Bill Plaschke: Baseball, Manfred strike out on Gurriel's delayed suspension
by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
Oct 28, 2017
2 minutes
HOUSTON_The racist gesture made by the Houston Astros' Yuli Gurriel toward the Dodgers' Yu Darvish on Friday night called for somebody in power to swing for the fences.
Instead, baseball bunted.
After a nation witnessed Gurriel tugging on the corners of his eyes while using an ethnic slur about Darvish, Commissioner Rob Manfred needed to make a powerful statement Saturday that included an immediate suspension.
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