Don Zimmer fight with Umpire 1989 

And after all that he discards it casually at 3:41 😂

I love how Harry says "isn't this priceless??" And it was, 🤣🤣

It was until Zimmer got back in the dugout that he realized gum was still intact..he threw it out in disgust 😂

I like how Jerry Crawford ejected Zimmer.

I wonder how Jerry’s brother Joey would’ve handled that. I wish Joey Crawford was an mlb umpire instead of an nba ref.

The WGN producers in the mixing truck probably muted Harry that whole time; he was probably busy welcoming some random viewers from East Mosquitoville, Iowa...

He did a great job calling that one. Less is more

@@peoriavideosltd6822 right?! 😂😂

I've seen kids hit up Angel Hernandez for balls but he didn't have any to give. As much hate as he gets, and poor as an umpire he might be I actually do think think he's a decent person. I wouldn't be surprised if he gives them out to kids.

​@@sfmc98glad to see you say something like this. I got tired of seeing people being more than happy to take the opportunity to gang up on a guy. so i called some people out on it. And naturally got attacked a little myself. I dont have any problem w him or any other umpire being evaluated on their work, even w it being less than favorable. But when multiple people, within the specific conversation(let alone over the last year, through various forums) have already stated how you feel, and youre not adding anything to the convo particular to a questionable in game moment.. basically jumping in just to talk **** in a group, about one person, is cheap and usually makes you look worse for doing so. When its done distastefully like this and over the internet, i cant help but to see it as downright cowardly. At that point i feel i gotta speak out because people like that just arent willing to self evaluate unless you trigger them w words like coward. Especially those that over embrace the negative for toxic reasons they've yet to become privy to. I dont really relish taking on such a role. I push myself to because ive done the biting my tongue thing and that aint gettin it done either. Props to you for being willing to talk less than negatively about a guy so popularly hated.

​@@travisedwards3543 You clearly know nothing about baseball

jerry crawford is one of those priceless gems in the game , he had just as much passion for the game as the players and managers , where do u see these displays anymore , this is the lost golden age of the game , everything is so muted today , and to be honest boring at times

p.s. i still love the game though

Agreed!!!!

I love these old clips. warms the soul

Yeah for VHS this is top quality

One of the best videos ever

A horse with No Name so does the AstroTurf. Not in a good way

My childhood memories!! Makes me weepy!

It'll never be the same as the good old days

It's a strange tradition that has roots in the origins of the sport. Umpires never reverse the calls though, and throwing fits doesn't serve anyone. Probably best we're slowly moving on. Still fun to watch the highlights though

​@@Fryed_Bryce tens of thousands have moved on. Never to return.

Stoic is how I would describe today's baseball. We need characters.

I don’t think a lot of y’all old heads watch baseball these days. Baseball has a ton of characters these days. Just instead of showing up the umpires they show up each other.

It's was beautiful

I can't figure what he said in that brief second his hands went up, and I have no idea how Crawford could tell either from that distance.

@@teller1290it appears the gesture itself was the final straw, not the words. From Crawfords view he probably got a good lip read too. That’s why that same arms up gesture was repeated a few times before both of them went level 10 arguing.

"It's like two birds, trying to fight over a nut" - Gavin Free

Praise be to Zim

He still needs to eat the fucking pencil

@@chrisjones5411 was waiting for this comment 😂

Eat the pencil Andrew!!

Kobra Khan Definitely! If this happened today there would be news headlines crawling across the bottom, pop up ads on the sides of the screen, Joe Buck or another airhead announcer babbling about some unrelated topic during the argument or saying how great the other team is (not Cubs) , then split screen or complete cut to commercial!

Harry was probably chugging a beer.

Probably multiple beers! 😄

They were probably laughing.

Harry and Steve are legends.

