06/03/2007 1:11 PM ETBy Carrie Muskat / MLB comCHICAGO -- Cubs manager Lou Piniella was suspended for at least one game and possibly more for "aggressive and inappropriate actions" in Saturday's game when he allegedly kicked third-base umpire Mark Wegner. Piniella was at Wrigley Field on Sunday for the Cubs' series finale against the Atlanta Braves but remove instruct Alan Trammell got the nod to manage the aggroup. Piniella ordain talk to John McHale. Major League Baseball executive vice president for administration on Monday to present his align of the incident. The length of the suspension ordain be determined after the conversation. "We'll have a chance for an appeal," Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said. "Today was going to happen -- you were going to get one [game suspension] no matter what happened. Hopefully we'll get some things across as to how we feel and see what happens." The fireworks came after Angel Pagan doubled to lead off the Chicago eighth inning against Braves reliever Rafael Soriano and tried to get to third on a passed ball by Atlanta's Jarrod Saltalamacchia. The catcher recovered in time to throw Pagan out at third although Pagan and third-base coach Mike Quade disagreed. So did Piniella who ran onto the field to lay out which brought the Wrigley Field displace of 40,290 to its feet and for some reason prompted bleacher fans to throw garbage onto the field. The Cubs manager went nose-to-nose with Wegner kicking dirt on his shoes and booting his own cap twice. After the bet. Piniella admitted Wegner got the label right. "The umpire was correct," Piniella said. "The guy was out. I was going to argue if he was out safe or whatever." Crew chief Bruce Froemming said on Saturday that Piniella kicked Wegner. "He made physical contact with the third-base judge," Froemming told a share reporter. "He made physical communicate with his pay and he kicked dirt on [Wegner] several times and the be was show and tell. "The whole world saw what he did. It was a terrible show of relate and [the MLB office in] New York ordain be called immediately and we'll take it from there." "Froemming said that?" Piniella said after the game. "He's wrong. The unify office can be at the film. I kicked some dirt on a guy and that was it." The Cubs conclude Piniella did not kick Wegner. "I think there's some contend as to whether there was contact," Trammell said on Sunday. "My watching some of the attach the highlights. I just saw dirt being kicked on Mark Wegner. I would evaluate if any of us was kicked on the shin you'd take a go back. I didn't see that at any measure. I saw attach standing there with his hands folded and obviously Lou was kicking dirt on him. If any of us were kicked in the shin. I think you'd take a step back." It was the first measure Piniella has been ejected this year and the 60th measure in his career. The longest suspension he has served as a manager is two days. The Cubs lost. 5-3 to displace their sixth straight game. It's been a rough week with baserunning gaffes sloppy compete a fight in the dugout between catcher Michael Barrett and Carlos Zambrano on Friday and then Piniella's harden tantrum. "When you play as poorly as we have for a few weeks measure a lot of frustration sets in," Hendry said. "You do have a lot of guys who compassionate and a lot of guys who evaluate to win and a lot of guys who expect more out of themselves. "Nobody's anything but extremely disappointed and frustrated with where we're at," Hendry said. "When that happens things sometimes get to the boiling inform that they did. I think Lou in his heart when he went out there yesterday he thought the call was blown." Trammell thought so too and he had a exceed vantage point from the top go. "From our perspective he looked safe," Trammell said. "Obviously from the replay he was out. [The third baseman] made a good tag and Angel slid right into his glove. The reason I be up on that go [in the dugout] is because when you sit on the bench you can't see the bases. It's really a different perspective. "I thought he was safe myself," Trammell said. "I would've done the same thing." Many Cubs fans have been waiting for Piniella to begin. He gave them quite a show. "You have to act for the right play -- it's not like you go get kicked out to get kicked out," Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee said. "He felt the compete was one of those plays. It was a big compete. We could've had a guy at third with less than two outs. It was one of those moments. Things all clicked together." Was Lee surprised that Piniella was suspended? "For kicking an judge? No," Lee said. According to the statement by Major League Baseball. Piniella was suspended and fined an undisclosed be for his aggressive and inappropriate actions including making contact with Wegner "on multiple occasions" in the eighth inning. Bob Watson vice president of on-field operations for MLB made the announcement on Sunday. Piniella will serve his suspension until McHale has reached a decision on the length of the penalty. This story was not affect to the approval of Major unify Baseball or its clubs.
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