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Saturday, August 11, 2012

Ejection 116: Gary Darling (6)

HP Umpire Gary Darling ejected Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez for arguing a strike call in the top of the 7th inning of the Brewers-Astros game. With two out and three on, Gomez took a 2-2 cutter from Brewers pitcher Mickey Storey for a called third strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located knee high and over the inner half of home plate (-.577, -.853), the call was correct. At the time of the ejection, the Astros were leading, 5-4. The Astros ultimately won the contest, 6-5, in 10 innings.

This is Gary Darling (37)'s sixth ejection of 2012.
Gary Darling now has 16 points in the UEFL (12 Previous + 2 MLB + 2 Correct Call = 16).
Crew Chief Gary Darling now has 8 points in the UEFL's Crew Division (7 Previous + 1 Correct Call = 8).

UEFL Standings Update

This is the 116th ejection of 2012.
This is the 48th player ejection of 2012. Prior to his ejection, Gomez was 0-4 batting.
This is the Brewers' 6th ejection of 2012, 1st in the NL Central (MIL 6; CHC, HOU, PIT 4; STL 3; CIN 2).
This is Carlos Gomez's first career ejection.
This is Gary Darling's first ejection since May 18 (Bobby Valentine; QOC = Correct).

Wrap: Brewers at Astros, 8/11/12
Video: Darling commits a blooper, throwing his face mask during Saturday's ejection of Gomez (UEFL)

Pitch f/x courtesy Brooks Baseball
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 12, 2012 at 1:13 AM

    Great pitch, though with all that movement to the cut fastball, I can see why Gomez thought that was a ball, it did finish fairly low and in, but it started out very well at the front edge of the plate.

    Note Darling transfering his headgear from left to right hand before the toss out...

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  2. JillianAugust 12, 2012 at 1:15 AM

    Gary Darling is sooooo awkward! LOL. Gum then mask, what's next? A baseball?

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  3. AnonymousAugust 12, 2012 at 1:44 AM

    That is a good one.

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  4. MattABAugust 12, 2012 at 8:08 AM

    Yeah, I'm not sure Gary Darling is the most coordinated person in the world. That's a pretty classic video. Between this, and the gum on Bobby V, Gary has had some funny incidents this year.

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  5. BAMFAugust 12, 2012 at 8:44 AM

    Gary looks like a clown in this video. The gum is understandable; could happen to anyone. But how the hell does he forget he has his mask in his right-hand when making the EJ? That's something you'd see during a midweek, in-house game.

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  6. AnonymousAugust 12, 2012 at 9:15 AM

    Whoever decided to play the Price is Right fail horn is a genius.

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  7. Bryan ZegersAugust 12, 2012 at 1:01 PM

    Mike butcher Angels pitching coach ejected by mike estabrook

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  8. AnonymousAugust 12, 2012 at 1:06 PM

    Again, MLB does a horrific job telling batters that a pitch doesn't necessarily have do be down the middle to be called a strike.

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  9. AnonymousAugust 13, 2012 at 8:56 AM

    Perhaps this explains why Darling does not use an elaborate punch out... lots of moving parts could present a big risk to him and other participants :)

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  10. AnonymousAugust 14, 2012 at 7:44 PM

    Ha! What an epic fail. Gotta love the guy...

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  11. AnonymousAugust 30, 2012 at 8:11 AM

    he he the only ump without a strike three mechanic that is not any different from a regular strike call?

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