Column: Suspend Urena for rest of season for plunking Acuna
(WorldNews Sport)

ATLANTA (AP) - Ronald Acuna Jr. is good for baseball. Jose Urena and his defenders are not. Jose, take the rest of the season off. And while you`re at it, take Keith Hernandez with you. In a nod to the bad ol` days when it was apparently acceptable to plunk a guy who was playing too well, Urena unleashed a 97 mph fastball to Acuna`s left forearm with his very first pitch of Wednesday night`s game in Atlanta . Fortunately, it appears Acuna escaped serious injury. The Braves said X-rays on his elbow were negative and results of further tests would be announced on Thursday. Nevertheless, Major League Baseball should act swiftly to show that this sort of barbarism will not be tolerated in the...