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August 5, 2009

Astros RHP Hawkins fined for comments (AP)

Astros reliever LaTroy Hawkins was fined by Major League Baseball for comments he made about an umpire after he was ejected from a July 27 game in Chicago. Bob Watson, baseball's vice president in charge of discipline, would not reveal the amount of the fine. "When a player, a coach or a manager criticizes an umpire, that speaks to the integrity of the game," Watson said in a phone…

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