Yes. I was always partial to the Earl Weaver tirades

absolutly , but there a couple in the 90s ...one that i simply cannot find , was butch hobson , blowing up at an umpire at fenway ,and it got real personal and vicious , wish i could find it

i actually think the police had to come on the field

coffeeee

@Victor Alvarez - no

Definitely man. I lived in kentucky which most people are reds fans but back in those days you couldnt get a reds game on tv. But the cubs were on everyday in the summer on wgn

@@frankwhite1895same here in Texas so it was watch the Cubies on WGN or the Braves on TBS 😂 No Rangers and the Ryan Express unless you went to a game. Which seeing Nolan Ryan pitch was my first game ever good way to start your kids on baseball because he was a God in Texas and still is lol

Billy Martin was another one. I remember him getting ejected from a game in 1981, and the TV showed a slow-motion replay of him kicking dirt on the ump's shoes.

@@orbyfan He hated to lose and showed it!

Never going to happen again unfortunately. Front offices want nothing but yes men.

Replay has ended most of this.

There's terry collins

RIP, Popeye.

Lol and he was a drunk, racist bastard so effing what?!!!!

Don was the type of guy who was just in it to shower with the guys.

​@@rockscousteau Nah, that would be you

Is Don Zimmer in the HOF?

Nowadays, the umpires have clearly been told they can't give it right back to the managers. I hate that. They are both grown men on the field and we now have this viewpoint where people think they are so "enlightened." "Oh the umpires have to be deescalate" Why? The manager has to deescalate himself as a grown adult. Who doesn't love a good umpire argument? They are an absolute snore now. We are turning into a boring, humorless society where we try to knock down anything which is chaotic.

I still can't believe that the two guys who come in to de-escalate the whole thing are Charlie Williams and Joe West 😂 makes me wonder where Bob Davidson was for this whole thing 🤣🤣

They were giving the fans what they paid to see.

Mlb is rigged or incompetent feck badeball

@@domohuerta6284 we'll act like you said anything intelligent 🤦🏽‍♀️

Randomly stumbled onto this vid and I’m subbed to your channel! Hey! @SNESdrunk !

And then goes batshitcrazy.

hysterical!!!

God damn...do I miss old school baseball

This is just me, but I thought he was half-stalking and half-stomping. Who was that umpire? At the end DZ says "shutup" and looks sideways at one of his players. Thanks! This video is great on a number of levels.

Yes. And when you watch it again, Zim was actually starting to walk away, but the Ump came back at him. You can see the Ump mouthing" And I'll do it again too" trying to goad Zim. That's when the hat flew off😂

CLASSIC....Just one of the many reasons I miss the old days. RIP Don Zimmer. Never had a job outside of baseball.

It definitely was!

Yep goods times. In 84 we were big time. Color console tv /cable. TBS/The Braves---Bob Horner/Dale Murphy on and on. Great times. Although we had not graduated from box fans to a/c yet it was nice when us boys would be outside playing ball hearing dad hoot holler when braves got him excited. Aaaah yes , great memories. Valdosta Ga.

​​​@@UtubinScrolling down the comments section, I just noticed the name of your hometown. Valdosta, Georgia is the home of 60's singer Billy Joe Royal! Had a hit in '65 with DOWN IN THE BOONDOCKS.

Lol yes that's incredible. The whole thing is epic.

Like a boss.

Like "It's Go Time"

The whole damn thing is the best part😂

Zimmer shaking head get hothead. I have see him in series. He going to get even with umpire😂

Popeye said he never had a _real job_ in his entire life. The man loved baseball like he loved his family. You said it Jorge... RIP my Hero. And I also REALLY miss Harry 😥

Popeye was the greatest.

From personal experience, Don Zimmer was a horses ass. If his lips were moving, he was lying.

Do you have any idea what Zimmer said in that brief moment in the dugout that caused his ejection? It's real quick and Zimmer looks like he said almost nothing.

Zimmer was from Cincinnati. I think he graduated from Western Hills High School. Zim was one of a kind, just loved baseball and threw everything he had into it.

Screw Zimmer. 1978 ring a bell

Joey Soprano Zimmer was red hot 😤😡🤬

Zimmer is missed by who?

Zimmer was one great baseball guy. No matter what team he was with .

@Justin Ward i have always longed for a job that I would be that passionate about. Don Zimmer found it.

Or pathetic. Never done an honest day's work in his life.

@@DruidsCalling so baseball is dishonest work?

