Royals/Angels

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by MOofficial

Why would he go out and show up a catcher like that? He was a minor league call up, is that something they teach?

No, they don't teach it per se. Here's my guess: Kendall was probably saying enough to get himself ejected, and rather than run him Estabrook decided to show him up a little.

MiLB umps have a rough time in MLB when they're called up. Estabrook actually managed the outcome well: the important guy, Kendall, stayed in the game, and only skip got run.

I see the announcer's point about "baiting," and agree that Estabrook's getting in Kendall's face was unusual. But Yost came out with the magic words flooding out of his mouth. If anybody was baited it was Kendall, and he stayed in the game.

I would be very surprised to see any fines handed out for this exchange, and I'd love to hear what Estabrook's supervisor said after the game.