Washington Nationals outfielder Lane Thomas, 29, was the subject of a bizarre ejection.
Thomas was ejected from the game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, on April 14 after striking out looking in the third inning of the sixth game from the second spot in the lineup.
With the count 2-2, Detroit right-hander Casey Mays' five-pitch, 96-mile-per-hour (154.5-kilometer) four-seam fastball was high and outside. The pitch was just inside the corner of the strike zone and umpire Emil Jimenez called it a strike. After the strikeout, Thomas glanced in umpire Jimenez's direction but didn't say anything.
But when umpire Jimenez immediately called him out, Thomas was furious. "What? You're ejecting me? I wasn't looking at you, I was looking at the ball," Thomas pleaded, but it didn't change the fact that he was already ejected. The situation ended when Washington head coach Dave Martinez came out and appealed to referee Jimenez to calm Thomas down.
"I obviously didn't say anything to the referee," Thomas said after the game, according to The Washington Post. It's disappointing," Thomas said after the game. The referee who ejected Thomas, Jimenez, is a young referee in his second year, but he has already stirred up controversy with his authoritarian demeanor.
The New York Post wrote: "Thomas was completely stunned by the bizarre ejection. "The bar for ejections seems to be getting lower and lower," said the New York Post, "ironically in a season in which the most controversial referee, Angel Hernandez, retired after 33 years.
On April 23, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected from the game for something he didn't say in the first inning. After Oakland Athletics slugger Esther Lewis was hit on the right foot by a four-pitch fastball in the first inning, Boone returned to the first base dugout to question whether or not he should check his swing, but was suddenly ordered out after the first pitch of the next at-bat. Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt, who mistook Boone's complaints as coming from the crowd above the dugout, called him out without even checking with him.
"I didn't say anything. The person who said it is up in the dugout," but umpire Wendelstedt replied, "I don't care who said it. You're ejected. You're responsible for everything that happened in the Yankees dugout." Wendelstedt's response was controversial because of his high-handed demeanor.
On May 5, Yankees captain and home run king Aaron Boone entered the dugout talking to himself after striking out swinging in the seventh inning in Detroit and was immediately ejected by umpire Ryan Blackney. "This is the first time this has happened to me," said Jersey, who was ejected for the first time in his career. I'm upset that it happened in a close game," he said.
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Thomas was ejected from the game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, on April 14 after striking out looking in the third inning of the sixth game from the second spot in the lineup.
With the count 2-2, Detroit right-hander Casey Mays' five-pitch, 96-mile-per-hour (154.5-kilometer) four-seam fastball was high and outside. The pitch was just inside the corner of the strike zone and umpire Emil Jimenez called it a strike. After the strikeout, Thomas glanced in umpire Jimenez's direction but didn't say anything.
But when umpire Jimenez immediately called him out, Thomas was furious. "What? You're ejecting me? I wasn't looking at you, I was looking at the ball," Thomas pleaded, but it didn't change the fact that he was already ejected. The situation ended when Washington head coach Dave Martinez came out and appealed to referee Jimenez to calm Thomas down.
"I obviously didn't say anything to the referee," Thomas said after the game, according to The Washington Post. It's disappointing," Thomas said after the game. The referee who ejected Thomas, Jimenez, is a young referee in his second year, but he has already stirred up controversy with his authoritarian demeanor.
The New York Post wrote: "Thomas was completely stunned by the bizarre ejection. "The bar for ejections seems to be getting lower and lower," said the New York Post, "ironically in a season in which the most controversial referee, Angel Hernandez, retired after 33 years.
On April 23, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected from the game for something he didn't say in the first inning. After Oakland Athletics slugger Esther Lewis was hit on the right foot by a four-pitch fastball in the first inning, Boone returned to the first base dugout to question whether or not he should check his swing, but was suddenly ordered out after the first pitch of the next at-bat. Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt, who mistook Boone's complaints as coming from the crowd above the dugout, called him out without even checking with him.
"I didn't say anything. The person who said it is up in the dugout," but umpire Wendelstedt replied, "I don't care who said it. You're ejected. You're responsible for everything that happened in the Yankees dugout." Wendelstedt's response was controversial because of his high-handed demeanor.
On May 5, Yankees captain and home run king Aaron Boone entered the dugout talking to himself after striking out swinging in the seventh inning in Detroit and was immediately ejected by umpire Ryan Blackney. "This is the first time this has happened to me," said Jersey, who was ejected for the first time in his career. I'm upset that it happened in a close game," he said.
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