Ejection 114: Tim Welke (1)

3B Umpire Tim Welke ejected Yankees Manager Joe Girardi for arguing a fair call in the bottom of the 5th inning of the Yankees-Tigers game. With two out and one on, Tigers batter Andy Dirks hit a 0-0 sinker from Yankees pitcher Hiroki Kuroda on the fly toward the left field line for a double. Replays indicate the ball landed on the chalk foul line, but are inconclusive as to whether Welke wholly signaled foul, creating a dead ball situation by employing the "Time" mechanic, prior to his final call of a fair ball; Yankees left fielder Raul Ibanez completed his play on the ball and was not put in jeopardy by the ambiguous mechanic, the call was correct.* At the time of the ejection, the Tigers were leading, 3-2. The Yankees ultimately won the contest, 4-3.

Is this call "Foul"?

This is Tim Welke (3)'s first ejection of 2012.
Tim Welke now has 4 points in the UEFL (0 Previous + 2 MLB + 2 Correct Call = 4).
Crew Chief Tim Welke now has 1 point in the Crew Division (0 Previous + 1 Correct = 1).
*This call is correct pursuant to precent established by Ejection 087: Dale Scott (3) and Ejection 006: Dale Scott (1), which govern false or misleading mechanics.

UEFL Standings Update

This is the 114th ejection of 2012.
This is the 57th Manager ejection of 2012.
This is the Yankees' 4th ejection of 2012, T-2nd in the AL East (BOS 7; NYY, TOR 4).
The Yankees coaching staff has been ejected four times this season, all against Detroit.
This is Joe Girardi's first ejection since June 2 (Bob Davidson; QOC = Incorrect).
This is Tim Welke's first ejection since August 3 (Jensen Lewis, Josh Beckett, Steve Smith; QOC = Correct).

Wrap: Yankees at Tigers, 8/9/12
Video: Dirks hits a blooper down the left field line, leading to some confusion as the play was ruled an RBI 2B
Video: Girardi is ejected after a vociferous argument with 3B Umpire Tim Welke over mechanics, QOC
Video: MLB's "Must See" Clip of this play, as announced by YES & WCBS (New York TV/Radio).