Leon Amaya your a fucking idiot

Bret Maverick wellp. It is more of a game and not a rigorous soul crushing 9-5 "job",. What that phrase usually means.. jus sayin

@@joebarry9532 so all our goals in life should be to have "rigorous, soul crushing, 9 to 5's?" I think our goal should be the opposite, to make a living playing a game like he did and there's no dishonor in that at all.

Harry was better back in the 1970’s when he announced with the White Sox, and was partnered with Jimmy Piersall. Every broadcast was like listening to a comedy routine. How bout an ice cold Fallstaff!

its not joe west goof

West steps in at 3:10.

😂😂😂

And he still sucked as an umpire.

Yes it is the announcer said it was Joe West

Word. Joe West,peacemaker? Hmmmm...

A legend in his own mind

He’s always blowing calls that’s why.

Either him or Angel Hernandez.

I'm convinced that his first ejection was Connie Mack.

God he's fat...

That's bcause he's a fucking asshole...

I agree, but it's ridiculous to throw him out, considering he was in the dugout.

😂I agree!

@@Wadzillia I know it! Crazy.

Lol yep. You can hear them laughing and enjoying it if you listen close😂

Just when you thought you had seen everything ........Then Joe West comes along .

Way to make Zimmer simmer.

SERIOUSLY

Joe West is out to ruin the fun

His chins are a time capsule

Not 22?

Joe's chins are like rings on a tree.

Yeah he has so many damn chins 😂

@@PH-un8bo Laughing all the way to the bank$$$$

People don't understand that baseball, in it's very core is funny. It's literally grown men playing a child's game. And then all the seemingly arbitrary parts about it, while frustrating if you're hoping your team will win, makes it even funnier. When you look back years later, like on this video, it's absolutely hilarious. The built in chaos of the game makes it so difficult to be good, and so much luck is involved, all you can do is laugh sometimes. The umpires are often a source of this chaos and humor, and that's a good thing. To argue for robo umps or taking any uncertainty out of the game is like taking one of the best shows on TV and saying, lets remove all the funny and dramatic parts and just watch people walk around.

Can't

yea no shit

Twink Toilet's Best Friend's Mom's Cancer CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!

Common national league, get the DH

Zim should have reamed Sutcliffe for such a shitty at-bat

I love how Sutcliffe stepped out of the box and wondered a little; like he was some hitting machine🤣

Amen to that. Don Zimmer, Billy Martin, Lou Piniella, Jim Leyland and the list goes on and on had more fire and personality individually than the entire modern managerial crop combined. Modern managers remind me of politicians in that they all seem to have been carefully groomed for years and just like the majority of politicians they are boring and everything they do or say comes across as scripted.

Had this happened today, Zim would've probably got suspended.

@@jsd795 you said it all. Todays managers are vanilla robots. Also Harry is so frigging good.

It's just as fun to watch as it was 35 years ago. Not sure what you're talking about. Btw they were all juiced up back then anyway.

Jonnie Forbes I was 16 years old and remember watching this game. Zimmer was the best.

Yeah. I saw Horse Shit.

Followed by a kick and bullshit.

Zimmer threw in, "That's horseshit"... a favorite amongst the old timers.. ... 😂😜😎

You don't get much better than Harry and Steve up in the WGN booth. Miss them both.

Is it me or is the cubs uniform the one don zimmer wears best?

I know Right!!!!

Him and rose are equally nuts

Absolutely

Crawford from SW Philly going right back at him!

Bill Kittleman I agree have have to give Bobby Cox and Bob Davidson argument a close second and Joe Giraldi and Laz Diaz at third.

I like this argument; ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rpS-XFXxJvE.html&ab_channel=JoeLeonardi

I sometimes had seats in the top level at Riverfront. I kid you not; we could hear Joe West's "strike" and "out" calls all the way up there. Fun times.

That's hilarious. I distinctly remember, back in the eighties, "get off my lawn" people saying "Baseball players today don't have a passion for the game

I was just thinking that lol. Glad I’m not the only one who noticed

Hahahaha agreed!!

HAHAHAHA THIS IS UNDERRATED!

