This is Doug Eddings (88)'s second ejection of 2012.
Doug Eddings now has 8 points in the UEFL (4 Previous + 2 MLB + 2 Correct Call = 8).
Crew Chief Dana DeMuth now has 2 points in the UEFL's Crew division (1 Previous + 1 Correct Call = 2).
This is the 62nd ejection of 2012.
This is the 23rd player ejection of 2012.
Prior to his ejection, Youkillis was 0-3 in the contest.
This is the Red Sox's 3rd ejection of 2012, which ties them with the Yankees for 2nd in the AL East (4; TOR).
This is Kevin Youkillis' first ejection since August 2, 2011 (Gerry Davis [2]).
This is Doug Eddings' first ejection since May 29, 2012.
Video: Youkillis called out on strikes with bases loaded, argues vehemently with umpire Eddings, is ejected
Pitch f/x courtesy Brooks Baseball
Pitch f/x courtesy Brooks Baseball
22 comments :
Based on Retrosheet data, this is the fourth ejection of Youkilis's career. It's about time somebody was ejected!
The video: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=22125877&c_id=mlb
Ok, where did Edding's hat go?
His Mask comes off immediately, but then on the ejection mechanic does he throw his hat? I think he should have left it on --- Hat head...
Still, thats a pitch that is a strike all day long.
I suppose we should at least be happy at Youkillis didn't go all Brett Lawrie on Eddings....
I wonder if eddings got the ball on the top of the mound...it apparently drew Valentines attention.
I could not keep a straight face when Bobby Valentine wore that bewildered expression at the end of the video.
If that's a strike, a 7-iron is a bat.
most of the time there a no hitter or perfect game, Brian Runge is behind the plate, let's just say he's not a hitters umpire.
Everytime there's a not hitter or perfect game, Brian Runge is behind the plate
Ted Barrett blew an out call in the ninth inning of that game. Dee Gordon was safe, but it was a close enough play that I can't completely blame Barrett for making the out call, but it was incorrect.
Pretty impressive 6 man no hitter
Jerry Runge, Brian, layne, Tim, Wegner, Paul, West,
It was close, surprised mattingly wasn't ejected
That's a good pitch. It looks low because the camera at Fenway is so high and is directly behind the mound.
I love Bobby V's expression. He does the same thing any time anyone from the Red Sox gets dumped.
Anon 9:26, you have the pitch f/x right in front of your face. The ball is 100% in the zone, and you are still bitching that a 7 iron is needed to hit it? YOU are the reason fans would still not be happy if computers were calling the game. You would complain the computer was broken.
Gentlemen,
I contend that either Ramos or Flores (whoever was catching) caught the ball terribly. If the pitch was a strike like f/x says then who ever was F2 caught it so poorly that to me it looked like an absolute ball.
@Pete,
Eddings took it off during the argument. If you watch the clip on Quick Pitch you can see the whole thing. My guess is that he removed it so that Youklis couldn't beak him.
I want to commend the commentators - they said what they thought, described the play but looked used the evidence to judge the call. Well rounded commentary.
It was not being called for Doubront and it was a pretty nice frame job by the catcher Jesus Flores as the pitch was low and brought back up and Strasburg got the inning ending strikeout call from Eddings.
Having trouble figuring out what Youkillis' beef is here.
Full count and he took a pitch he should have swung at. He appeared to want to swing but couldn't pull the trigger.
It was a strike and not a particularly nasty pitch to hit. Some hitters would have hit that pitch so hard it would still be airborne.
Youkillis goes screaming at Eddings. Eddings tries to discuss it but can't because Youkillis wont let him talk. No baiting, no escalation by Eddings.
Unless I'm missing something, Youkillis looks pretty foolish on this one.
@Anon 5:35, I disagree with your point there. If you compare the plots fro Dubront and Strasburg, you find that Eddings was very consistent with pitches that fall in the 1.3 to 1.7 range of the vertical axis of the pitch F(X). There was one miss that went against Dubront (Strike called a ball)but otherwise very solid. You can see above this pitch is clearly a strike. This argument holds no water.
Plays like this one disprove the "Players only get ejected because umpires mess up" mantra we often hear about.
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