1B Umpire Bill Welke ejected Tigers Manager Jim Leyland for Unsportsmanlike-NEC in the top of the 3rd inning of the Tigers-Red Sox game.
In the bottom of the 2nd inning, with two out and one on, Red Sox batter Mike Aviles hit an 0-2 pitch from
Tigers
pitcher Doug Fister for a called foul ball by HP Umpire Jeff Nelson.
Nelson originally ruled that Aviles foul tipped the ball and was
successfully caught by Tigers catcher Gerald Laird. 1B Umpire Bill Welke
then gave Nelson a no catch foul tip signal, and Nelson changed the
call to a foul ball (no catch). Replays indicate
Laird successfully caught the ball off the tip from Aviles without the ball touching the ground. The call was incorrect, however Leyland left the dugout at the time of the call and made a visit regarding the call. He was not ejected at the time of this visit, then later during the inning break restarted the argument that lead to his ejection, therefore the call is irrecusable for an Unsportsmanlike-NEC ejection.* At the time of
the ejection, the Red Sox led, 4-1. The Red Sox ultimately won the contest, 7-4.
This is Bill Welke (52)'s second ejection of 2012.
Bill Welke now has 0 points in the UEFL (-2 Previous + 2 MLB + 0 Irrecusable Call = 0).
Crew Chief Tim Tschida now has 2 points in the Crew Division (1 Previous + 1 Irrecusable Call = 2).
*Unlike the Gene Lamont ejection by 3B Umpire Tim Tschida, Leyland had already made a visit regarding the call when the call was made. When Leyland was ejected, it was during his second visit and argument regarding the call. Under UEFL Rule 6-2-b-5-b (the DiMuro Rule), the second visit makes the reason for the ejection Unsportsmanlike-NEC, and by rule a Quality of Correctness of irrecusable.
This is the 51st ejection of 2012.
This is the 28th Manager ejection of 2012.
This is Bill Welke (52)'s second ejection of 2012.
Bill Welke now has 0 points in the UEFL (-2 Previous + 2 MLB + 0 Irrecusable Call = 0).
Crew Chief Tim Tschida now has 2 points in the Crew Division (1 Previous + 1 Irrecusable Call = 2).
*Unlike the Gene Lamont ejection by 3B Umpire Tim Tschida, Leyland had already made a visit regarding the call when the call was made. When Leyland was ejected, it was during his second visit and argument regarding the call. Under UEFL Rule 6-2-b-5-b (the DiMuro Rule), the second visit makes the reason for the ejection Unsportsmanlike-NEC, and by rule a Quality of Correctness of irrecusable.
This is the 51st ejection of 2012.
This is the 28th Manager ejection of 2012.
This is Jim Leyland's third ejection of 2012, tops in all of Major League Baseball for non-umpires.
This is the Detroit Tigers' sixth ejection of 2012, tops in all of Major League Baseball for teams.
This is Bill Welke's first ejection since April 24.
This is the Detroit Tigers' sixth ejection of 2012, tops in all of Major League Baseball for teams.
This is Bill Welke's first ejection since April 24.