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| Welke warns after 1st inning HR => HBP. |
This is Bill Welke (52)'s fourth ejection of 2013.
Bill Welke now has -4 points in the UEFL (-6 + 2 MLB + 0 U = -4).
Crew Chief Fieldin Culbreth now has 4 points in the UEFL's Crew Division (3 Previous + 1 Irrecusable Call = 4).
This is the 173rd ejection of the 2013 MLB season.
This is the Nationals' 9th ejection of 2013, 2nd in the NL East (ATL 10; WAS 9; NYM 6; PHI 4; MIA 2).
This is Randy Knorr's first career MLB ejection; he was never ejected as a player (1991-2001).
This is Bill Welke's first ejection since August 16, 2013 (Mike Carp; QOC = Incorrect).
Wrap: Miami Marlins vs. Washington Nationals, 9/19/13
Video: Desmond HBP produces warnings against retaliation, further bean balls; Knorr tossed (WAS)
12 comments :
Can't pitch inside whom said you couldn't? you still can, secondly that pitch was pretty dang close to the head I can't fault the PU to warn both sides.
If I'm the plate umpire, I'm thinking: "I don't think he did it on purpose, so I'm not gonna toss him...but that pitch was up, I don't want this to turn into a game of beanball."
Why is the bench coach poppin off???? Let the Mngr Davey Johnson handle it
Toss him or warn the next guy. Baseball doesn't take kindly to umpires who won't take care of business and also prevent the unwritten rules of baseball to take effect. (Tit for tat)
"If he issued a warning immediately because he anticipated payback because the pitcher nailed Desmond high on a 3-0 pitch after a 3 run home run, then that seems to me like he assumed there to have been intent and he should toss the pitcher."
...what. How do you even...? WHAT?
How does "he anticipated payback" equate to "he assumed intent"?
Baseball takes very kindly to umpires who do their jobs. Welke did his job. The fact that it's not the job you want him to do is irrelevant.
Exactly. This is the perfect use of warnings.
In the current "temporary" scoring system for the AAFL, statements like that will be classified "blatant lies" and will be given a point value several times higher than simply not knowing the rules.
The fact that you agree with him is equally irrelevant. ;)
Quite true, but the point is that Welke is doing exactly what MLB wants him to do here by preventing a back-and-forth "you hit me first" competition.
Arguing warnings is absolutely ridiculous in my eyes. It's almost like you're admitting you were planning on going after someone. Unless you were planning retaliation then warnings should have no effect on your game.
Clint Hurdle just got tossed for being an idiot.
I mean he was tossed by HP Umpire Mark Carlson for arguing warnings issued in the bottom of the 8th inning in the Pirates/Reds game.
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