HP Umpire Sam Holbrook Blue Jays shortstop Omar Vizquel for arguing balls and strikes in the top of the 5th inning of the Rangers-Blue Jays game. With one out and one on, Rangers batter Mike Napoli took a 2-1 fastball from Blue Jays pitcher Drew Hutchison for a called third ball. Replays indicate the pitch was located below the midpoint between the top of Napoli's pants and shoulders and several inches inside (px value of -1.259), the call was correct.* At the time of the ejection, the Rangers were leading, 6-4. The Blue Jays ultimately won the contest, 8-7.
This is Sam Holbrook (34)'s first ejection of 2012.
Sam Holbrook now has 4 points in the UEFL (0 Previous + 2 MLB + 2 Correct Call = 4).
Crew Chief Joe West now has 2 points in the Crew Division (1 Previous + 1 Correct Call = 2).
*The call is correct pursuant to
UEFL Rule 6-2-a, also known as the Kulpa Rule.
UEFL Standings Update
1) 14 points: cyclone14
2) 10 points: Longballs
3) 8 points: millerump18
4) 7 points: TheGunsofHochuli
5) 6 points: BillMueller, Turducken, RichMSN, MSNUMP, BC_UMP, BONZ_kansascity
This is the 16th ejection of 2012.
This is the 5th player ejection of 2012.
Prior to his ejection, Vizquel did not appear in the game, he was 0-0.