Ejections 033, 034: Bill Miller (1, 2)

HP Umpire Bill Miller ejected Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie and Blue Jays Manager John Farrell for arguing a strike call in the bottom of the 9th inning of the Rays-Blue Jays game. With one out and none on, Blue Jays batter Brett Lawrie took a 3-2 changeup from Rays pitcher Fernando Rodney for a called strike three. Replays indicate that the 3-1 pitch was belt high, but off the outside corner of the plate (px value of 1.158); the 3-2 pitch from Rodney was over the outside portion of the plate, but above the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and top of the uniform pants (Lower Bound, Upper Bound of [1.219, 1.407]), the call was incorrect. At the time of ejections, the Rays were leading, 4-3. The Rays ultimately won the contest, 4-3.

These are Bill Miller (14)'s first and second ejections of 2012.
Bill Miller now has -4 points in the UEFL (0 Previous + 2*[2 MLB + -4 Incorrect Call] = -4).
Crew Chief Dale Scott now has 2 points in the Crew Division (2 Previous + 2*[0 Incorrect Call] = 2).

UEFL Standings Update

These are the 33rd and 34th ejections of 2012.
This is the 12th player ejection of 2012.
This is the 20th Manager ejection of 2012.
This is Brett Lawrie's first ejection of 2012 and of his career.
Brett Lawrie was 1-3, 1K prior to his ejection.
This is John Farrell's first ejection of 2012.
The Blue Jays now have three ejections in 2012.
On May 16th, MLB announced Lawrie would be suspended four games. Lawrie has dropped his appeal.

Wrap: Rays at Blue Jays 5/15/12
Video: Miller rings up Lawrie; Lawrie incensed, gets ejected and then throws at, hits Miller with helmet.
Video: MLB Network analyzes the helmet toss, fan throwing beer cup at Miller as umpires exit field
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.

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