OT: MLB: This may be the strangest ejection I've ever seen

[18IsTheMan]

 

[92Pony]

I'd like to know the whole story there. Did the catcher actually do that to be a smart*** or show the ump up, or was there a legit reason that he turned his glove away?

Okay, now that I actually watch it with the sound turned up ( ), it seems likely to be a innocent misunderstanding by the catcher, thinking that the ump (who he WASN'T even looking back at) was throwing the ball to the pitcher, as the announcers noted he had done previously. Looks like a classic case of an ump making it all about himself.

 

[Viennacock]

I'd like to know the whole story there. Did the catcher actually do that to be a smart*** or show the ump up, or was there a legit reason that he turned his glove away?

Okay, now that I actually watch it with the sound turned up ( ), it seems likely to be a innocent misunderstanding by the catcher, thinking that the ump (who he WASN'T even looking back at) was throwing the ball to the pitcher, as the announcers noted he had done previously. Looks like a classic case of an ump making it all about himself.

Umps seem to think the game is about them.

 

[HillsToSea]

Eject the ump

 

[Bubba Fett]

Dude! That Ump needs a big time out! Suspend him for a bit. Hotheads don't make good umps.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I'd like to know the whole story there. Did the catcher actually do that to be a smart*** or show the ump up, or was there a legit reason that he turned his glove away?

Okay, now that I actually watch it with the sound turned up ( ), it seems likely to be a innocent misunderstanding by the catcher, thinking that the ump (who he WASN'T even looking back at) was throwing the ball to the pitcher, as the announcers noted he had done previously. Looks like a classic case of an ump making it all about himself.

Yeah, it's definitely a weird one. I've watched A TON of baseball and have never seen such a thing. I would guess there wasn't much fuss over it since it was just a late spring training game.

Seems totally innocent to me. You can tell he's expecting the ball, but then pulls his glove away and looks down when he realizes the ump dropped the ball. The announcers mentioned that after the previous pitch, the ump had thrown the ball directly to the catcher instead of giving it to the catcher, so the catcher was probably unsure what the ump was gonna do. And he wasn't even looking at the ump, so he had no way of knowing that he was pulling his glove away at the exact moment the ump was giving him the ball.

 

[bayrooster]

Umps seem to think the game is about them.

And heaven forbid we check their work with an electronic strike zone.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Eject the ump

I'm sure he got a talking to by someone after the game. Hope so at least. Missing balls and strikes is one thing...part of the game. Tossing a guy for no apparent reason whatsoever is a different thing entirely.

Dude! That Ump needs a big time out! Suspend him for a bit. Hotheads don't make good umps.

Definitely seemed like a emotional, knee-jerk reaction. Like if you're a parent and you overreact to something your kid does, but to maintain your air of authority you feel compelled to double down and stick with your initial reaction.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Ha, well I guess he's not gonna corrected on this one:

"Crew chief Dan Iassogna defended Rosenberg's decision to the Inquirer after the game. Did Randy act hastily? No," Iassogna said. "I believe Randy felt like the situation warranted an ejection, and that's what he did."

LOL, how could you describe it as anything BUT hastily? I guess, presumably, the umps are saying it had to do with a clock violation. Seems they are suggesting it was an attempt by Realmuto to stall, which it obviously was not. Umps stick by their own, that's for sure.

 

[bayrooster]

Ha, well I guess he's not gonna corrected on this one:

"Crew chief Dan Iassogna defended Rosenberg's decision to the Inquirer after the game. Did Randy act hastily? No," Iassogna said. "I believe Randy felt like the situation warranted an ejection, and that's what he did."

LOL, how could you describe it as anything BUT hastily? I guess, presumably, the umps are saying it had to do with a clock violation. Seems they are suggesting it was an attempt by Realmuto to stall, which it obviously was not. Umps stick by their own, that's for sure.

I see Dan's progenitors wisely changed the spelling from Lasagna to Lassogna.

 

[Viennacock]

Ha, well I guess he's not gonna corrected on this one:

"Crew chief Dan Iassogna defended Rosenberg's decision to the Inquirer after the game. Did Randy act hastily? No," Iassogna said. "I believe Randy felt like the situation warranted an ejection, and that's what he did."

LOL, how could you describe it as anything BUT hastily? I guess, presumably, the umps are saying it had to do with a clock violation. Seems they are suggesting it was an attempt by Realmuto to stall, which it obviously was not. Umps stick by their own, that's for sure.

MLB needs to admit they have a problem prior to correcting the problem. Example #1- Angel Hernandez.

 

[SILVERSPUR-rier]

I guess all catchers need to never ask the ump for a new ball and just let the ump throw it in the future....

 

[HillsToSea]

I guess all catchers need to never ask the ump for a new ball and just let the ump throw it in the future....

If I was that catcher, not a chance I would ever ask for a ball again