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Pirates' Keone Kela's Suspension Reportedly Due to Altercation with Staffer

More information is emerging about the two-game suspension of Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Keone Kela.

On Monday, the team announced the suspension was for an unspecified violation of his Uniform Player's Contract. Tuesday night, Yahoo Sports' Tim Brown filled in the blanks by disclosing that Kela was disciplined for "an altercation" with Pittsburgh's director of cultural initiatives, Hector Morales.

No further information has been made available about the altercation.

According to MLB Trade Rumors, "The UPC (see it here) allows clubs to 'suspend the Player without salary for a period not exceeding thirty days' upon a 'violation by the Player of any regulation or other provision of this contract.