Ejection from the other night .....

[Thunderheads]

High?

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=21036905&c_id=mlb

[Welpe]

Looks OK to me.

[Mike Prince]

Just a show for the fans. Washington was essentially EJ'd when he went out there to rescue Kinsler.

[mstaylor]

All that is probably true Mike but the announcers were all over him saying it was up. Not even close to being up.

[Mike Prince]

All that is probably true Mike but the announcers were all over him saying it was up. Not even close to being up.

Yes I agree, pitch was not high. I need to remember to watch these clips with an umpire's eye sometimes :)

[Maineac]

Love the talking head making this the umpire's fault. He "came out to say his piece...." Yep, and by doing that he was gone.

[BT_Blue]

I think the pitch could have been a tad high... especially in a major league zone. But still was close enough to get. Saw the highlights for this game on MLB Network and from what I understand Washington said something while he walked away and got dumped. However I have yet to see a highlight showing anything between Washington coming out and going face to face with Bellino after the EJ.

Its funny how some stuff just doesnt get into the videos.

[Minnz]

I think may have been up for MBL zone. The bad thing was how he got dumped. Washington was walking away Bellino seemed to try and continue it. Was not clear if Washington said something as he turned but looked bad and made it look like Bellino was going after him to get the EJ.

[24sdad]

Is there another video for this, because the one I watched does not show Washington walking away, just the announcers saying he was. If he was walking away, who knows what he said to warrant the EJ? I would think Bellino is "not looking" to dump Washington, which leads me to believe he uttered something he should not have, walking away or not.

Regarding the pitch - not having watched the game, was that a strike all game? It looked to me to be in the upper limit of what is typically called, but also looked like a strike. Swing the damn bat.

[mstaylor]

I'm sorry but belt high is not high.

[johnnyg08]

I see this pitch balled a lot more than called a strike at the MLB level. Even at the college level, I'm unlikely to ring a guy up on this pitch. That being said, I'm a Bellino fan and I have called that pitch a strike before and after I do, I usually regret it.

YMMV

[T-Rav]

I watched this live, espn's k zone showed it I believe right on the line of up and out. He seemed to have a large zone all night.

[grayhawk]

Midpoint between the TOP of the shoulders and the TOP of the uniform pants? Pretty close. It ain't belt high Mike :)

[mstaylor]

If you frame by frame it, the ball is in the glove at his belt. If you want a little I will give you a ball up.