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Monday, June 11, 2012

Ejection 066: Alfonso Marquez (1)

HP Umpire Alfonso Marquez ejected Atlanta Braves outfielder Matt Diaz for arguing a ball call in the top of the 9th inning of the Yankees-Braves game. With none out and none on, Yankees batter Alex Rodriguez took a 1-0 sinker from Braves pitcher Jonny Venters for a called ball two. Replays indicate the 1-0 sinker from Venters to Rodriguez was over the outside part of the plate and at the hollow of Rodriguez's knees (norm_ht of -0.912 and Lower Bound, Upper Bound of [-1.009, -0.813]), the call was incorrect.* At the time of the ejection, the Yankees were leading, 3-0. The Yankees ultimately won the contest, 3-0.

This is Alfonso Marquez (72)'s first ejection of 2012.
Alfonso Marquez now has -2 points in the UEFL (0 Previous + 2 MLB + -4 Incorrect Call = -2).
Crew Chief Tom Hallion now has 0 points in the UEFL's Crew division (0 Previous + 0 Incorrect Call = 0).
*Under the Miller Rule (UEFL Rule 6-2-b-2 and Comment), when at any point the Lower Bound, Upper Bound is less than |1.000|, the pitch may be a strike.
Note: This ejection was added to the official box score after the conclusion of the game.


This is the 66th ejection of 2012.
This is the 24th player ejection of 2012.
Diaz was out of the game at the time of his ejection going 0-1 with 1 K as a pinch hitter.
This is the Braves' 3rd ejection of 2012, tied for 1st in the NL West (3; ATL / 3; NYM / 3; PHI).
This is Matt Diaz's first ejection since June 12, 2011 (Bob Davidson; QOC = Correct).
Pitch f/x courtesy Brooks Baseball

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30 comments:

  1. TurduckenJune 11, 2012 at 10:23 PM

    Can't blame Diaz. Gets called to pinch hit, and takes one off the plate to fall in the hole, and then swings and misses for the strikeout. http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/cache/numlocation_io.php-pitchSel=449060&game=gid_2012_06_11_nyamlb_atlmlb_1&batterX=65&innings=yyyyyyyyy&sp_type=1&s_type=3.gif

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  2. tmacJune 11, 2012 at 10:31 PM

    I LOVE this ejection.... Delays the game about 5 seconds.... Alfonso doesn't have many but they seem to come with a flair!

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  3. AnonymousJune 11, 2012 at 10:36 PM

    Get out of here......get out if here .....never leaves the point of the plate haha

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  4. AnonymousJune 11, 2012 at 10:44 PM

    If people are going to criticize Doug Eddings for his large strike zone, then Alfonso Marquez is in the same boat for his strike zone which is way too small.

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  5. AnonymousJune 11, 2012 at 11:10 PM

    Jebus, a MLB umpire misses a marginal pitch in the 9th inning and the world will end tomorrow.
    The horror of it all....

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  6. SJRJune 11, 2012 at 11:44 PM

    I find it interesting that Diaz has managed to get himself tossed from the bench not once, but twice (see Bob Davidson link above).

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  7. stratbaseballmanJune 12, 2012 at 12:14 AM

    I know it may have been in the zone, but the catcher butchered that by pulling it back up. It "looked" like a ball the way it was caught. Notice that neither the catcher or pitcher was even surprised with the call.

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  8. tmacJune 12, 2012 at 12:31 AM

    @ anon 10:44: well here is the plot and SHOCKER anon could not be more wrong. Maybe this was actually doug eddings who posted this!!

    http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/cache/zoneplot.php-pitchSel=all&game=gid_2012_06_11_nyamlb_atlmlb_1&sp_type=1&s_type=7.gif

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  9. AnonymousJune 12, 2012 at 2:10 AM

    What should be stated in the article is Diaz took an obvious ball during his AB in the 8th to go in the hole 0-2. He swung and missed on the next pitch and had a parting shot for Marquez. The missed pitch from Venters got Diaz going again. Up to that point, Marquez seemed to have called a decent game.

