You, and most others, make a good point, which is why I don't disagree with the ejection, because I absolutely can see your point of view. I still don't believe though, that Chamberlain was actually throwing at Youkilis though.
In general, this ejection just annoys me to no end because of the what happened earlier in the year to the Yankees when the Blue Jays threw at A-Rod when he was back at their home field. With the whole yelling at the third baseman situation that happened previously, you had to know that they were gonna hit him. So one pitch goes behind him or at his feet (can't remember which) and then another pitch hits him and nothing is done about it. I and everyone in the park knew that they were throwing at A-Rod intentionally and they missed him with the first one and the plunked him with the second one and no one was ejected.
That is crap. You want to eject for pitchers throwing at someone when there is no obvious provocation, fine. But when everyone damn well knows it's coming and then the batter is hit, after missing once, someone should be tossed!
MLB and MLB umpires need to be more consistent and enforce the rules the same for everyone. If you are gonna eject Chamberlain, then that Toronto pitcher should have gone as well, particularly since that was a much more obvious, clear cut case.
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Originally Posted by JJ
One ball over the head that "gets away" I might excuse if in my judgement there was no reason for it. TWO in rapid succession earns an ejection, especially at the higher levels of ball. If the thought goes through MY mind that he's throwing at him, I know it's going through a lot of other minds as well - one of those might be the opposing manager and pitcher.
It's called preventative umpiring.
JJ
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