Northern League Suspends Eight

Last Sunday, there was a bench-clearing brawl in the 4th inning of the Kansas City T-Bones 11-9 win over the Schaumburg Flyers. Four players involving both teams were ejected.

Wednesday, the Northern League announced the suspension of those four, plus four more.

For Kansas City, OF Charles Peterson and IF Eddie Pearson drew 3-game suspensions, while OF Greg Jacobs, OF J.D. Foust were suspended for 5 games.

Schaumburg P Rick DeHart got a 6-game suspension, while IF Sandy Almonte, IF Josue Lopez, and IF Rob Watson were suspended for 5 games.

Fines were also leveed but not announced.

I hate to see young players miss any playing time. I also hate to see young players think it's okay to get into fights ... especially in front of young children in the stands. The managers should be taken to task for allowing ... or possibly encouraging ... minor league players to be involved in such thing.