Saturday, July 16, 2011

Ejections: Cory Blaser (2, 3)

HP Umpire Cory Blaser ejected Rockies catcher Chris Iannetta and Rockies Manager Jim Tracy for arguing a safe call in the top of the 7th inning of the Brewers-Rockies game. With one out and two on, Brewers batter Mark Kotsay flied out to Rockies center fielder Dexter Fowler, Brewers R3 Corey Hart scored on the sacrifice. Replays indicate Iannetta applied the tag to Hart before Hart contacted the plate, the call was incorrect.* At the time of the ejection, the Brewers were leading, 5-3. The Brewers ultimately won the contest, 8-7.

These are Cory Blaser (89)'s second and third ejections of 2011.
Cory Blaser now has -6 points in the Umpire Ejection Fantasy League (-2 Previous + 2*[3 AAA - 1 Penalty - 4 Incorrect Call] = -6).
Cory Blaser was not drafted in 2011.
*Quality of Correctness was challenged and confirmed ("Incorrect" ==> "Incorrect").

These are the 120th and 121st ejections of 2011.
This is the 57th player ejection of 2011.
This is the 59th Manager ejection of 2011.
This is Jim Tracy's second ejection of 2011.
Prior to his ejection, Iannetta was 1-1 in the contest.

Wrap: Brewers at Rockies 7/16/11
Video: Iannetta, Tracy are Ejected