Giants CEO Larry Baer

[JimH5]

There is a video of Giants CEO Larry Baer in what looks like a physical confrontation with his wife.

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sfchronicle.com/giants/amp/Video-shows-Giants-CEO-Larry-Baer-dragging-wife-13656221.php

 

It will be interesting to see what MLB does in this case. When it's a player, they are subject to discipline as negotiated in the CBA. I doubt those terms apply to front office people. And Baer is at the top of the Giants organization.

 

MLB has to pursue this vigorously and administer significant punishment, if the case is as it appears at first glance.

[trwi7]

Should be a big fine and suspension for at least a month (like Preller but obviously completely different circumstances.) Probably some sort of counseling/anger management involved too.

[502 to Right]

How about we gather all the facts before jumping to the punishment phase?

[MadScientist]

It is definitely not as cut and dried as something like Ray Rice. Larry is grabbing for a phone aggressively from his wife. During that struggle the chair tips and she falls to the ground. He never hits her or slams her to the ground. Still it is not good. Basically if it is anything other than his wife was about to give account information to a Nigerian prince, MLB will have to come down on him pretty hard. Also, now that this is out there, whatever is on that phone that he was after is likely to come out.

[MrTPlush]

He needs to be required to go to classes. While what he did isn’t really all that bad at face value the fact he did that in public (with lots of people around) is pretty concerning of what might go on in a more private setting.

 

Other than that, yah, maybe a suspension and fine...nothing crazy. Hopefully there isn’t worse going on behind closed doors and he just need to re-evaluate what he is doing and that it is definitely not okay.

 

For the record I have had worse altercations over who gets last pizza roll.

[jerichoholicninja]

Both have said it was just a family squabble. Unless she presses charges I hope this just goes away.

[MillerParkSouth]

Based on the video it shouldn’t go away. I have no faith in Manfred to come down on him with any meaningful punishment though.

[ClosetBrewerFan]

The news headlines way overblow what happened. "Pulling wife to the ground" Fox is saying "he knocked her over". Clearly it was a heated moment and he tried to grab a cellphone away from her. Her chair tipped in the process. Obviously he should not have done what he did but it was not as described in the headlines. I've seen a lot worse on any given night in a bar.

 

If he is not being charged MLB should not be involved in this.

[Fear The Chorizo]

I think the only person that needs to worry about repercussions should be the CEO of the company who manufactures that crappy chair - that thing crumbled and tipped over like it was made out of wet paper...

 

looked like some sort of an argument over a phone that led to two very unathletic, middle aged people looking silly in public - kind of like a poorly designed trust fall exercise. wouldn't surprise me in the least if his wife wants it to go away more than him because of whatever was the specific reason the phone was being fought over.

[3and2Fastball]

Give me a break. It is completely ridiculous that this is even a story. They wrestled over a phone and she accidentally fell down....

[stoutdude04]

I apologize if I'm off base here, but it looked to me like he reached for the phone and she tipped over. What did he do that is physical(to her)? He tried to grab her phone and fell. What am I missing?

[3and2Fastball]

I apologize if I'm off base here, but it looked to me like he reached for the phone and she tipped over. What did he do that is physical(to her)? He tried to grab her phone and fell. What am I missing?

 

You are apparently missing the fact that it was a slow news day.

[Noche]

Just another example of two adults unable to maintain their maturity and instead devolving into petulant 5 year olds screaming, grabbing, and threatening. Totally unacceptable behavior (on both sides most likely) and I am shocked by those here normalizing it.

[pacopete4]

I don’t think anyone is normalizing it. It’s stupidity at its best. But the media and certain people are going to run with this story and make it much more than it really appears to be.

[MrTPlush]

I apologize if I'm off base here, but it looked to me like he reached for the phone and she tipped over. What did he do that is physical(to her)? He tried to grab her phone and fell. What am I missing?

 

He pulled her to the ground by grabbing at the phone. I think he pulls her arm while going backwards and when she starts to tip that is where he actually gets the phone. If he didn’t want her to tip he would have been like, “Oh my god I am sorry, this is so embarrassing in public. How is that injured foot of yours?”. Instead he shows no remorse for pulling his wife to the ground in public to get a phone. From the witnesses they continued tusseling and fighting after she got pulled to the ground and had to be separated.

 

Look, it isn’t a blatant body slam, but he got physical to get a phone. Today it is fighting over a phone and tomorrow she gets punched. Clearly they need some counseling if that is something they do in public...especially considering who they are.

[JosephC]

The USA is completely off-the-rails with the trial by media nonsense. Here's a novel idea, how about letting a judge pass judgement in an actual court of law? Hard for me to believe that anything in the video would qualify as anything above the lowest assault charge. When, and if, this gets to a judge, it looks like it would result in a very modest fine and nothing more assuming Baer has a clean criminal record. Does MLB really need to get involved in this? Should all employers jump into action every time an employee gets charged with a simple misdemeanor?

 

Baer has already served a larger punishment then what he is going to get from the courts or from MLB. A big-wig like that will worry more about the public humiliation he and his family have already endured rather than any fine that the courts and/or MLB will impose.