Torii Hunter loses his mind ....

[Thunderheads]

This video shows it all, ...not much to say, but ...entertaining

[ScubaUmp]

 "That has been consistent from the 1st inning to now", bottom of the 8th. So, he was't watching the game and saw that Ripperger was calling the high strike?????

I like the high strike.

Mr. Hunter, take a look at the diagram on page 157 of the 2015 OBR Rule Book.

Edited June 11, 2015 by ScubaUmp
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[UmpJeff]

C'mon, Torii!  You're better than this...

[scrounge]

Between him and McClendon, it's Minor League Meltdown Week! That dude who threw the imaginary grenade would be proud.

[maven]

Every piece of equipment that came off, I heard the "cha ching" sound effect in my head.

[Umpire in Chief]

I do wonder what is up with Hunter. This year he's had a few blow ups and I cannot recall him being a hot head previously in his career, I actually think of him as one of the really just good guys in the league.

[blue23ll]

Whats up with all the arguing about balls and strikes? And the EJ's keep coming...

[lawump]

I do wonder what is up with Hunter. This year he's had a few blow ups and I cannot recall him being a hot head previously in his career, I actually think of him as one of the really just good guys in the league.

​Short memory:

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/v3442191/hunter-and-pudge-get-into-a-shoving-match/?query=Torii+Hunter+ejection

 

[Thunderheads]

​Short memory:

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/v3442191/hunter-and-pudge-get-into-a-shoving-match/?query=Torii+Hunter+ejection

 

​doesn't "short memory" come across as a smart-ass remark?

[lawump]

​doesn't "short memory" come across as a smart-ass remark?

​Then eject me! 

Just joking.  Seriously, I was just typing (and posting links to videos) quickly at work.  No smart-assness intended in either post (though I can see how it could easily be taken that way!) 

In all seriousness, I apologize.  I wasn't trying to be a smart-ass,  but it certainly could be taken that way.

Edited June 11, 2015 by lawump

[maven]

Hunter has been in the league 19 seasons, and I, too, had the impression that he was not a hot head. Even more mellow fellows get ejected now and again over 19 seasons!

Maybe Gil can give us the stats: Hunter's career ejections compared to the MLB average player (or average player with 10+ seasons....). Then we can be data-driven.

[Umpire in Chief]

I did not recall that (or might not have known it in the first place) 

@lawump no offense taken in the least.

[Lindsay]

Many MLB players go their entire careers without being ejected. Since seasons can be a few or many games (such as those marked by 60-day DL stints), I'll go with games played, specifically the 13 active players with 2000+ G:

1. Alex Rodriguez - 2624 G - 5 Ejections
2. Adrian Beltre - 2476 G - 2 Ejections
3. Bobby Abreu (still listed as a free agent) - 2425 G - 5 Ejections
4. Torii Hunter - 2287 G - 9 Ejections
5. Ichiro Suzuki - 2260 G - 1 Ejection
6. Carlos Beltran - 2222 G - 4 Ejections
7. Andruw Jones (still a free agent) - 2196 G - 0 Ejections
8. Albert Pujols - 2173 G - 6 Ejections
9. Miguel Tejada (FA) - 2171 G - 0 Ejections
10. David Ortiz - 2163 G - 11 Ejections
11. Raul Ibanez (FA) - 2161 G - 1 Ejection
12. Jimmy Rollins - 2150 G - 2 Ejections
13. Aramis Ramirez - 2106 G - 5 Ejections

By ejection rate,

1. David Ortiz - One ejection per 197 Games Played
2. Torii Hunter - 254 G
3. Albert Pujols - 362 G
4. Aramis Ramirez - 421 G
5. Bobby Abreu - 485 G
6. Alex Rodriguez - 525 G
7. Carlos Beltran - 556 G
8. Jimmy Rollins - 1075 G
9. Adrian Beltre - 1238 G
10. Raul Ibanez - 2161 G
11. Ichiro Suzuki - 2260 G
12. Miguel Tejada - (Null)
13. Andruw Jones - (Null)

Average ejection rate, players with 2000+ Games Played: Once every 930 games played. Hunter is significantly above average in this regard (3.67-fold). Thanks for getting me to write this.

Edited June 12, 2015 by Gil: Owner - UEFL

[Richvee]

Whats up with all the arguing about balls and strikes? And the EJ's keep coming...

​It's the only thing they can argue. Everything else is a replay. So now insted of yelling when they feel they were safe at 2nd, they point to the dugout and tell the manager to challenge. 

[BillKen]

I do not want to live in a world where that isn't a strike.  

[ricka56]

Whats up with all the arguing about balls and strikes? And the EJ's keep coming...

​I have noticed the same thing. I don't know previous EJ rates (EJ/season) but 83 EJ in approx. 60 game this season seems high, especially since replay review "fixed" lots of reasons to get EJ'd. It seems the EJ for arguing B/S have gone way up since replay review was enacted.

It makes me wonder, if MLB enacted an accurate automated B/S system, what reason would players/managers use to get themselves a day off.

[UmpJeff]

I spend a lot of time on the UEFL forum.  It seems in today's game most of the player EJs are the result of arguing Balls and Strikes...nearly all of them.

[ZebraStripes]

Torri Hunter mild mannered....not from the videos from this year...He also had his moment when Joe West rang him up on a check swing to end a game in April I think it was.