HP Umpire Mike Winters ejected Yankees Manager Joe Girardi for arguing a call in top of the 7th inning of the Red Sox-Yankees game. With two out and none on, Red Sox batter Jason Varitek took a 2-2 slider from Yankees pitcher C.C. Sabathia for a called third ball. Girardi was ejected during a subsequent pitching change; per UEFL Rules 6.e.iv.b. and Rule 6.e.iii. regarding Pitching Change and Post-Inning Exemptions, no singular at bat is considered, as it is not obvious beyond all doubt which single call was contested. Therefore, Winters' performance over the entire Top 7 up to the pitching change is considered. Over this period, Winters was 13 for 15, or 87% accurate. This is significantly over the threshold ordinarily used in calculating UEFL pitch call Quality of Correctness, the call was correct.* At the time of the ejection, the Red Sox were leading, 6-0. The Red Sox ultimately won the contest, 6-0.
This is Mike Winters (33)'s first ejection of 2011.
Mike Winters now has 4 points in the Umpire Ejection Fantasy League (0 Previous + 2 MLB + 2 Correct Call = 4)
Mike Winters is owned as a Secondary Umpire by Ring_Tail, who is now in 2nd place in the UEFL with 11 points.
This is the 38th ejection of 2011.
This is the 20th Manager ejection of 2011.
Pitch f/x courtesy Brooks Baseball
