Joey Votto Promises to Respect Umpires in Vow to City

[Lindsay]

Ejected seven times since 2018, Reds player Joey Votto during post-game comments after Cincinnati's win over Chicago on Tuesday promised to "play the game respectfully" and refrain from future unsporting incidents with umpires. Votto made the remarks unprompted after the game, although earlier at...

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[Thunderheads]

Very interesting.  I've seen some 'nice stuff' from Votto (working with kids, ...kids at the ballpark, stuff like that) ...so we shall see.   Hell, it might be promising and might catch on!  Who knows.   Actions will be louder than words, but I'd like think that was genuine

[ArchAngel72]

His Mgr should take that to heart and initiate a fining system and hit him with a 5 grand fine every time he messes this up from now on and then donate the $$ to a boys and girls club or some other local charity.

 

[Thunderheads]

13 minutes ago, ArchAngel72 said:

His Mgr should take that to heart and initiate a fining system and hit him with a 5 grand fine every time he messes this up from now on and then donate the $$ to a boys and girls club or some other local charity.

 

David Bell do that?!?!   LMAO!!!!!!!

[ArchAngel72]

32 minutes ago, Thunderheads said:

David Bell do that?!?!   LMAO!!!!!!!

A guy can dream right?

 

[Velho]

Good on Votto for being self aware and publicly putting it out there to create an environment to hold himself accountable.

[HokieUmp]

Is this ..... satire?  I'm having a hard time believing this.