[SanDiegoSteve]

Dreckman and Hickox screwed up a call big time. Obvious swing by Chipper Jones called a ball by Dreckman, appealed to Hickox at 3rd, who said no swing. Chipper had already started to the Braves dugout, knowing full well it was an obvious attempt (he nearly spun out of his shoes on the check swing attempt). Bochy and the bench justifiably erupted. It was a brutal call. I've never seen a worse 'no swing' call on a check swing.

Dreckman went ballistic, charging the Padres bench. He had his hat in his right hand, his mask in his left. He looked deranged and red-faced, nearly foaming at the mouth and screaming. Then he tossed Bochy with a sweeping left arm (mask in hand). Then Tony Muser got in his face, and he got tossed. Then Bochy got his money's worth, and Dreckman tossed him again. Darling came down to try to keep Bochy away from Dreckman, 'cuz I think Bochy might have decked him if he didn't.

Then the next inning, Francour did not hold up on a check swing for strike 3. Josh Bard, the Padres catcher pulled the ball out of his glove and showed it to Dreckman, who at the same time was signaling "Foul Tip." Francour questioned it, started to walk away, turned back and said something, then said something else, then Bang-Zoom, he gets chucked. Then the ejection leader among active managers came out and argued, threw down his batting order cards, and got tossed for that.

Dreckman had a weird zone the whole day as well. Calling strikes balls, balls strikes, just had a bad day all around.