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UPDATE: Orange County Register (8/3):
"Ralph Nelson, who supervises umpires for MLB, said that Dan Iassogna erred when he ejected Dodgers closer Eric Gagne . . . . Nelson said, "This was an example where he needs to gain some baseball instincts . . . that he didn't use the best discretion or judgment that he should have on this play."
Nelson's failure to cover Iassogna for following his office's directives is compounded by the Dodgers' piling on the insults: "'This isn't a real sophisticated thing we're talking about; this is something at the high school level would be understood,' [Dodgers' GM] Evans said."
Now for the kicker: Nelson said, "Iassogna was involved in a similar incident May 5 in a game between Boston and Tampa Bay. . . . There had been three hitters hit . . . and then Trot Nixon took matters into his own hands and flung his bat at the pitcher, and nothing was done by [Iassogna]. So we had to talk to Danny . . . about the possibility of getting more involved. Now, he may have gotten too involved."
The moral of this story is?
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