UPDATE #2:
Actually, scratch that earlier update. Because, as it turns out, the White Sox released an official statement late Sunday morning that said they're suspending Sale for five games for "insubordination," which includes Saturday night's game:
He's slated to return to the rotation Thursday.
UPDATE:
Sale will reportedly not be disciplined by the team for Saturday night's incident, according to NBC Chicago's Peggy Kusinski:
Original Story Below
There has been some beef cooking between White Sox pitcher Chris Sale and his team's management for awhile now. It all started and has culminated once again in their clubhouse.
Their ace was supposed to start against the Tigers on Saturday in Detroit, but things reportedly went awry quickly as Sale was scratched from taking the mound for the game. The team cited an incident in the clubhouse that went undisclosed yet deemed "non-physical in nature." Here is the White Sox statement below:
Matt Albers replaced Sale as a result, but what exactly happened here that made him get scratched? Well, according to ESPN's Jerry Crasnick, Sale had no problems with teammates in the clubhouse, yet it was something quite petty between Sale and the team's management.
Sale apparently had a major problem with the throwback jerseys that they were set to take the field and wear for the game.
In further reporting by Crasnick, tempers flared in the clubhouse between team EVP management and Sale:
But this stems from March when Sale took exception to the management not allowing his teammate Adam LaRoche's son hang out in the clubhouse all day during a game. So the grudge still is still intact.
So to lash out in anger with all that compounded in his feelings, Sale broke and allegedly started cutting up the throwback jerseys. He really did.
Dude literally threw a fit like a kid younger than that 14-year-old he defended to the team's management and refused to rock the jersey for the game. And since he was sent packing from the game, this was the end result.
That's something you can't make up. You just can't.
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