E112-4 - Trio of Twins Tossed as Lance Barrett Ejects Rocco Baldelli (No Balk) & Michael Taylor (K3) 

That should be an easy one for runners to take advantage of. He's starting his motion with the glove dip. An attentive runner would catch that and run on it rather than the leg left.

Lindsay, Please cover "Ort retires Taylor after review". 10th inning of 6/21 Twins/Sox game.

When are assistant hitting coaches gonna realize no one pays to come see them. 😉

"Excuse me, who?" at 4:42 is hilarious

the home plate umpire was absolutely awful calling balls and strikes for both sides tonight.

An assistant hitting coach getting ejected should be an immediate forfeit of the game.

Was watching this one live. Knew Taylor was going to get tossed after the Check-swing call.

That was Taylor’s first ejection. He has been playing for 10 years. He normally is a very quiet guy. He normally allows his coaches to talk. You have to wonder if Baldelli wasn’t ejected if he would have said anything at all.

Fines should be for umpires... they have no clue

That's nonsense that he can get ejected from the dugout then run out to have more of a cry. That shit should get you fined even more and a suspension.

Would it then be a balk if he doesn’t do it? Or goes to pick off during the down motion?

Woah that's brutal; running the assistant to the hitting coach. At least he can pick up the hitting coach's dry cleaning early.

Assistants hitting coach needs to be quiet! Go assist somewhere

This ignorance by Baldelli reminds me of an umpire I once worked with. The first time there was a runner at 3B only the pitcher went into the windup. As soon as the pitcher dropped his pivot foot into the depression in front of the rubber, he called a balk and no one knew why. This was a summer HS league game and I knew both coaches well. The defensive team's head coach came out and asked if I knew what the balk was for. I told him I had no idea but that I would find out. I walked up to my partner and asked what the balk was for and he replied that the pitcher broke contact with the rubber when his foot slid into the depression in front of the rubber. It was the first, and only time, I had ever heard of such a thing. At the time I had about 6 years seniority on this guy. I told him that if he ever made that balk call again I would reverse it on the spot. Yeah, technically it's a balk and yeah, technically I can't reverse his call. But stupid is as stupid does is not allowed on my ball field and I WILL fix stupid on my ballfield.

Tigers wiff at a chance to close the gap for first place in the AL Central.

Good umpiring here.

It would have been hilarious to also see the assistant of the assistant hitting coach get the hook. I think the ump was right not to call it a balk, but I don't think it's right that Baldelli should get fined for that ejection.

Balk!

The last ejection proves we don’t need 2 umpires to handle 1 ejectee. They’ll storm off on their own after they’ve done having their say. There is no rush for arguments. There are enough clocks already. They should focus on shortening the commercial breaks between innings and lessening advertisements which everyone hates instead of the arguments which help the ratings. If they don’t storm off then start walking towards dugout. If that doesn’t work someone on bench will go get them. Only time there should be another umpire joining is if there is a crowd of people arguing with 1 umpire or if an argument gets physically violent a second umpire should grab the ejecting umpire away while team would grab the player/manager away from the confrontation. You 21st century umpires can call me whatever you want, this is the way we handled things and we got along fine. If anything we got along better. Lot more people were interested in umpiring and umpires didn’t get bashed in media as often. Overall we were more talkative/personable but were more understanding of team’s frustrations and didn’t give the hook as quick as the 21st century umpires.

MLB players, coaches , and managers need to completely ignore the umpires. Umps want to be a part of the game rather than officials, don't let them be. After exchanging line-up card, don't have another word to say to them. Don't argue balls and strike, check swings nothing. On the other hand don't talk to them, look at them. Don't offer help when they get hit by a foul ball, nothing. all of their dramatics when calling a third strike, all to be a part of the show, BS. Totally ignore them and the BS will stop. They will learn the strike zone, or be reported. Start protesting more games, just to be a thorn in the side. Just don't talk to the umps. I realize that not all of them are bad, but they all belong to the same union and should be treated the same way. Have a nice day.

Another #UmpShow.

dreadful Umpire calls hahah Jom boy missed all this

Its a balk Umpires BS

Oh Rocco, you're killing baseball

LOL, assistant coach go bye bye.

On a side note, I really enjoyed that "Excuse me, who?". 😂

If the runners were any good or the base coaches at least they’d tell them to run as soon as he starts to slowly move his glove down. It’s not a balk in my book as long as he continues the motion and doesn’t stop again.

Must be some gathering these guys wanted to leave work early for

Baldelli...more like Balkdelli amiright

Baldelli was given a very clear warning to stop. Barrett had every right to toss him. 🤦‍♂

Thought the batboy was going to get tossed too. Sheesh.

Wow 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Amazing how we are so concerned about pace of play but managers want freeze frame reviews of a pitchers set and wind up motions.

2:44 is the "habitual pitching motion" mentioned anywhere in the rulebook? Watching the MLB I often think many pitchers are balking routinely. Is it OK as long as it's every pitch? What happens if they bounce 3 times instead of 2 one pitch, that a balk?

I agree, dude was balking just about every time…….woulda been interesting to see how they handled it if the runner broke and the pitcher cleared the rubber.

Rocco shows that a little knowledge only makes you dangerous.... to yourself... great catch that catcher and that fan... when are they going to learn.. until they have a challenge system in place.. that stupid box is the one that is wrong when the ump calls it differenlty.. the rulebook tells you balls/strikes calls are final...Like I tell players that like to argue.. if the pitch hits the dugout and the ump calls it a strike.. it's a strike... yeah, not near the rulebook definition... give him a look that says huh... but keep your mouth shut... you can't win that argument.

It's absolutely true that even tiny movements are used by pitchers to try and deceive the runner but this is actually ridiculous... Like, does he think pitchers are robots? Must have wanted to get home early.

MLB needs More F-Bombs....to show young fans how to be a Real Pro Ball Player....=((

When 3 people get ran, it’s not the players or managers that are the problem.