Ejection 099: Jeff Kellogg (1)

HP Umpire Jeff Kellogg ejected Dodgers Manager Don Mattingly for arguing balls and strikes in the bottom of the 10th inning of the Dodgers-Cardinals game. With one out and none on, Cardinals batter Skip Schumaker took a 3-2 fastball from Dodgers pitcher Josh Lindblom for a called fourth ball. Replays indicate the pitch was located over the plate and below the hollow of the knee (norm_ht of -1.03), the call was correct.* At the time of the ejection, the contest was tied, 2-2.

This is Jeff Kellogg (8)'s first ejection of 2012.
Jeff Kellogg now has 4 points in the UEFL (0 Previous + 2 MLB + 2 Correct Call = 4).
Crew Chief Jeff Kellogg now has 6 points in the UEFL's Crew division (5 Previous + 1 Correct Call = 6).
*A Balls/Strikes Exemption has been applied. Of 6 callable pitches in the b-10th, Kellogg called 5 accurately (all balls). The 6th was a called strike, which benefited the Dodgers and is therefore not eligible for review.
^UEFL'er Heyblue wins 2 points for correctly predicting Prop Prediction Q4: Mattingly Date.

UEFL Standings Update

This is the 99th ejection of 2012.
This is the 49th Manager ejection of 2012.
This is Don Mattingly's first ejection since June 17 (Jerry Meals; QOC = Incorrect).
This is Jeff Kellogg's first ejection since July 10, 2010 (Terry Francona & Mike Cameron; QOC = Correct).
This is the Dodgers' 8th ejection of 2012, 1st in MLB and the NL West (LAD 8; SF, SD 3; COL 1; AZ 0).

Wrap: Dodgers at Cardinals, 7/25/12
Video: Mattingly visits mound for pitching change, "discretely" yells at Kellogg, is ejected arguing balls/strikes
Pitch f/x courtesy Brooks Baseball

Pitch #6 (Left) and the circled green triangle (Right) are the same pitch. The left plot is not normalized (actual distances), while the right plot is normalized (meaning the strike zone "box" is standardized). The left plot's strike zone as drawn runs from 1.5 to 3.5 feet above home plate, with no consideration made for the batter's actual hollow-of-knee and midpoint locations. The right plot's strike zone as drawn runs from a normalized value of -1.0 to +1.0, with the bottom of its zone at the hollow of the knee and the top of its zone at the midpoint between the batter's shoulders and top of uniform pants. For determining pitch location in real-measurable distances, the left (not normalized) graph is ideal. For judging balls and strikes, the right (normalized) plot is used. For the purpose of QOC, the latter is used.