Morgan suspended seven games for throwing ball in stands

This incident received very little attention and this suspension kinda sorta came out of nowhere. MLB has suspended Washington Nationals outfielder Nyjer Morgan for throwing a ball into the stands intentionally during a recent game against the Philadelphia Phillies.

During the middle of the ninth, Morgan fired a ball into the crowd and struck a fan. He then caught the final out of the game from Jayson Werth and faked like he was going to do it again.

We don’t think this should be a huge deal because we’ve seen Morgan throw a baseball and we doubt he could hurt someone.

“This is brand-new news to me,” Morgan said of his suspension.

Manager Jim Riggleman hadn’t heard much about it either.

“Today’s the first day I heard about it,” Riggleman said. “Actually, right before game time it was brought to my attention that there was an issue there. … Something took place there. Nyjer had an issue with a fan or something. MLB’s going to take care of it with Nyjer.”

With Morgan missing seven games, it will difficult for the Nationals to make the playoffs.