I was perusing my normal round of MLB ejection videos and came across one where I can't see the fault in the player.
Chase Utley of the Dodgers, in a recent series at home with the Padres, was tossed with two out and two on in the ninth -- for requesting the second-base umpire move out of Utley's way so he can see the ball hit from his position!!
A lot of people have always had the issues with Good Ol' "Blue".
It may be about to explode in Major League Baseball (up to and including rigging the playoffs - careful, Dodger and Astro Fan...), as the umpires have "had enough" of the "verbal abuse".
So much so that my anonymous friend and baseball aficianado came across this Deadspin piece today.
Major League Baseball umpires are wearing white wristbands protesting "escalating verbal abuse" their way.
They feel the league is not doing nearly enough to protect them from comments like Ian Kinsler's, in which he called out Angel Hernandez and only got fined for it.
They wanted a suspension, Kinsler expected one, and the wristbands will be on until Blinded By The Light takes it seriously.
Could we see a rogue situation in manipulating the playoffs simply by the umpires?
Could we see this as a cover for a manipulating by MLB directly?
Stay tuned. I sense thumbs are going up, at the very least because they want to be the ones to start shit.
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