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Sunday, August 11, 2013

MLB Ejection 128: Vic Carapazza (4; Asdrubal Cabrera)

HP Umpire Vic Carapazza ejected Indians SS Asdrubal Cabrera for arguing a strike two call in the bottom of the 2nd inning of the Angels-Indians game. With none out and none on, Cabrera took a 1-1 curveball from
Carapazza considers Cabrera's complaint.
Angels pitcher Jerome Williams for a called second strike before striking out swinging on the following 1-2 cutter. Replays indicate the 1-1 pitch was located knee high and over the heart of home plate (sz_bot 1.570, pz 1.581), the call was correct. At the time of the ejection, the Angels were leading, 4-0. The Indians ultimately won the contest, 6-5.

This is Vic Carapazza (85)'s fourth ejection of the 2013 MLB season.
Vic Carapazza now has 10 points in the UEFL (6 + 2 + 2 = 10).
Crew Chief Gary Cederstrom now has 3 points in the UEFL's Crew Division (2 + 1 Correct Call = 3).

This is the 128th ejection of the 2013 MLB season.
This is the 55th player ejection of 2013. Prior to ejection, Cabrera was 0-1 in the contest.
This is the Indians' 6th ejection of 2013, T-1st in the AL Central (CLE, DET 6; CWS, KC 3; MIN 2).
This is Asdrubal Cabrera's 1st ejection of 2013, first since Aug 29, 2012 (Gary Darling; QOC = Correct).
This is Vic Carapazza's first ejection since August 2, 2013 (Jimmy Rollins; QOC = Incorrect).

Wrap: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim vs. Cleveland Indians, 8/11/13
Video: Asbrubal strikes out swinging before being thrown out for unsportsmanlike jawing (CLE)

12 comments:

  1. Someone should challenge this as a correct call. This was not a correct call.

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  2. Are you seriously disputing the PitchFX numbers?

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  3. That disputed called strike is only a strike on days that end in "Y".

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  4. Even the Cleveland announcers thought Cabrera was stupid

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  5. Yes but there just as bad "that was a ball he swung at. that look like a damn good pitch to call a strike on third swing. the second one was good as well. these announcers saying that last pitch was a ball. better than many of those announcers but could easily improve.

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  6. challenge a judgement call? you will not win.

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  7. according to brooks the pitch cabrera swung at was a ball (px. value of 1.266)

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  8. I guess some umpires have a shorter fuse than others. Was watching the Mets/D-backs game today, and Martin Prado got in the face of Laz Diaz after a strike three call, and Laz let him say his piece, and that was the end of it. What's the tipping point between letting a guy walk away and running him, like Carapazza did here?

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  9. Sure didn't look pretty...but they want 97% scores. And in order to get that...they need to get an occasional pitch like this one. However...I guarantee they would have thrown out this pitch for the way it was caught if Vic had called it a ball.

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