HP Umpire Joe West ejected Yankees Manager Joe Girardi for arguing a strike call in the bottom of the 7th inning of the Tigers-Yankees game. With none out and none on, Yankees batter Russell Martin took a 1-2 cutter from Tigers pitcher Octavio Dotel for a called strike three. Replays indicate that the strike three pitch was thigh high and over the outside corner of the plate.* The previously two called strikes were also both within the bounds of the strike zone, the call was correct.* At the time of the ejection, the Tigers led, 6-5. The Yankees ultimately won the contest, 7-6.
This is Joe West (22)'s first ejection of 2012.
Joe West now has 4 points in the UEFL (0 Previous + 2 MLB + 2 Correct Call = 4).
Crew Chief Joe West now has 1 point in the Crew Division (0 Previous + 1 Correct Call = 1).
*The strike three pitch had a px value of 0.727, within the always a strike horizontal range (< 0.768). Therefore, the call is correct pursuant to UEFL Rule 6-2-b-1, also known as the Kulpa Rule.
UEFL Standings Update
1) 12 pts: cyclone14
2) 7 pts: millerump18, TheGunsofHochuli
4) 6 pts: JRD
5) 5 pts: MSNUMP
6) 4 pts: BillMueller, nkcaump, Spence1222, Turducken, Blue1923, drjjulius, Radwaste50, RichMSN, Scuba29, Scumpire, Streetmedic, tt49, umpyours
This is the 13th ejection of 2012.
This is the 9th Manager ejection of 2012.
This is Joe Girardi's first ejection of 2012.
