MLB Ejection 038 - Ryan Blakney (1; Aaron Judge)

[Lindsay]

HP Umpire Ryan Blakney ejected Yankees CF Aaron Judge (strike three call; QOCY) in the bottom of the 7th inning of the #Tigers-#Yankees game. With one out and none on, Judge took a 3-2 fastball from Tigers pitcher Tyler Holton for a called third strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located over the outer edge of home plate and thigh-high (px 0.78, pz 2.45), the call was correct.* At the time of the ejection, the Yankees were leading, 5-3. The Yankees ultimately won the contest, 5-3.

This is Ryan Blakney (36)'s 1st ejection of 2024.

*UEFL Rule 6-2-b-1 (Kulpa Rule): |0| < STRIKE < |.748| < BORDERLINE < |.914| < BALL.

This pitch was located 1.61 horizontal inches from being deemed incorrect.

This is the 38th ejection report of the 2024 MLB regular season.

This is the 16th player ejection of 2024. Prior to ejection, Judge was 2-4 (2 SO) in the contest.

Ejection Tally: 16 Managers, 6 Coaches, 16 Players.

This is New York's 4th ejection of 2024, 1st in the AL East (NYY 4; TOR 2; BOS, TB 1; BAL 0).

This is Aaron Judge's first career MLB ejection.

This is Ryan Blakney's 1st ejection since August 5, 2023 (Marcell Ozuna; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

Wrap: Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees, 5/4/24 | Video as follows:

Alternate Link: Blakney ejects Judge after "you've been [bad] all game" on heels of K3 complaint

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[The Man in Blue]

Could it be the Yankees have run out of any goodwill from the umpiring staff?

[SeeingEyeDog]

17 hours ago, The Man in Blue said:

Could it be the Yankees have run out of any goodwill from the umpiring staff?

After more than a century of baseball, I still do not understand why pro coaches and players think they can say and do as they please to the umpires and then get equally incredulous when they are ejected. I didn't understand it when I was 5 and I don't understand it 47 years later. I guess that's why I never made it to pro ball. I respected the umpires too much...

Hidecki Matsui never once got ejected but, I distinctly saw him frown at umpires on numerous occasions...we can disagree without being disagreeable.

I would enjoy hearing from anyone who has ever played or coached at the MLB level, if they could write the OBR what in their opinion would be probable cause for an umpire to eject a player or coach? And I am allowing for all the ejections where a coach or player deliberately gets ejected as what they perceive to be a "strategic or tactical maneuver"...

~Dawg