Keon Broxton expected receive a costly fine for his ejection in Monday night’s 5-4 loss to the Yankees. It was an ejection he earned and accepted after angrily tossing his batter’s gloves over his shoulder and inadvertently grazing the face of home plate umpire Manny Gonzalez, who immediately tossed Broxton.
But he wasn’t expecting to be suspended for two games by Joe Torre, the chief baseball officer of Major League Baseball, who issued his punishment in a press release Tuesday afternoon.
From the release: “Seattle Mariners outfielder Keon Broxton has received a two-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for throwing equipment, which contacted Major League Umpire Manny Gonzalez, during the bottom of the second inning of Monday’s game vs.