Ejections 008 & 009: Greg Gibson (1, 2)

HP Umpire Greg Gibson ejected Twins center fielder Denard Span and Manager Ron Gardenhire for arguing a strike call in the top of the 3rd inning of the Twins-Yankees game. With one out and one on, Span attempted to pull his bat back on a 0-0 fastball from Yankees pitcher C.C. Sabathia, having squared to bunt upon the pitch's release. Replays indicate Span successfully pulled his bat back, though Pitch f/x confirms the pitch was correctly ruled a strike (px value of .887), the call was correct.*^ At the time of the ejection, the contest was tied, 1-1. The Yankees ultimately won the contest, 8-3.

These are Greg Gibson (53)'s first and second ejections of 2012.
Greg Gibson now has 8 points in the UEFL (0 Previous + 2*[2 MLB + 2 Correct Call] = 8).
Crew Chief Gerry Davis now has 2 points in the Crew Division (0 Previous + 2*[1 Correct Call] = 2).
*The call is correct pursuant to UEFL Rule 6-2-b-1, also known as the Kulpa Rule.
^After review, the Appeals Board has confirmed Quality of Correctness, 5-1-0 ("Correct" ==> "Correct")
^ The Appeals Board's historical decisions may be consulted via the UEFL Portal.

UEFL Standings Update
1) 8 points: cyclone14
2) 6 points: TheGunsofHochuli & millerump18
4) 5 points: JRD
5) 4 points: Spence1222
6) 3 points: BillMueller, Jeremy, JohnShulockFan, nkcaump, Turducken, UmpAtty

These are the 8th and 9th ejections of 2012.
This is the 5th Manager ejection of 2012.
This is the 3rd player ejection of 2012.
This is Ron Gardenhire's first ejection of 2012.
Prior to his ejection, Span was 0-1 in the contest.

Wrap: Twins at Yankees 4/17/12
Video: Span and Gardenhire ejected for arguing called strike, alluding to earlier balk call
Pitch f/x courtesy Brooks Baseball
*After Span's ejection, Clete Thomas completed the at-bat, hitting a double. Span argued strike one, whose px value of 0.887 is within the "borderline" range of 0.768 to 0.935 feet, per UEFL Rule 6-2-b-1.