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Cubs’ Tepera on suspension for throwing at Brewers’ Woodruff: ‘Baseball has become soft’

David Ross wasn’t even sure where he was going to watch Friday’s Cubs-Braves game. A few hours before first pitch, he just knew that he had to clear the heck out of the clubhouse area. It only added to his aggravation.

Turns out it’s no fun being suspended — especially when you don’t believe you ought to be.

Ross was suspended for one game and fined after Major League Baseball determined that reliever Ryan Tepera intentionally threw at Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff Tuesday in Milwaukee. Apparently, it mattered not that Brewers pitchers were repeatedly plunking Cubs catcher Willson Contreras or that Tepera’s pitch to Woodruff was low and didn’t even hit him.