Shawn Chacon

djwhokid · 06-26-2008, 01:03 AM

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HOUSTON -- Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon was suspended indefinitely by the team Wednesday for insubordination after reportedly grabbing general manager Ed Wade by the neck and throwing him to the ground.

Chacon, upset after getting demoted to the bullpen over the weekend, told the Houston Chronicle this problem began when Wade saw him in the dining room before the game against Texas. Wade wanted to meet with Chacon in manager Cecil Cooper's office, the pitcher said.

"I sat down to eat and Ed Wade came to me and very sternly said, 'You need to come with me to the office,'" Chacon said. "I said, 'For what?' I said, 'I don't want to go to the office with you and Cooper.' And I said, 'You can tell me whatever you got to tell me right here.' He's like, 'Oh, you want me to tell you right here?' And I said, 'Yeah.' I'm not yelling. I'm calm."

Chacon said things went downhill from there.

"He started yelling and cussing," Chacon said of Wade, according to a story on the Chronicle's Web site. "I'm sitting there and I said to him very calmly, 'Ed, you need to stop yelling at me.' Then I stood up and said, 'You better stop yelling at me.' I stood up. He continued and was basically yelling."

Chacon said that after Wade told him he needed to "look in the mirror," it got worse.

"So at that point I lost my cool and I grabbed him by the neck and threw him to the ground. I jumped on top of him," he said. "Words were exchanged."

Chacon said players quickly came and separated the two. He recalled outfielder Reggie Abercrombie pulling him away from Wade.

ESPN - Astros suspend pitcher Chacon indefinitely for insubordination - MLB

jtur88 · 06-26-2008, 01:35 AM

"" Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon was suspended indefinitely by the team Wednesday for insubordination after reportedly grabbing general manager Ed Wade by the neck and throwing him to the ground.""

That sounds like a pretty loose interpretation of 'insubordination' to me.

bigheadache · 06-26-2008, 11:19 AM

This seems so bizarre. Regardless of whether Wade yelled at Chacon or used profanities or anything else, you don't grab a man by the neck and throw him down. That's assault and if it's true, Chacon should be suspened for the rest of the season without pay and then released.

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bigheadache Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roswell, NM Posts: 840	This seems so bizarre. Regardless of whether Wade yelled at Chacon or used profanities or anything else, you don't grab a man by the neck and throw him down. That's assault and if it's true, Chacon should be suspened for the rest of the season without pay and then released.