Pirates' Rodolfo Castro gets one

Rodolfo atlanta brave shirts CKeds astro had an embarrassing mo atlanta braves jersey blank ment the day he was called up to the Pirates on Aug. 9, when his cell phone fell out of his back pocket on a headfirst slide into third against the Aaron Judge Diamondbacks.

After an umpire helpfully pointed it out, Castro quickly smuggled the phone away, but the damage was done.

Castro was suspended for a game and fined Tuesday by MLB for violating league policy and having a foreign object on the field.

He was contrite after the game in his explanation. "I don't think there's any professional ballplayer that would ever go out theMLB Snapback Hats re with any intentiMLB Sweatshirts|ons of taking a cell phone," he said through an interpreter, vi atlanta braves jersey men a ESPN. "It's horribl atlanta braves merch e it happened to me. Obviously, it was very unintentional."

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Castro will be appealing the suspension, which according to ESPN's Jeff Passan, some executives felt was light due to MLB's recent history with cheating.

Castro has been a fringe MLB player for the Pirates, and is hitting .239/.300/.402 with two home runs. He has heated up in the last week, hitting .381/.409/.762. 

Clearly, MLB believed Castro's explanat atlanta braves jerseys ion, which wasPandora| Columbia basically "it happens" despite some team executives' apparent reservations about giving him one game. Sometimes, it's best to own up to your mistakes.