Worthy of the thumb?

[lawump]

Both ejections (regardless of what the morons broadcasting the game on TV or radio or writing about the game the next day think) were routine, easy EJ's on the professional level. Spiking of equipment after a judgment call by an umpire on a close play is an automatic EJ. If the batter had been called "out" and spiked his helmet after having run through first base...he'd have been tossed, too.

The manager almost assuredly said the "magic words" (made the argument personal) and got the automatic EJ.

So many "professional" sports journalists are making a whole lot out of the EJ of the pitcher which I can't understand. Since baseball began almost 100% of the time players who spike equipment after a close call that does not go their way are ejected.