Some folks will read this Baltimore Orioles article and suggest that it’s just typical of Baltimoreans having a chip on their shoulders. Maybe it is for all I know. However don’t look at it in that vain; consider what I’m saying and ask yourselves if it’s possible that there’s some truth to it.
Manny Machado was suspended four games for the brawl with Kansas City’s Yordano Ventura – who was suspended for nine games. However of course as we know, Ventura’s nine game suspension represented only missing one start. While he was being suspended without pay for those nine games, wasn’t eligible to be with the team, etc, he was only missing one turn in the rotation.