Ejection 028: Todd Tichenor (1)

HP Umpire Todd Tichenor ejected Mets pitcher Frank Francisco for arguing a ball call in the bottom of the 9th inning of the Mets-Marlins game. With none out and two on, Marlins batter Greg Dobbs singled on a 1-0 fastball from Mets pitcher Frank Francisco on a soft line drive to center fielder Andres Torres, Marlins R3 Emilio Bonifacio scored and R1 Brett Hayes to 3rd. Replays indicate the 0-0 pitch from Francisco to Dobbs was knee high, but off the outside corner of the plate (px value of -1.036), the call was correct.*^ At the time of the ejection, the Mets were leading, 4-3. The Marlins ultimately won the contest, 8-4.

This is Todd Tichenor (97)'s first ejection of 2012.
Todd Tichenor now has 4 points in the UEFL (0 Previous + 2 MLB + 2 Correct Call = 4).
Crew Chief Brian Gorman now has 2 points in the Crew Division (1 Previous + 1 Correct Call = 2).
*This ejection is eligible for a Balls/Strikes exemption under UEFL Rule 6-5-d-2.
^After review, Quality of Correctness has been affirmed in a 4-0 decision by the UEFL Appeals Board.

UEFL Standings Update

This is the 28th ejection of 2012.
This is the 9th player ejection of 2012.
This is Todd Tichenor's first career ejection as a full-time Major League umpire.
This is Frank Francisco's first ejection of 2012 and first ejection since 2004, where Frank Francisco, as a member of the Texas Rangers, was involved in a confrontation with Oakland A's fans. Francisco was ejected after throwing a chair into the stands, which hit a fan. He later was arrested and suspended from MLB for the remainder of the season. He was ordered to complete anger management classes and a work program after pleading no contest to the charges filed against him due to the incident.

Wrap: Mets at Marlins 5/13/12 (Mother's Day)
Video: After being removed from the game, Francisco charges Tichenor and is ejected

Pitch f/x courtesy Brooks Baseball

*Note: Brooks Baseball is promoting a Sabermetrics seminar hosted by those at the Jimmy Fund with all the money collected going to cancer research, the link to the seminar can be found here.