MLB Ejection 131: Mark Ripperger (4; Joe Maddon)

[Lindsay]

HP Umpire Mark Ripperger ejected Rays Manager Joe Maddon for arguing a strike three call in the top of the 3rd inning of the Rays-Cardinals game. With one out and none on, Rays batter Ben Zobrist took a 3-2 fastball from Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright for a called third strike. Replays indicate...

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[Thunderheads]

Zobrist could have been run for dropping his bat and walking away........

[grayhawk]

Zobrist could have been run for dropping his bat and walking away........

 

Nah.  It just shows that PU had good timing.  Zobrist thought it was a ball, and tossed the bat before PU rang him up.

[maven]

Pitcher's perspective.

 

[grayhawk]

Way too close to let go with 2 strikes, especially for a left handed batter.  It's been shown (using collective MLB data) that the outside pitch gets called a strike more on LH batters than on RH batters.  Foul it off and get another one.