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  10. AnonymousJune 12, 2012 at 6:43 AM

    Diaz ejection last year was almost identical to his this year. Both times e was ejected from the bench in the ninth of a game his team was losing. Last year it was June 1th this year June 11th.

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  11. AnonymousJune 12, 2012 at 6:44 AM

    @anon 10:44- I think you have it mixed up. Eddings usually has a pretty small zone while Marquez has a pretty big zone.

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  12. UmpsRuleJune 12, 2012 at 7:50 AM

    @ SJR

    Last year, David Price got tossed off the bench twice in a season.

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  13. AnonymousJune 12, 2012 at 8:16 AM

    I just loved Freddy and Hudson's reactions through it all...just laughing at the situation.

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  14. AnonymousJune 12, 2012 at 11:01 AM

    Da wascally wabbit strikes again.

    Baseball should go to 6 man crews and put an umpire in each dugout to monitor potty mouths.

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  15. AnonymousJune 12, 2012 at 1:05 PM

    that pitched looked super low...good call

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  16. AnonymousJune 12, 2012 at 4:38 PM

    Diaz had a pinch hit AB in the 8th and a pitch slightly lower than the ball you see here was called a strike on him. When Diaz struck out, he was slow to leave the area of the plate and he and Marquez exchanged words. I promise you, the ejection came because Diaz brought up the missed pitch from the inning prior.

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  17. AnonymousJune 12, 2012 at 4:59 PM

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  18. UmpsRuleJune 12, 2012 at 5:24 PM

    If Matt Diaz would keep his potty mouth closed he might be able to avoid getting ejected.

    The term 'rabbit ears' is ridiculous. If an umpire can hear something you said, that's not his fault.

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  19. BillJune 12, 2012 at 7:08 PM

    His comments stay up, amd MINE get taken down?

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  20. AnonymousJune 12, 2012 at 7:31 PM

    Fonsie got it right by ejecting the player for reigniting an argument from the previous inning.

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  21. Big MarcJune 13, 2012 at 12:46 AM

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  22. Big MarcJune 13, 2012 at 12:48 AM

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  23. AnonymousJune 13, 2012 at 3:26 AM

    This call of incorrect needs to be challenged on this one

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  24. BoozieJune 13, 2012 at 7:18 AM

    If Anon challenges this, I challenge his challenge. Should remain incorrect either way under 6-5-C-3, as Diaz was thrown out for reigniting the argument over the second strike in his at bat, which was incorrectly ruled by Marquez.

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  25. AnonymousJune 13, 2012 at 10:03 AM

    Any poster that refers to a umpire of Hispanic/Latino origin as "Macho Camacho" or "Desi Arnaz" is not worthy of this site.

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  26. AnonymousJune 13, 2012 at 4:27 PM

    So did Juan Valdez apologize for booting the call and tossing Diaz because he made a bad call?

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  27. AnonymousJune 14, 2012 at 5:47 PM

    Diaz is a no good rat and many MLB umpires will tell you so!

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  28. AnonymousJune 14, 2012 at 6:43 PM

    @ anon 5:47 what are you talking about. Diaz may be very competitive, but he is a great guy and takes part in many charities.

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  29. AnonymousJune 14, 2012 at 6:51 PM

    @ anon 6:43 I agree with you and I am a Marlins fan. Even though a couple years ago he got pissed at Tim wood for hitting him with a pitch, he still does many good things for charities

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  30. Jon TerryJune 15, 2012 at 8:52 AM

    1. If a player says something from the dugout loud enough for the umpire to hear, they did it on purpose and they're taking their chances. Umpires have more than enough to do without straining to hear conversations. Rabbit ears is a crap comment.

    2. People who say 'rabbit ears' expect the umpire to ignore. But there is a limit. How long would you ignore arguments against your calls, or profane personal insults, before you used your only weapon and dumped the fool?

    3. Boozie is wrong, though he said it right. 'Reigniting' an argument is against the rules. You get one shot. You come back at me over the same thing later, you go home. As such, this should be irrecusable.

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