MLB fines White Sox pitcher Jenks after he admits deliberately throwing pitch at Kinsler

Revenge of the Sox!

Chicago White Sox pitcher Bobby Jenks admitted he threw a pitch to intentionally try to hit Texas Ranger Ian Kinsler on Saturday night.

Per the Chicago Tribune, Jenks said he wanted to send the Rangers' bench a message in retaliation of the six Sox players who got pelted with pitches last week. According to ESPNChicago.com, the MLB fined Jenks $750 for purposely throwing the ball at Kinsler.



"Ian Kinsler"
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"Basically I was saying, 'I'm sick of seeing our guys get hit and hurt and almost get taken out of the game.' I threw it with intention," Jenks told the Tribune.

Rangers pitcher Kevin Millwood hit Chris Getz and Carlos Quentin in Saturday's 3-2 Sox victory. Chicago and Texas finished their series Sunday without any more pitchers hitting anyone with a pitch after umpires issued both teams a pre-game warning.

Seems most people think a whopping $750 is not such a stiff penalty for a multi-millionaire:

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   glennrd One click reveals that Jenks' salary this year is $5,600,000. I'm sure getting docked $750 will make him think long and hard 12 May 2009 from web
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   glennrd $750 is barely 1/10,000 of what Jenks will make this year. It's like fining someone with a $75,000 salary $10 12 May 2009 from web
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   cardcat MLB fined Jenks $750 for pitch behind a batter. Really? That is less than what it costs to take a family to a game these days. 12 May 2009 from web
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   a15lutz the mlb fined white sox pitcher bobby jenks, who makes 5.6 million a year, $750 for throwing behind a batter. that'll teach him... 12 May 2009 from web
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   SlaterLive White Sox Bobby Jenks gets fined $750??? Hope he can afford it 12 May 2009 from web

MLB fines White Sox pitcher Jenks after he admits deliberately throwing pitch at Kinsler

Greinke, Royals continue surprising start

The Kansas City Royals continued their surprising start with a 3-0 victory Monday night over the Chicago White Sox, improving their division-best record to 15-11.

Long a punchline across baseball, the Royals are now the talk of Twitter-town, and Kansas City fans can be excused for dreaming of bigger things to come.

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   FBBCRev (Blue Springs, Mo.) How about those Kansas City Royals??? I guess the stadium isn't the only thing that is new!!! 05 May 2009 from web
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   kyleparris can't believe the Royals are in first place. Did Brett come out of retirement or something? 05 May 2009 from Friendbar
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   showmestater (Missouri) feels so good to have one of your local pro sports teams doing well after sucking for soo long. GO ROYALS!!! 05 May 2009 from web

A big reason for the Royals early-season success has been the phenomenal start of pitcher Zack Greinke. Greinke's troubles with anxiety issues have been well-documented, but with his demons under control the 25-year-old pitcher has been lights out. Through six starts, he has a 6-0 record with a sickeningly-low ERA of .40 while leading the league in strikeouts (54), innings pitched (45), complete games (3) and shutouts (2).

@JamesKLight snapped this photo from Greinke's Monday night start against the White Sox.




And across Twitter, Royals and non-Royals fans alike were quick with their praise for Greinke.

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   jazayerli I'm speechless. I have been rendered incapable of speech. Do y'all realize if Coco had a better arm, Zack's scoreless streak would be at 59? 05 May 2009 from TweetDeck
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   unclevermarv (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Happy to see Liriano get his first W, but am becoming more impressed all the time by Zack Greinke's start to the season. Wow. 05 May 2009 from web
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   DouHan I keep seeing Zack Greinke's complete games and feeling the Royals are abusing him. Then I see he does that without breaking 100 pitches. 05 May 2009 from twhirl
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   kirkbiglione (Pasadena, Calif.) Zack Greinke is pitching like he's living in the 1970's. Another complete game shutout. 05 May 2009 from twhirl
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   I_R Zach Greinke is awesome. For those of you who do not know, Zach Greinke is piloting the Royals to the World Series 05 May 2009 from TweetDeck
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   paulk_ (Kansas City) While I'm a #Rockies fan at heart,I saw a most impressive pitching performance tonight by Zack Greinke!Could the #Royals be this years Rays? 05 May 2009 from mbpidgin
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   eugenephotoblog (Atlanta, Ga.) How good is Greinke (6-0, 0.40 ERA)? More than 6,500 fans bought walk-up tickets in KC on Monday, pushing the attendance to over 20,000 05 May 2009 from web

Greinke, Royals continue surprising start