Cannot give Terry Pendleton a pass on dust up with Johnson

<div style="text-align: justify;">I happened to be flipping through some links this morning and came upon <a href="http://network.yardbarker.com/author/article_external/14656385?headline=chris_johnson_terry_pendleton_get_into_confrontation_in_braves_dugout&sport_name=mlb" target="_blank">this report</a> of a dust up between Braves' coach, <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pendlte01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Terry Pendleton</a></strong>, and <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=johnsch05,johnso011chr&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Chris Johnson</a></strong>. I found the replay to be quite disturbing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The problem for me here is that I have no idea of the history that preceded the incident. I do not know if Chris Johnson is a jerk or not. I do not know if he did throw his helmet that supposedly hit Pendleton. All I know is what I see and what I see is a highly physical and aggressive move on the part of Pendleton that was not answered back by Johnson.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">How is this different than what happened with <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martiti02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Tino Martinez</a></strong>? Pendleton's actions were in full view of the entire team, a face-losing thing for Johnson. Not only did Pendleton grab Johnson's jersey, but he pushed him aggressively and I can tell you from experience such a push hurts.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pendleton is Johnson's superior. As a superior, you have to restrain yourself. You should never show up an subordinate in front of his peers--or in front of America for that matter.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">No matter what kind of guy Johnson is, no matter what happened, Pendleton has to be better than that and he was not. I do not see how Pendleton's actions go without discipline. As someone who has been in "management" for decades, I found what happened here totally inappropriate and even more than that, wrong. </div>

Cannot give Terry Pendleton a pass on dust up with Johnson

I happened to be flipping through some links this morning and came upon this report of a dust up between Braves' coach, Terry Pendleto...

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