E50 - Ben May Blindly Ejects Skip Schumaker Before Reversing Course & Tossing Actual Offender Urueta 

Doesn't hurt to take a few seconds to find out who's chirping. At least Ben handled this better than Hunter.

Could Rogers YANK PITCHES ANY MORE THAN THAT?!? MY GOD, that's embarrassing! 🙄

@jomboy covered this much better, the lip reading was also a big help. I would argue that if the umpires can't determine specifically who they are ejecting then the only way they should be able react is 6.04(e)

I used to work a lot of Men's fastpitch softball and those guys were testosterone machines. They would argue about anything. I had a fellow umpire who, when he did not know who was chirping about balls and strike, would toss out the guy who was least likely to do the chirping. It would shut them up almost instantly.

Or maybe the umpires should just do their job and not worry about this stuff

I hope the dogs don’t start barking, or they’ll be next.

Pulling out the lineup card and saying, "ok, pick someone!". Genius! I'd hire him in an instant! 🤣

anyone remember the "old days" when they told us "to pick one" to reestablish control on field. That was allowed in 1990's.

Is the part about Bill Hohn and Bobby Cox true, where Hohn showed Bobby the lineup card to he could pick someone to get kicked out? I thought Hohn was just marking on the lineup card who he ejected. The commentators said that Hohn wanted Bobby’s E-Mail address.

Thats my trainer that helped me become a better HS Baseball Umpire in Wi.

@ 1:55 that is how it’s done. Been around Billy before. Good dude and no nonsense on the field.

You see the strike call/look combo a lot in lower leagues. I’m surprised it’s at this high level

It's almost like the blind leading the don't care. Although this is the first time I've seen a reversal of course, of course, of course.

Same stuff, different day. Chirping is only a problem if the target allows it to impact their performance.

"Ok coach, control your fans or your gone.'"

Can an umpire reverse a bad call like this. Like, “ Oops, my bad!”

Nice moustache Ben has!

Clearly, it was the dogs barking that the umpires heard.

Soccer has a fairly simple solution to this situation, which is that if a sanctionable offence (yellow or red card) is committed by someone in the technical area (the bench), and the referee cannot identify who it was, then the senior team official present in the technical area (most likely the manager or head coach) receives that sanction. Easy peasy.

This ejection is a lot like one I had in an NCAA game a few years ago. I was getting ridden like a rented mule bunthe visiting team about my strike zone. Was it perfect? No, it was not great. But at one point, I told the dugout to stop, no more. The next pitch was shoulders high, and the batter swung and missed for strike 3. The dugout said, "hey Teebob, was that one a strike, too?" I auto-ejected without first identifying who said it. Now I was in a pickle. I walked over to the dugout to see who had to go. I saw the scorekeeper, and I was pretty sure he hadn't said anything; I saw the assistant coach, who was a jerk but I wasn't sure it was him, and I saw a student assistant who had been chirping earlier. I told the dugout that the student assistant had to go. Turns out it was the assistant coach the whole time, who was the dad of the grad assistant I dumped. Oh well, the whining about strike zone ended after that. Its like the old saying from Mr. Livingston: if you have a troop of rowdy monkeys, just shoot one, and the rest will get the hint.

I'd be so tempted to not give those strikes just because of how much that catcher is yanking the glove. It's ridiculous.

For all the slow children commenting about Jake Rodgers framing just know before you post he is #8 on the Statcast Catcher Framing Leaderboard and leads all catchers in strike rate.

Another bad call the umpire is to full of them self

Another sign of how this game has changed. It's simple for me, the King Rat goes. If he can't control his bench, the umpires will. I'm all for clearing the bench

Who the frak is teaching these catchers to pull the pitch 18 inches up? God damn MLB catching is not impressive.

Why are these umpires listening to EVERYTHING being said. This is the ONLY sport officiated like this.

You would think the marlins would lose.. with that record.. oh and the ABSENCE OF THE MANAGER?? But they won. Interesting

I am going to let you all in on an umpiring secret after 40 years as an umpire. Coaches/Players sometimes group together and chatter so you can’t tell who actually did it. A classic trick. I just look over there and throw out the first one I see and then the chattering stops. Problem solved. Might not be the actual offender but oh well. Don’t play games with me while I am concentrating on my job. Just one of many tricks you learn after doing this wonderful thankless job over the years. And yes Lindsay I love your show and the comments. It is obvious that you really know the game and the rules.

Wow I’m early

These umpires are so soft. They can’t determine who said anything, but damned if they aren’t gonna toss someone. Clear the entire bench? Sure. The team should stop playing until an umpire that actually knows what they are doing can be provided. In MLB, that might take a while.

How about a rule that umps can only toss someone if they actually know the barking came from the dugout, good lord.

Some these umpires are thin-skinned. Do your job and don't listen so much.

I got no problem with this. I wouldn't have a problem if they ran the manager anyhow. Control your dugout. You're the boss so if you don't, it's on you. This is like when college football coaches used to have their underlings break the rules for them. NCAA got wise to that and now they just punish the organization. Lack of institutional control.

helluva union those critters have. makes the teamsters envious.

The worst part is, this ump's likely to get reprimanded or demoted for reversing course. The cardinal rule for all umpires at every level is NEVER admit a mistake. Double down and punish your victims further.

Clearly a soft umpire.

An umpire showing how bad umpires are at their job. Man I can't wait until they're out of the game. Imagine getting 300,000 a year to be horrible at your job.

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