Suspended Monday by the American League for attempting to use a corked bat, Cleveland's bad-boy slugger immediately appealed the ruling. The 10-day suspension will be delayed until AL president Bobby Brown hears the appeal in New York on July 29.
This is the fourth straight season Brown has suspended him, twice for charging pitchers and once for hitting a heckler in the chest with a baseball. Belle's bat was found to contain cork when it was X-rayed and sawed open. Filling part of a bat with cork can make it lighter and easier to swing.
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