Napoli goes bye-bye

[JaxRolo]

[umpstu]

Nothing there

[grayhawk]

http://m.mlb.com/video/v206210183/bostb-napoli-tossed-after-disputing-strikeout-call

 

[maineump]

Looks like he called the glove. Got the corner, but the catcher really 'framed/pulled' the ball.

There must have been something before this, because from what I saw, that is a bit$h and walk away - that happens all the time

[ZebraStripes]

he left his bat there and it wasn't the third out

[grayhawk]

It was a dick move and Napoli paid for it.  Eff him.

[ElkOil]

Wow.  Perfect pitch.  Good call.

[maven]

Pitch 6 (umpire's perspective).

 

[ElkOil]

Pitch 6 (umpire's perspective).

 

​Can you forward that to Mike Napoli?

[ElkOil]

Here's Mike's side of the story...

http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/13164489/mike-napoli-boston-red-sox-says-plate-umpire-tripp-gibson-ejected-not-picking-bat

 

[jjb]

I wonder if they'll ever start publishing Umpires Reports: we might get a better picture of what really happened.

[UMP45]

Here's Mike's side of the story...

http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/13164489/mike-napoli-boston-red-sox-says-plate-umpire-tripp-gibson-ejected-not-picking-bat

 

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[maven]

That account is odd enough to be true. Gibson evidently felt Napoli was showing him up by leaving the bat on the plate. Either that, or maybe Napoli used magic words that he "can't recall" using.

Everybody tests the rookie. What fun. Fracking children.

[Richvee]

I keep watching to try and see if I could figure what Napoli said, but I keep getting distracted by the blonde in the tank top behind the dugout.