I thoroughly enjoyed Big Baby getting tossed

[Redskins Rick]

I think he got tossed because he used one of the "magic words" and flipped his bat down. I think they let his look down to third slide on the first one, but when you use the f-bomb and flip your bat to the ground like that, you deserve to be tossed. Plus, he's a big jerk anyway.

Our radio guys, said it was the 2nd bat toss of the game, and that he was almost run out after the first one.

[StottyByNature]

I enjoyed that after Ortiz's antics the umpire at 3rd just said "what?" Then Ortiz dropped the bat and said something to the home plate umpire.

I also enjoyed that Thorne reacted with a "good for him" when he said the ump tossed Ortiz. It was fully deserved, that guy acts like he's bigger than the game.

[bmorebird]

Ortiz certainly got what he deserved.

Is it just me or does anyone else think that if a player, during an at-bat, is ejected prior to a strike 3 call, it should count as an out?

[waroriole]

Ortiz certainly got what he deserved.

Is it just me or does anyone else think that if a player, during an at-bat, is ejected prior to a strike 3 call, it should count as an out?

Yes. Did Nava get the out? That's not right either.

[bmorebird]

Yes. Did Nava get the out? That's not right either.

Yes. I believe he grounded out into the shift.

Took forever for him to come to the plate as well. I get that he was just sitting on the bench, but c'mon. The pitcher shouldn't have to stand on the mound and wait until the replacement is good and ready. At that point the batting team shouldn't get any sort of advantage.

[MurphDogg]

Our radio guys, said it was the 2nd bat toss of the game, and that he was almost run out after the first one.

The other time was on a 3-1 count so the bat toss was understandable, because he was headed to first, thinking it was ball 4. He still mean mugged the third base umpire which is just ridiculous. There is no baseball reason to drop your bat after a 1-1 pitch. He was just showing up the ump. He had to go.

[Aristotelian]

I enjoyed that after Ortiz's antics the umpire at 3rd just said "what?" Then Ortiz dropped the bat and said something to the home plate umpire.

I thought it was unprofessional for the ump to gesture like that. It was definitely a factor that escalated the situation leading to Ortiz getting tossed. Then again, just karma paying back the Sox for the Ubaldo ejection, and regardless Ortiz should be mature enough to finish the AB.

[Redskins Rick]

I thought it was unprofessional for the ump to gesture like that. It was definitely a factor that escalated the situation leading to Ortiz getting tossed. Then again, just karma paying back the Sox for the Ubaldo ejection, and regardless Ortiz should be mature enough to finish the AB.

Oxymoron!

[MurphDogg]

I thought it was unprofessional for the ump to gesture like that. It was definitely a factor that escalated the situation leading to Ortiz getting tossed. Then again, just karma paying back the Sox for the Ubaldo ejection, and regardless Ortiz should be mature enough to finish the AB.

I am pretty sure Ortiz dropped his bat before the third base umpire started barking at him. I think he dropped the bat as soon as the call was made, and at that point he was as good as gone.

[Aristotelian]

Yeah, I just don't like when umps do anything to provoke the players or affect the dynamics of the game. Their job is to make the call, period. Unless it's Ortiz. In which case, get in his face and provoke the ejection, I don't care.

[Herman]

Watching David Ortiz get tossed was awesome. That clown deserves to get tossed more often and I'm glad an umpire finally stood up to him. His sense of entitlement is obnoxious.

[MurphDogg]

Yeah, I just don't like when umps do anything to provoke the players or affect the dynamics of the game. Their job is to make the call, period. Unless it's Ortiz. In which case, get in his face and provoke the ejection, I don't care.

Once Ortiz dropped the bat on the plate in protest of the call, is it okay for the umpire to bark at him in your estimation? I thought it showed great restraint on the umpire's part not to do anything in his first at-bat, when Ortiz was clearly showing him up.

[jmi1960]

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[Herman]

Once Ortiz dropped the bat on the plate in protest of the call, is it okay for the umpire to bark at him in your estimation? I thought it showed great restraint on the umpire's part not to do anything in his first at-bat, when Ortiz was clearly showing him up.

I agree, Ortiz started it and the umpire finished it. Ortiz routinely complains on balls and strikes and I wish the umpires would stand up to him more often.

[Aristotelian]

Once Ortiz dropped the bat on the plate in protest of the call, is it okay for the umpire to bark at him in your estimation? I thought it showed great restraint on the umpire's part not to do anything in his first at-bat, when Ortiz was clearly showing him up.

They should make the call and explain the call, that is it. If what Alomar said was true - that Hirshbeck said something racial about his mother - that would be way out of line. It wouldn't justify what Alomar did, but it's still inserting yourself into the game unnecessarily. The same is true of the umpire's gesture to Ortiz. Ortiz had dropped the bat, but he didn't get into the fact of the home plate umpire until the third base umpire yelled at him and made the gesture.