YORVIT TORREALBA RUMORS

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba has been suspended from Venezuela's professional baseball league for 66 games for striking an umpire. Torrealba was arguing with the home-plate umpire Friday after striking out. He angrily put a hand on the umpire's mask and shoved him. He was then ejected. League President Jose Grasso Vecchio called Torrealba&...

Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba has been suspended from Venezuela's professional baseball league for 66 games for striking an umpire. Torrealba was arguing with the home-plate umpire Friday after striking out. He angrily put a hand on the umpire's mask and shoved him. He was then ejected. League President Jose Grasso Vecchio called Torrealba's behavior unacceptable...

Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba, who struck an umpire during a game last Friday, has been suspended by the Venezuelan winter league for 66 games for his actions. The Venezuela native was playing for the Leones del Caracas team when the incident occurred. Torrealba hit home-plate umpire Dario Rivera Jr. in his mask after striking out. Rivera received medical attention between...

Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba has been suspended 66 games by the Venezuelan League on Monday for striking an umpire. The suspension spans the remainder of this season and all of the next in the Venezuelan League. Torrealba was ejected from a game after slapping an umpire in the mask while arguing at home plate. The 33-year-old Torrealba struck out and then...

Yorvit Torrealba has been suspended 66 Venezuelan League games for his recent outburst during which he struck an umpire in the face.

Move aside, Roberto Alomar. If you really want to see how a baseball player disrespects an umpire, check out the video below of former Giants catcher Yorvit Torrealba getting all up in the grill of home plate umpire Dario Rivera in a winter league game down in Venezuela on Friday. In the clip, Torrealba, now with the Rangers, does not agree with Rivera’s ruling of a called third strike...

The Texas Rangers will look into an incident involving catcher Yorvit Torrealba that occurred in a winter-league game in Venezuela. In the game Friday, Torrealba struck out swinging and then got into an argument with the home-plate umpire. Torrealba then took a swing with his right hand and hit Dario Rivera Jr. in the mask. Rivera received medical attention on the field but remained...

Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba was tossed from a Venezuelan League game after slapping an umpire in the mask while arguing at home plate. Torrealba swung and missed on strike three then proceeded to argue with Dario Rivera Jr. over the previous call. He eventually lost his cool, smacking Rivera in the protective mask and forcing the umpire to toss him from the game. A punishment...

Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba was upset with an umpire’s call during a Venezuelan league game between Caribes and Caracas, and he responded by pushing the umpire in the face. His actions were similar to Michael Beasley who had “mushed” a fan, only this had much more force. Here’s a video of the incident: The only good thing we can say about this incident is at least...

Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba assaulted an umpire during a Venezuelan Winter League game. Torrealba pushed the ump in the face.