Ejection 124: Tim Tschida (5)

1B Umpire Tim Tschida ejected Dodgers Manager Don Mattingly for arguing a strike call in the top of the 2nd inning of the Dodgers-Pirates game. With none out and none on, Dodgers batter Andre Ethier took a 1-1 fastball from Pirates pitcher A.J. Burnett for a called second strike by HP Umpire Angel Campos. Replays indicate the pitch was located below the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants high and over the outside portion of the plate, the call was correct (px value of -0.464; norm_ht value of 0.5538). At the time of the ejection, the Pirates were leading 3-0.

This is Tim Tschida (4)'s fifth ejection of 2012.
Tim Tschida now has 13 points in the UEFL (10 Previous + 2 MLB + 1 Correct Call [Crewmmate] = 13).
Crew Chief Tim Tschida now has 7 points in the UEFL's Crew division (6 Previous + 1 Correct Call = 7).
*The call is correct pursuant to both the Miller and Kulpa rules.

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This is the 124th ejection of 2012.
This is the 61st Manager ejection of 2012.
This is Don Mattingly's sixth ejection of 2012 (the most for any non-umpire in MLB) and first since July 25th (Jeff Kellogg; QOC = Correct).

This is Tim Tschida's first ejection since July 24th (Ian Kinsler; QOC = Correct).
This is the Los Angeles Dodgers' 10th ejection of 2012, most in Major League Baseball.

Wrap: Dodgers at Pirates 8/16/12

Video: While Ethier at bat, Kemp and Mattingly are ejected and attempt to run through other umpires to get to Campos' face.
Related Post: Ejection 123: Angel Campos (4) 

 Pitch f/x courtesy Brooks Baseball