Baiting?

[CraigD]

Originally Posted by SethPDX

Maybe the umpire told him (correctly) to stay in after the first pitch, which was a ball, and the batter made his smart@ss comment after the foul ball. Can't really tell without being on the field.

Except that explanation doesn't seem consistent with what the home plate umpire reportedly told msavakinas.

Originally Posted by msavakinas

rogelstad was stepping out of box every time and he had already told him that he needed to stay in, on the last time he told him, batter turned around and said "you just worry about balls and strikes."

Drew (umpire) told me he was shocked, and should've dumped right there, but instead pulled off mask and said "what was that?"

rogelstad then replied "get your @ss back there and worry about balls and strikes"

boom gone.

IMO, he shouldn't have told him to stay in the box after a foul ball. That's not good game management.