MLB Ejection 129: Ron Kulpa (1; AJ Pierzynski)

[Lindsay]

HP Umpire Ron Kulpa ejected Rangers C A.J. Pierzynski for arguing a ball three call in the bottom of the 6th inning of the Rangers-Astros game. With two out and none on, Villar took a 2-2 slider from...

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[UMP45]

AJ is a walking d%$k with ears!!

[Umpiresoftball]

The announcers at least save themselfs afterwords. The game going on should have no influence in your calls.

[afaber12]

With a perfect game going in the 6th, I can understand being more "excited" than you might otherwise be, and it looked to be close enough that whatever it was called, someone was going to really not like it. When I was catching - and pitching for that matter - of course there were calls I didn't like. But I knew my job was to keep the focus on the next pitch, not the last one. I also knew that I had to focus on what the umpire was calling so I could set up the best way for the pitching staff and to let the rest of the team know what was being called. I also know that if I show frustration with calls, even without doing anything eject/warn-worthy, that there might be a subconscious (or conscious with poorer umpires) shift in what gets called. I think this ejection looks spot on, but even if I didn't if my catcher did that I'd be letting him know all about it as soon as I could. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Jocko]

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Such insight from someone so admittedly new to the dark side. Obviously a student of the calling. +1000. :notworthy:

[afaber12]

Relatively new to umpiring, but been involved with the game for over 20 years. I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly. I was doing the plate on Sunday, and had a catcher I'd not seen catch before. He held pitches he thought were strikes for a moment then threw the ball back. If he swept it was on pitches nowhere near the zone and it was because he was still moving to get to them. His pitcher didn't like a couple of my calls on the inside. The first one of those he asked if it was inside without taking the mask off or looking at me to hide it from everyone else. The next time the pitcher asked he said "Blue said it was inside". After the change of inning I didn't get any more questions about the zone from that team. He didn't show me up, he showed intelligence in showing where he hoy gut it missed, and actively worked to prevent arguments that could only hurt his team. If only they could all be like that... We wouldn't need to eject anyone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk