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Last week the Astros demoted Shawn Chacon from their rotation and he intimated that he wasn't very happy with the move. That's understandable. No one really wants to be demoted. Still, most people find a way to take something like that in stride and move on with their lives. Shawn Chacon is not most people. He confronted GM Ed Wade today and the incident ended with Chacon grabbing Wade around the neck and driving him into the ground. Seriously. The Houston Chronicle has Chacon's version of the events:

"He started yelling and cussing," Chacon said of Wade. "I'm sitting there and I said to him very calmly, 'Ed, you need to stop yelling me. Then I stood up and said 'you better stop yelling at me.' I stood up. He continued and was basically yelling and stuff and was like, 'You need to (expletive) look in the mirror.' So at that point I lost my cool and I grabbed him by the neck and threw him to the ground. I jumped on top of him because at that point I wanted to beat his (butt). Words were exchanged."

I love how cooly Chacon admits that he chokeslammed his GM. He claims that Wade started the whole thing by swearing at him when he refused to go into Cecil Cooper's office to meet with Cooper and Wade to presumably discuss his anger at being demoted to the pen. But still ... pretty unacceptable behavior from Chacon. He's suspended indefinitely and he probably won't pitch for the Astros again. That's just me hazarding a guess, but I feel pretty confident with that one.