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Nationals outfielder Marlon Byrd was suspended for two games and fined an undisclosed amount Thursday by Major League Baseball for his run-in with an umpire last week.
Byrd's agents have told the players' association that he will appeal.
Byrd knocked down umpire Joe Brinkman during an argument with another umpire during Washington's 7-3 victory over the Florida Marlins on June 4.
Byrd was called out on strikes to end the sixth inning when first-base umpire Bill Miller ruled that he did not check his swing on a full-count pitch.
Thinking he had drawn a walk, Byrd was about halfway to first when he realized Miller had called him out.
Byrd began arguing with the umpire, and first base coach Don Buford stepped between them. But as Byrd went toward his spot in left field for the top of the seventh, he continued arguing, and Miller ejected him.
Byrd - an all-state high school football player in Georgia - then headed toward Miller, and second base umpire Brinkman tried to get in the player's way, sticking his arm out.
They collided, sending the 61-year-old Brinkman tumbling to his back on the infield dirt.
Source: AP
Byrd's agents have told the players' association that he will appeal.
Byrd knocked down umpire Joe Brinkman during an argument with another umpire during Washington's 7-3 victory over the Florida Marlins on June 4.
Byrd was called out on strikes to end the sixth inning when first-base umpire Bill Miller ruled that he did not check his swing on a full-count pitch.
Thinking he had drawn a walk, Byrd was about halfway to first when he realized Miller had called him out.
Byrd began arguing with the umpire, and first base coach Don Buford stepped between them. But as Byrd went toward his spot in left field for the top of the seventh, he continued arguing, and Miller ejected him.
Byrd - an all-state high school football player in Georgia - then headed toward Miller, and second base umpire Brinkman tried to get in the player's way, sticking his arm out.
They collided, sending the 61-year-old Brinkman tumbling to his back on the infield dirt.
Source: AP