Ichiro's Ejection

[Umpire in Chief]

I will first say I've been a fan if Ichiro's for a long time. I've always admired his work ethic, his hustle and the way he always seems to deliver when needed/

Yesterday Ichiro did the most boneheaded thing possible and drew a line in the dirt after looking at K3. This was his first EJ in either MLB or in Japan.

Congratz to these announcers who actually got it right.

http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=6854709

[NovaScotiaBlue]

The announcer on this play is Pat Tabler, former Jay and Indian. He does colour for Jays games on TV. He knows his stuff unlike a lot of other former players.

[carolinablue]

That's strike three all day long.

[BrianC14]

Well, he was close on his "point" - he had the spot where the OUTSIDE of the ball was.

Heh.

[MCLEOD36]

I do love that guy.... must have been the late in the season blues, a perennial allstar, on a tough team.

[kylejt]

I didn't care for the punchout, preceding the artestry in dirt. It seemed like it was right in his face, as he turned around.

[carolinablue]

I didn't care for the punchout, preceding the artestry in dirt. It seemed like it was right in his face, as he turned around.

Yeah, I noticed that. Looks like he was resopnding to something he said but can't tell for sure. That may have been his normal mechanic but instead of leaving the batter just hung around so he could express himself artisticly.

[BrianC14]

I didn't care for the punchout, preceding the artestry in dirt. It seemed like it was right in his face, as he turned around.

That might be just the reason why.

[mstaylor]

That is his normal strike three mechanic.

[BrianC14]

So this is Ichiro's first?

Well, at least he made it a no-brainer.

And how many umpires know what he might be saying when he's speaking in his native language?

When I was playing men's little league (MSBL) a few years' ago, I'd swear all the time and never get thrown out. But I was swearing... in Irish. :banghead:

[Nate]

Yeah I saw that game when I was out to eat one night, I ignored my girl friend as I saw him strike out and said out loud "Of $h!t runge is going to ring him up." The second I said that he tossed him. lol Of course I had to explain what ring him up meant.. woman..

Nate

[markdewdney]

You know what the best part was? Wakamatsu's face. He just grabbed Ichiro and went back to the dugout - "yeah, you can't do that, man..."

I wish OUR managers/coaches would take a page from that - you DO NOT always have to defend your guy.

[arbiter22]

He knew he didn't really have an argument. However there are some of those o so wonderful managers out there that think they have to argue anyway.

[semper_fi_72]

Talk about raising the dead.

This is a 5 month old thread you are now posting on. :D

[mazzamouth]

That EJ from Ichiro was the only Mariner player EJ all of last year....LOL

But if you seen the video Ichiro pointed right where the ball crossed...LOL

[BT_Blue]

Talk about raising the dead.

This is a 5 month old thread you are now posting on. B)

Seriously, and this is like the 5th post in this section he did this to.

That EJ from Ichiro was the only Mariner player EJ all of last year....LOL

But if you seen the video Ichiro pointed right where the ball crossed...LOL

Thats pretty impressive that it took until last September for a team to have an EJ. I love the announcers talking about drawing a line. First and only time I have heard someone get that right on TV.

[Umpire in Chief]

Talk about raising the dead.

This is a 5 month old thread you are now posting on. B)

When you're new to the site all the posts are new to you. Not a problem.

[BT_Blue]

When you're new to the site all the posts are new to you. Not a problem.

Yeh, but he isnt new... he said so in another post B)

[BT_Blue]

Makes sense to me

Pat Tablet is doing coloUr. While born in the US, he did play here for a while, so we adopted him.

The poor poor bastard!

[MSPChris]

Since we're already complaining about the bump on this thread, I'll chime in sure.

I thought it was hilarious. I've never seen an MLB player do that to an umpire, but that it was Ichiro who had never been EJ'd just made it funny to me.

Ichiro's one of my favorite players -- if he played his whole career in MLB we'd mention him in the same breath as Cobb, Gehrig, Ripken, Mantle, et al