In the second inning of Sunday's 10-8 win over the Indians, Detroit Tigers catcher Gerald Laird and manager Jim Leyland were ejected.Laird was tossed by first-base umpire Sam Holbrook after he was called out sliding at first on a grounder."I don't think I did anything wrong to get ejected," Laird said. "Yeah, I might have said something after the play. But when you look at the play, you obviously know what the call is if you look at it close enough."I was in the dugout. I just made a little hand gesture, so I don't know how he seen it from that far away if he's watching what he should be watching. But they have a tough job."Laird was angry and left the dugout to complain, and the Tigers followed suit. Plate umpire Joe West appeared to warn Justin Verlander when Leyland approached West. Soon, West tossed Leyland."I didn't curse, nothing," Leyland said. "It was just one of those freak things. I basically told him, 'Just umpire the game and let the players play.' And he didn't want to hear that."
Laird was tossed by first-base umpire Sam Holbrook after he was called out sliding at first on a grounder.
"I don't think I did anything wrong to get ejected," Laird said. "Yeah, I might have said something after the play. But when you look at the play, you obviously know what the call is if you look at it close enough.
"I was in the dugout. I just made a little hand gesture, so I don't know how he seen it from that far away if he's watching what he should be watching. But they have a tough job."
Laird was angry and left the dugout to complain, and the Tigers followed suit. Plate umpire Joe West appeared to warn Justin Verlander when Leyland approached West. Soon, West tossed Leyland.
"I didn't curse, nothing," Leyland said. "It was just one of those freak things. I basically told him, 'Just umpire the game and let the players play.' And he didn't want to hear that."
http://www.freep.com/article/20120806/SPORTS02/308060085/1050/sports02
― Andy K, Monday, 6 August 2012 14:44 (fourteen years ago)
Andrew Baggarly @extrabaggsBumgarner on staredown with Joe West: "I don't pay attention to the umpires. I didn't even realize he was back there."
keithlaw @keithlaw To joe west this is the deepest insult possible
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 September 2015 11:41 (eleven years ago)
as one tweeter had it, Joe wishing MadBum was a cheeseburger
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/sf-giants-madison-bumgarner-umpire-cowboy-joe-west-staredown-sd-padres-092515
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 September 2015 11:53 (eleven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TflugBpsBuQ
― Andy K, Friday, 25 September 2015 13:40 (eleven years ago)
Follow-up to Bumgarner--this is great:
http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2015/09/26/151695764/video-rollins-makes-light-of-madbum-west-staredown?partnerId=as_mlb_20150926_53059826&adbid=1015416318490007&adbpl=fb&adbpr=196554717042842
― clemenza, Saturday, 26 September 2015 15:46 (eleven years ago)
Did Rollins just break an unwritten rule?
― Andy K, Saturday, 26 September 2015 21:27 (eleven years ago)
that was awesome
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 September 2015 23:48 (eleven years ago)
@BenLindbergh Sep 25Strike probabilities of the four balls to Jedd Gyorko that preceded the Bumgarner-West showdown, via @PitchInfo: 18.4%, 19.9%, 70.3%, 15.2%.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 28 September 2015 10:24 (eleven years ago)
A.J. Pierzynski tells a hilarious story about the time umpire Joe West threw him out of a spring training game. pic.twitter.com/ThlJkNILhH— NBC Sports Chicago (@NBCSChicago) December 15, 2017
― mookieproof, Friday, 15 December 2017 15:31 (eight years ago)