but was pulled hours before the start for Clayton Kershaw. Mattingly kind of left the door open to that happening again, only this time he would go with Game 1 starter Zack Greinke on short rest. "As of right now," Mattingly said. "Ricky Nolasco will be pitching tomorrow." Nolasco was terrific after being traded to the Dodgers from Miami in early July and was 8-1 with a 2.07 ERA in his first 12 starts. However, he was winless over his final four starts and allowed 19 runs over 12 innings in his last three outings of the year. "Until somebody says otherwise, Im focused on going out there and pitching tomorrow," Nolasco said. Referring to his conditional starting status, he added, "Those things are out of my control. Im only concentrating on the things I can control." St. Louis, meanwhile, will rely on righty Lance Lynn, who picked up the win in relief in Game 1. Lynn pitched two scoreless innings in that one after yielding five runs in just 4 1/3 innings in his Game 2 loss to the Pirates in the NLDS. "You have two really good offensive teams that havent done much so far, and Ive never been one to be naive to the fact that somebodys probably due," Lynn said. "But when its all said and done, you have to concentrate on all you can take care of, and thats just one pitch at a time. Whoevers in the box, you just try to execute your game plan against them. "We have two great offenses here that havent done anything yet, so there could be a couple good games here offensively. But as a starting pitcher, you dont want to see it." Lynn has never lost to the Dodgers and is 2-0 with a 2.50 ERA in three starts. To make matters worse for the Cardinals they may be without third baseman David Freese, who left Game 3 with tightness in his calf. The Dodgers were 4-3 against the Cardinals this season. cheap nfl jerseys cheap soccer jerseys ' ' '
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