MLB Ejection 126 - James Hoye (1; Nick Ahmed)

[Lindsay]

HP Umpire James Hoye ejected Diamondbacks SS Nick Ahmed (strike three call; QOCY) in the top of the 3rd inning of the Diamondbacks-Padres game. With none out and two on (R2, R3), Ahmed took a 2-2 sinker from Padres pitcher Joey Lucchesi for a called third strike. Replays indicate the pitch was...

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[LMSANS]

Idiot announcers..."he was walking away with his back to the umpire..."  what a crock! He turned and said one more thing.

[dumbdumb]

The players do this intentionally to take the heat off themselves, and get the exact responses that are being given about ejections when they are walking away. It is a strategy that works quite well in the court of public opinion as you continue to see.

That last cheap-shot as they turn, which is intentionally designed and premeditated to get in that last personal expletive or whatever. This makes the PU to come off as the big bad umpire, who is picking on a defenseless player.

The player isn't saying anything, and has his back turned by the time the heave ho ejection signal is given. It's like the player code of showing umpires up, to do this. It takes very little practice to learn this technique.

[Lindsay]

1 hour ago, dumbdumb said:

The player isn't saying anything, and has his back turned by the time the heave ho ejection signal is given. It's like the player code of showing umpires up, to do this. It takes very little practice to learn this technique.

The trigger was slow...until it mattered, when Hoye was lighting quick such that the player was still facing the umpire at the time of ejection. Every other D'Back on the field was walking away with backs turned -- except for the ejected individual.

[dumbdumb]

36 minutes ago, Gil said:

The trigger was slow...until it mattered, when Hoye was lighting quick such that the player was still facing the umpire at the time of ejection. Every other D'Back on the field was walking away with backs turned -- except for the ejected individual.

Don't worry Gil, already saw this. Notice, although it is an easy technique to learn, some need to be retrained, and this one should get fined by the kangaroo court for messing up. I should have used better wording, in that the goal of all players in all situations, not necessarily only this one as the one and only, is to be fully turned and not get caught on camera looking back.

And of course Hoye, being Johnny on the spot, was great

[BT_Blue]

On 8/18/2018 at 10:42 AM, LMSANS said:

He turned and said one more thing.

Pretty sure he said a few more things.