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The Deets: Ramon Laureano is a hero, Alex Cintron is a coward, and Rob Manfred is going to screw this up again

Ramon Laureano is going to get suspended for running at the Houston dugout, bringing about a benches-clearing brouhaha in Sunday’s A’s-Astros game. No one is going to argue about that. Laureano deserves punishment.

The only consolation is that he is now a folk hero across the sport.

The real question is how many games Laureano will be suspended by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred.

And, more importantly, what kind of punishment Manfred will hand down to Astros bench coach Alex Cintron, who . . .