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St. Paul's Burke Suspended Sunday, April 23rd, 2017 St. Paul shortstop Dan Burke has been suspended for 4 games for an on-field tirade with an umpire that left Burke standing in his socks. He was ejected from the Saints-Victoria game for disputing a strike call. Burke 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. Burke 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 Saints 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. Burke 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. Burke did not return a message seeking comment today. So far this season Burke is batting .140 with no home runs. |
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