Ubaldo Jiménez, who was suspended five games and given an undisclosed fined for intentionally throwing at Colorado’s Troy Tulowitzki during a Spring Training game, will reportedly appeal the ruling handed down by Major League Baseball.

Jiménez, who did not speak with reporters following the ruling, initially stated that the fastball which hit Tulowitzki in the elbow merely “got away” from him. His body language, however, was a bit more animated as the pitcher immediately stepped toward the plate following the dropping of his glove. Benches intervened and no ejections were handed out — Tulowitzki’s X-Rays were negative.

The appeal will allow Jiménez to pitch on Saturday against the Toronto Blue Jays. He finished Spring Training with an ERA of 7.43 in seven games, striking out and walking 15 batters through 23 innings.

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We may not have gotten an ace out of the Ubaldo Trade, but it sure looks like we might have gotten a hot-head bent on eternal revenge.

In today’s Spring Training game between the Rockies and Indians, Ubaldo Jimenez drilled his former teammate Troy Tulowitzki in the first inning on the first pitch to the Colorado SS.  No big deal, right?

Except that last week Tulowitzki made some unflattering comments to the local press concerning Ubaldo’s departure from the Rockies last season.  And that was after Ubaldo totally told a Colorado reporter how playing for the Indians was like “heaven” compared to the Rockies clubhouse.  Evidently this animosity goes back some time, at least since Tulowitzki received his massive contract extension (and Ubaldo did not) and perhaps all the way back to that one time when Troy stole Ubie’s favorite crayon during art class and then totally lied about it at lunch later that day.

Evidently the Bald One took notice.

Tulowitzki was removed from the game and taken to the clubhouse for X-rays.  Jimenez stayed in the game and let up 6 ERs, 5 BBs, 4 hits and 2 HRs over 4.1 innings pitched.

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