one thing i like about seeing ned yell at the umpires is that he clearly out-yells them. with a screaming voice like his, that message will stay in the umpires head forever. :-)
I know, I miss Frank. I was aghast with Hud when he first got here. It took the entire 2012 season going into 2013 for me to warm up to him. Now I love good ol Uncle Rex. 😜 But man, I sure do miss Frank!
That's the worst ejection in baseball. He did what every player in MLB does on a ball 4. And who wouldn't think that was ball 4 when the umpire took 17 years to call it a strike. The ump ejected Gordon so he wouldn't have to confront his own mistake and then threw out the manager because everyone saw that he had no argument to defend the first ejection. What a joke of a human being.
Than McDowell Wow. Way to get everything wrong. The call wasn't slow. The batter just tried to immediately take off for first. The bat flip was clearly in response to the call as well.
@@hbk314 The vocal call was slow. Alex was mid-toss when he said it. Players aren't watching to see the call made visually. Therefore Alex didn't know it was a strike until he was mid-toss and in trying to stop it, it flew. Plus, if you look at technology given, the pitch is low, aka ball 4.
Yea I see why the ump threw him out. The announcers brought up the Molina incident which was pretty bad. Gordon did throw his bat up in the air, which is debatable whether or not it was because of ball 4 or he was angry at the call, but you can see why the umpire, Drake, had a shorter fuse than he might have. So, both sides had a good point if you look at the context.
Campbellnator you have to know Alex, he's a very well tempered player and I've never seen him throw a fit or anything malicious. The Ump should've known that, as well as known and understood that players flip their bat when they get walked. Like everyone. The ump took a very long time to call the strike and Gordon had every right to think it was a ball, so he went to flip his bat, he heard the strike call and tried to stop it, and it flew out of his hand. Gordon isn't confrontational at all! I'm the first person to admit that there are some hot headed Children on the Royals bench, Gordon is NOT one of them
+Alan Hess the strike call was fine. Yost was arguing the ejection. It was very obvious anyone who knows how Gordon plays the game- and knowing the players is expected of you when you're umpiring at that level- that Gordon was throwing his bat b/c he thought it was ball four, heard the strike call, and tried to rein it in at the last second, resulting in the bat going up in the air. IOW, he was not trying to show up Drake. You know it's a bad call when Darling takes his sweet time going out to rescue his boy.
+Alan Hess Also, while Drake signaled it immediately, he was slow in SAYING that it was strike three. Sometimes these umpires forget that the players can't always see them. Getting the call right is only part of the gig- you'll frustrate just as many ppl with calls that're consistently late. In Drake's defense, he'd apparently had a difficult week, and by the looks of things, this being an afternoon game it was probably hot, and probably the last game of the series, and if he'd had a bad series, and a bad day at the plate, umps are human, too, and they get frustrated just like everyone else.
@@nathanbarnes9373 Slow it down and watch the side view starting at the two minute mark. That pitch is not low. Apparently you don't know where the bottom of the zone is.
@@nathanbarnes9373 Wrong. I was right, you don't know where the bottom of the zone is. It is not the knees. Even if it was, that pitch was at the knees. If you can't see that, you need to have your eyes checked. That pitch was at least 3 inches above the bottom of the zone.
