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Chapman: Discipline makes Latin players look bad
- Updated: May 8, 2016
4:25 PM ET
New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman, who is serving a 30-game suspension under Major League Baseball’s new domestic violence policy, said during a recent interview with the New York Times that Latin American players “end up looking bad” in matters of league discipline because they are not familiar with the laws and customs in the United States.
Chapman is set to rejoin the Yankees on Monday after being suspended for his alleged involvement in a domestic incident last October. The Cuban left-hander reiterated to the Times that he “didn’t do anything,” saying that he was only arguing with his girlfriend and that “Latin people are loud when we argue.”
Chapman, who did not appeal the suspension, is one of four players who have been investigated under baseball’s domestic violence policy, which MLB and the players’ union agreed to last August. Two of the players — Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig and Atlanta Braves infielder Hector Olivera — are Cuban while the other player, Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes, is from the Dominican Republic.
“Unfortunately, that is the way it is,” Chapman told the Times, which published its report on the interview Saturday. “We make a lot of money, everyone wants a piece of it, and we end up looking bad.
“When I had the problem, everyone thinks I did …
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