Too Many Ejection Clips

[nopachunts]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Okay, I just saw the replay that my wife was talking about prior to the start of today's Padres/Mets game. It was from the 3rd base dugout camera with a zoom lens, and his hand smacked that plate as plain as day, to which Tony Gwynn again said that it was an "obviously blown call."

Can you post a link to the video?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by nopachunts

Can you post a link to the video?

The story and the video (which is pretty conclusive, really. I don't see how any umpire among us here could come up with a different conclusion after watching this):

Baseball Video Highlights & Clips | NYN@SD: Black is ejected arguing a play at the plate - Video | padres.com: Multimedia

[jwwashburn]

He had to have not been looking at home plate.

That was really bad.

[Bishopcolle]

Ow!!!

[TussAgee11]

Goodness gracious... something is up these days.

Baseball Video Highlights & Clips | FLA@PHI: Victorino is ejected from the game - Video | phillies.com: Multimedia

[tballump]

Oh yes, dog days of August. Just another way of showing up an umpire and not getting away with it. These are always the ones that the players, coaches, and managers will say, they didn't do anything like bump the ump or cuss the ump. They love to do the hand motions and chirp from the dugout which makes the umpire look like the bad guy and they expect to get away with it. Guess it didn't work.
This is why they are called rats, and no matter how well a player may act towards all umpires most of the time or to you personally, eventually there will be that defining moment when it will become him or you and who do you think they are going to try and make look bad. Themselves, wrong. Umpiring is an adversarial role, so never let your guard down or turn your back.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

Goodness gracious... something is up these days.

Baseball Video Highlights & Clips | FLA@PHI: Victorino is ejected from the game - Video | phillies.com: Multimedia

Combination of the heat and a big rat in center field waving his arms once too many times I guess. Of course the Phiily Faithful homers, er...broadcasters thought it was ridiculous. I wonder what they would do if we stood around them all day and raised our arms in disbelief of the things that they say, trying to incite the crowd against them.

Eddie Rap is one fine umpire, at least they got that part right. Victorino was probably mouthing off earlier. I'm sure it wasn't his first gesture of the day, and he is right in Eddie's sight all day long.