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 | Diablos 2B Snow Suspended 2 Games Thursday, April 19th, 2012: El Paso second baseman Joe Snow has been suspended for 2 games for an on-field tirade with an umpire that left Snow standing in his socks. He was ejected from the Diablos-Fort Worth game for disputing a strike call. Snow let fly with a flurry of expletives, threw down his bat and hat, then went nose-to-nose with the umpire, bobbing his head and screaming. He turned to kick the dirt around home plate, ripped off his shoe and showed it to the umpire, then pulled back his sleeve and shoved his armpit toward the umpire's face. Snow continued to argue, kicking off his other shoe. Another umpire stepped between them. After slamming the second shoe down, the irate player went over to the Diablos dugout, fished out a batting doughnut from a bag, then paired it with another to make a mock pair of eyeglasses before slamming both weights down. The tour de farce ended after several minutes of confrontation. Snow finally retrieved his bat, shouted a few more choice words and walked into the dugout. A bat boy retrieved his shoes and hat...and his eyeglasses, too. Snow did not return a message seeking comment today. A look at his current stats shows Snow with a .264 average, 1 home run, 4 RBIs and 7 runs scored. He has played in 15 games. |   |
