This is Clint Fagan (82)'s first ejection of 2012.
Clint Fagan now has -2 points in the UEFL (0 Previous + 3 AAA + -1 Penalty + -4 Incorrect Call = -2).
Crew Chief Mike Winters now has 3 points in the UEFL's Crew Division (3 Previous + 0 Incorrect = 3).
UEFL Standings Update
This is the 161st ejection of 2012.
This is the 70th player ejection of 2012. Prior to his ejection, Ruggiano was 0-1 in the contest.
This is the Marlins' 4th ejection of 2012, T-2nd in the NL East (NYM 8; ATL, MIA 4; PHI 3, WSH 3).
This is Justin Ruggiano's first career MLB ejection.
This is Clint Fagan's first career MLB ejection.
Wrap: Miami Marlins at Philadelphia Phillies, 9/12/12
Video: Ruggiano argues Fagan's zone and an inside strike, is ejected walking back to his dugout
Pitch f/x courtesy Brooks Baseball
Wow not a good start for Clint Fagan. Pitch was 6 inches inside.
ReplyDeleteThis was an awful ejection by Fagan. All Ruggiano said was either "that pitch is in" or "That's BS" Neither is an ejectable offense IMO.
ReplyDeleteWhy is it that announcers feel the need for calling out inexperienced umpires? Instead of "Clint Fagan the young umpire threw out..." why not "Clint Fagan the umpire threw out..." The latter sounds more professional in my opinion.
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ReplyDeleteHow the hell do you know what he said? He didnt throw him out until he got to the dugout so he must of said more than that.
The Phillies showed him talking from the dugout. He wasn't even yelling or anything but he was talking in the direction of Fagan. Just didn't look warranted IMO and I will usually defend Umpires.
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ReplyDeletesame reason they might say veteran umpire or rookie player,
don't know it's so much calling them out, but letting you know how long they've been at the mlb level,
its all about experience- if joe west or derryl cousins were in that situation would either of them throw him out. Maybe- maybe not
ReplyDeleteCody Ross and Bobby V just got tossed by Alfonzo Marquez
ReplyDeleteApparently Jerry Royster as well. The Box Score doesn't say so but that is what Michael Kay said.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Kay did say that. This crew has 5 ejections in two games of the two series between these two teams. Remember Hallion ejected ex red sox j becket, and bobby V was ejected by Brian O nora.
ReplyDeleteThe Box Score has been updated to include Royster. That is 14 ejections for the Red Sox this year. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteI would like to know what Guillen and the HP umpire were talking about...
ReplyDeleteI love how fagan handled this. atta boy.
ReplyDeleteI watched without sound..Call was not great but it appeared Clint handled himself great.
ReplyDeleteSo Russ,
ReplyDeleteWhere exactly were you sitting in the Marlins dugout to have all of this insider information???
The pitch looked better on the video than on the tracking boxes.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the player got run for saying any one thing, but rather for continuing to talk. Run your mouth long enough, you go.
Clint looked like he handled Ozzie quite well. Ozzie also looked pretty quiet, he handled things well too.
That's Clint's 8th game this month, 4th with the Winters crew, 2nd plate this week. Being made crew chief seems to have slowed him down, but he's finally getting some looks.
He "handled himself well"? He would've handled himself a lot better if he didn't have a shocker behind the plate:
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Strikes a good 6 inches off the plate, and pitches called balls right down the middle. Terrible.
I'm gonna cut Fagan a break on his strike zone. Yes it was bad but this was only his third plate job ever in the MLB. There are probably some nerves involved. I agree with other posters he handled the ejection well but I still believe it was unwarranted.
ReplyDelete@Russ -- Ok, a fair point. I didn't realise he was quite so new to the big leagues. I agree his situation handling was ok. Hopefully he settles a bit in his pitch calling.
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