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I had the opportunity to talk to Scott Ehret(operations manager for Gerry Davis Sports) earlier this week and inquire to him about this game with the benches. He explained it to me this way. What do you think you would do?
Scott Ehret said: "OK, you are Alfonso Marquez(PU) who would you eject?
1. Pedro? His action prompted the warning.
2. Batter from Boston who moved toward Clemens? He did not charge the mound. If he had reached the dirt of the pitcher's mound, then his ejection is auotmatic. Decide to eject him, then you offer explaniation.
3. Clemens? His pitch was not even close.
4. Pedro for tossing a rag doll(Zimmer) to the ground? As ugly as it was, it looked like self defense on Pedro's part. Plus, I wonder if any umpire even saw it happen?
5. Zimmer? Probably most likely for the ejection. After all, he did charge an opponent and did attempt throw a punch.
6. Bullpen? No umpire in his right mind is going to eject a player from the bullpen when some civilian yahoo gets kicked around on the player's turf."
This is exactly word for word from Scott Ehret in email reply back to me. I know at this point, this situation is old news, but with Game 7 tonight and Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez are pitching again tonight, I thought would revisit this game.
Any comments?
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