The home plate umpire, Ed Rapuano just threw out Shane Victorino for making fun of a strike call from centerfield. Ed called a strike on a ball that was just a bit inside, and I guess Shane was disgusted by the strike zone this afternoon and threw up his hands. The ump pointed to centerfield and threw out Shane.
The Marlins lead 3-1 in the top of the seventh as they go for the sweep.
Update: Jayson Werth takes over in centerfield and makes an error that costs the Phillies a run. Coghlan hits a single to center with two out and the bases loaded, and it skips under Werth’s glove allowing the runner from first to score as well and Coghlan to go to third. The Marlins now lead 6-1.
I love it when an umpire pays more attention to somebody supposedly criticizing his job performance then he does to actually doing his job. Home plate ump Rapuano could tell from 200 feet away what the CF was complaining about, but a pitch two feet in front of his nose was a complete mystery to him.
I think you have your wording backwards.
Victorino got tossed for arguing a ball that should’ve been called a strike. Although, not that it really matters, because that was an absolutely ridiculous ejection. I feel like the ump should be more inclined to pay attention to the batter and calling balls and strikes than to be paying attention to a center field some 200+ feet away. Just my 2c.
You may be right, but if so, Victorino deserved to be tossed. The pitch was clearly out of the strike zone. What I thought I saw (and now I’m going to need to go back and watch it again) was a ball up and in getting called a strike. I really thought I saw the ump’s hand go up. I assumed that the umpiring was so bad that day that Shane finally threw up his hands. If he was arguing that pitch was a strike, Shane needs glasses, or I need a new prescription myself.