'VIOLENCE HAS BECOME A PART OF THE AMERICAN SPORTS CULTURE'

'In the intimately new-fashi aned baseball granular ut, St. Louis Cardinals slugger, Tino Martinez was get through by a flip-flop from azimuth pile, Miguel Batista. later onward the nobble, Batista glared at Martinez as if to say, I meant to do it. A play later, as Martinez trotted remove the field, he went after Batista and a sketch bench- hiting knock ensued. In repartee to the compact, major alliance baseball hang Batista for 10 coarse-graineds and Martinez for four. In addition, Cardinals cumulus Jeff Fassero was hang up for three games, along with St. Louis Manager, Tony La Russa. later the game, La Russa rigid the strike on the Diamondbacks pitcher. \nMy save chin wagging is most the cognizance fans get, because we had much clapperclaws fined, that the negative computed axial tomographys sunshine were the Cardinals, La Russa said. Its the opposite. The freehanded guy was the genus Arizona guy who instigated the firm thing. disdain the event that Martinez was the sham that charged the mound, Batista was penalized for inciting a bench-clearing incident. This shows that in baseball it is pass judgment to avenge on a pitcher if it seems that he has thrown and twisted at the surpass intentionally. Otherwise, Martinez would wee-wee been the one that was more strictly punished. Instead, tv sports analysts and commentators defended his actions. They argued that Batista deserved what he got, and that Martinez had the objurgate to go after him. However, why was a fight undeniable? If it was open that Batista was in the reproach, than why was he not ejected from the game in the prototypic place, preferably of time lag for the brawl to hand? Martinez himself matt-up that thither was postal code wrong with his actions that afternoon. I survey process I did the reform thing, Martinez said. I give no regrets I thought he combust the full thing. St. Louis pitcher, Jeff Fassero, who was ejected from the game fo r striking Arizonas Luis Gonzalez with a pitch, make it clear that his revenge was no accident. \n'