Pirates’ Rodolfo Castro will appeal one game suspension and fine after phone falls out of his pocket
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‘Suspension on Line 1′: Pirates’ Rodolfo Castro set to appeal one game ban and fine… after breaking MLB rules when his cell phone fell out of his pocket mid-game
- Castro had been playing against the Diamondbacks when his phone fell out
- He is appealing the suspension and fine, allowing him to play until a hearing
- Castro was playing his first game back in the majors after being called up
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Despite the collective laugh we all had at the expense of Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Rodolfo Castro, Major League Baseball still decided to punish the player for having a phone in his pocket.
Castro was sliding into third base during a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on August 9th, when his cellphone fell out of his back pocket.
Even though clips of Castro were played all over the internet, MLB officials didn’t find the incident all that funny.
The league announced they were suspending Castro one game and fined him an undisclosed amount of money for violating league policy by taking the field with a phone.
Rodolfo Castro made a return to the big leagues but forgot to take his phone out of his pocket
Castro was fined and suspended one game by MLB officials, which he is appealing
‘I don’t think there’s any professional ballplayer that would ever go out there with any intentions of taking a cellphone,” Castro told Pittsburgh media members via an interpreter.
‘It’s horrible it happened to me. Obviously, it was very unintentional.’
He is appealing his suspension, which allows him to continue to play until his appeal is heard and ruled on.
Castro had been called up to the majors that day from AAA affiliate Indianapolis