Brett Lawrie is still going to get suspended, it seems, but any of you who were saying this was or should be a Delmon Young/bat toss situation are going to be disappointed because, according to Danny Knobler of CBS Sports.com, Joe Torre acknowledges that Lawrie was not trying to hit the ump with his helmet on purpose:

“The decision could have been better as fas as the direction, but I don’t believe he was trying to hit him.”

That seemed pretty obvious, of course, but it’s still significant that the man in charge of discipline said so. Yes, one is responsible for that which one sets in motion, but if he had really tried to go after the ump with his helmet, he’d be looking at 50 games or more.

My guess when this comes down: 7-10 game suspension, akin to a Milton Bradley-style ump bump.