Thursday, July 27, 2017

MLB Ejections 111-13 - Will Little (3-5; TOR x3)

HP Umpire Will Little ejected Blue Jays Manager John Gibbons, pitcher Marcus Stroman and catcher Russell Martin (ball two, three, and four calls; QOCY) in the top of the 5th inning of the Athletics-Blue Jays game. With two out and none on, A's batter Bruce Maxwell took a 1-0 curveball from Blue Jays pitcher Stroman for a called second ball. Replays indicate the pitch was located off the outer edge of home plate and below the midpoint (px -.760, pz 3.247 [sz_top 3.411]), the call was correct (Kulpa Rule-QOCY by .576 inches).* Later during the at-bat, Maxwell took a 2-0 fastball for a called third ball and 3-1 fastball for a called fourth ball. Replays indicate the 2-0 pitch was located over the inner half of home plate and below the hollow of the knee (px .672, pz 1.477 [sz_bot 1.565]) and the 3-1 pitch was located off the outer edge of home plate and thigh-high (px -.996, pz 2.628), the call was correct. At the time of the ejections, the A's were leading, 3-1. The Blue Jays ultimately won the contest, 8-4, in 11 innings.

This is Will Little (93)'s third, fourth, fifth ejection of the 2017 MLB regular season.
Will Little now has 17 points in the UEFL Standings (5 Prev + 3*[2 MLB + 2 Correct Call] = 17).
Crew Chief Jeff Kellogg now has 3 points in Crew Division (0 Previous + 3 Correct Call = 3).
*UEFL Rule 6-2-b-1 (Kulpa Rule): |0| < STRIKE < |.748| < BORDERLINE < |.914| < BALL.

This is the 111th, 112th, 113th ejection report of 2017.
This is the 58th Manager ejection of 2017.
This is the 47th player ejection of 2017. Prior to ejection, Stroman's line was 4.2 IP, 3 ER, 6 BB, 4 SO.
This is the 48th player ejection of 2017. Prior to ejection, Martin was 0-2 (2 SO) in the contest.
This is Toronto's 5/6/7th ejection of 2017, 1st in the AL East (TOR 7; TB 6; BOS, NYY 4; BAL 3).
This is John Gibbons' 4th ejection of 2017, 1st since May 8 (Vic Carapazza; QOC = Y [Obstruction]).
This is Marcus Stroman's first career MLB ejection.
This is Russell Martin's first ejection since July 1, 2016 (Vic Carapazza; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).
This is Will Little's 3rd-5th ejection of 2017, 1st since May 27 (Bob Melvin; QOC = N [Balls/Strikes]).

Wrap: Oakland Athletics vs. Toronto Blue Jays, 7/27/17 | Video as follows:
Alternate Link: Grumbling Gibbons gets gate; Later, Little lets loose on lugubrious lookers (TOR)

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