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3-Game Suspension for Whitehead Saturday, May 16th, 2015 The Minneapolis Freeze were not very happy with the home plate umpire in today's loss to Birmingham at The Ice Box. One in particular -- Bill Whitehead. Upon being called out on strikes, the Freeze second baseman gave the ump quite an earful. For that, the man in blue gave him the thumb and sent him to an early shower. But the disgruntled Whitehead lingered on the field for another five minutes, berating the umpire. Finally his manager got him off the field and into the clubhouse. But it got worse after the game, when Whitehead told reporters, "He was blind today. They played 'Three Blind Mice' for him. If he doesn't know the words to the song, I'm sure we can get it in Braille, so he can follow along." For his escapades and after-the-game oration, the league office suspended Whitehead for 3 games. So far this year in 12 games Whitehead is hitting .189 with no home runs, 4 RBIs and 6 runs scored. |
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