Looks like Fred from I Love Lucy

🤩😉😎 You gotta love it!

Thought the very same thing Lol !

Charlestonchewy 🤣😂

George Dunn get over it

Pedro Barajas ... I'd rather be nostalgic about a broadcasting LEGEND than be a pathetic internet TROLL like you are.

Pedro Barajas - Your nose smells like Marty Brennaman’s glutes.

Who couldn’t :) I had dinner with Harry at his restaurant once. I walked all the way from Wrigley with my Dad that day. What a reward. Listening to him on TV was like watching a John Candy movie costarring Rodney Dangerfield called Planes, Cubs and Life.

He took it from Pedro.

@@Pwnzistor Yeah I remember that one - that was a hoot!

I get it.We're showing our age.....

Marve Cox and steve stone. his voice is so soothing

Yep, I say the same thing all the time. It's already happening in other sports and it's awful.

Exactly! It's so weird this obsession to "normalize" and "technologize" everything. This is a 150 year old game that had umpire arguments from day 1. When people say "I'm not here for the ump show" then they aren't here for baseball. This game would be boring if not for all the chaotic neutral parts of it, not least of which are different size ballparks, and different ground rules, judgment calls, a different strike zone for every umpire and yes even the unwritten rules. Everything that adds to the drama of baseball, it's very DNA, people in 2023 thinking of themselves as "enlightened" want to change about it.

You spelled think wrong.

It's because he a metal plate in his head ... Tru story Bro

is this post season ?

I know Right!!!!

So did u read that somewhere,or did he call a ton of games you watched?

Jerry Crawford was a great umpire

Christopher M. An umpire with a short fuse is like a cop who won't accept criticism. Instead, he reaches for his weapon. This umpire exhibited a loss of self-control that began when he resorted to expelling a man who wasn't even on the field. As for Zimmer, his performance was in character with his established persona and team expectations. But an umpire who goes jaw to jaw with a player, coach or manager in the way Crawford did has become prima donna himself. He brings the game into disrepute. And this kind of authoritarian behavior is now routine in the majors. The umpires are too thin-skinned, too insecure, and frequently too wrong to admit their own failings.

Jerry Crawford was a great ump who didn't take shit from anyone.

@@vestibulate cool story bruh. But if you knew anything Crawford was a well respected ump among players and coaches. You live in an era of Angel Hernandez and Cowboy Joe West bashing, even though up until a few seasons West was also one of the more consistent umps (he stuck around this long to beat the record for games worked). These guys are around each other a lot and things carry over series to series. Zim was a legend too so chalk this up as two guys going at it and leave it at that.

I’m not sure what you mean, but that Steve Stone

That is Steve Stone

I mean you're in Cincinnati. Marty Brennaman is in the Cincinnati broadcast booth a short distance away. Such a gigantic tool in the presence of greatness of Harry makes me miss Harry that much more.

What made Marty Brennaman a tool?

@@biggobot3253 A few bad apples don't spoil the whole bunch. But he paints with a broad brush. 3:1 he's never had a conversation of more than 30 seconds with an actual Cubs fan and not some drunken bleacher bum ditching work on a random Tuesday afternoon. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5V1cf5dCL7I.html

Followed quickly by the continuation of the century-plus of futility. Got it!

Sounds just like your family tree moron.

Bookem Danno until 2016!

The summer of 1989 what great memories . RIP Don Zimmer.

@@bookemdanno5596 And the futility is still going: 110 years and counting *sigh*.

Only for managers

I don’t believe that became an automatic ejection until the 90s. Also to whoever said “ but he was arguing a check swing” : the rule applies to that as well

+Trump...sorry Donald....the ump ruled he swung...that’s a strike....no can argue...RIP Zim

Patrick B Arguing balls and strikes has ALWAYS been an automatic ejection if the ump chooses. We do not know if Zimmer had been chirping from the dugout all night and the ump said, "That's enough. One more time and you are gone" and Zim did it one more time.

Jerry Crawford was one of the more level headed umps of his day. I imagine Zimmerman (RIP) used some magic words there too. But I agree, we need more people like him back in the game.