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Originally Posted by rainmaker
I'm usually just a lurker on this thread, but I have a real, bona fide baseball question. I watched the last four innings of the Seattle-Oakland game today (slept through the first five) and in the 6th inning the first base ump ended up tossing the first base player, Sexton, I think? They replayed everything from several different angles, and the announcers couldn't see any reason for the player being tossed, but I'm not sure how good they are at understanding officials. Did anyone see it? Could anyone explain to to me from the official's point of view?
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Juulie - Sexson (not Sexton) was ejected by first base umpire Mark Carlson after Donnie Murphy was called safe on an infield single. Sexson fell to the ground to catch a wide throw from SS Willie Bloomquist, but Carlson said Sexson pulled his foot. Sexson said a few words to Carlson and then was tossed. Sexson had glared at Carlson an inning earlier after being called out a check-swing third strike that was called by Carlson.
I guess it was a combination of the two things that finally caused the ejection. Usually at that level, the player must have used some profanity. After the game, the Seattle manager said that Sexson was "a little out of line and the umpire did what he had to do".