MLB Ejection 061 - Nick Mahrley (1; Garrett Crochet)

[Lindsay]

HP Umpire Nick Mahrley ejected White Sox bench player/pitcher Garrett Crochet (rain delay call) in the top of the 9th inning of the #BlueJays-#WhiteSox game. With two out and two on, Blue Jays pitcher John Brebbia threw a wild pitch before inducing an inning-ending groundout from Vladimir Guerrero. At the conclusion of the top of the 9th, Crew Chief Marvin Hudson elected to stop play temporarily due to inclement weather and heavy rain. Crochet was ejected at the beginning of this rain delay for arguing the umpires' decision and timing on calling the delay. At the time of the ejection, the Blue Jays were leading, 7-2. The Blue Jays ultimately won the contest, 7-2.

This is Nick Mahrley (48)'s 1st ejection of 2024.

Official Baseball Rule 5.12(b)(1): "The [crew chief] shall call time when in their judgment weather, darkness or similar conditions make immediate further play impossible."

This is the 61st ejection of the 2024 MLB regular season.

This is the 25th player ejection of 2024. Ejection Tally: 26 Managers, 10 Coaches, 25 Players.

This is Chicago's 5th ejection of 2024, 1st in the AL Central (CWS 5; MIN 1; CLE, DET, KC 0).

This is Garrett Crochet's first career MLB ejection.

This is Nick Mahrley's 1st ejection since July 29, 2022 (Tony La Russa; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

Wrap: Toronto Blue Jays vs Chicago White Sox, 5/28/24 | Video as follows:

Alternate Link: Mahrley ejects Crochet at start of rain delay - what's the rule, anyway?

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[beerguy55]

I can see the argument - they make Brebbia pitch in a torrential downpour...it was raining hard just as he started warming up...it was monsoon by the time the second batter came to the plate.   Brebbia pitched to three more batters, including a walk and a wild pitch, but managed to end the inning with no runs scoring...and then the Jays pitcher throws a single warmup pitch and the umps are saying to cover the field.

Having said that, the Sox would complain if the umps suspended the game after the first or second batter - because after 45 minutes they would likely have to use another pitcher to finish the inning.

They actually delated the start of the game by an hour too.

Just kill the game after the downpour starts.   It's 7-2.  In MLB history there have been about 17000 games where a team was down by 5 going to their last at bat - Only 100 of them saw the comeback completed.

It was pretty funny to see though - once the game resumed they counted 39 people left in the stands.

[The Man in Blue]

3 hours ago, beerguy55 said:

I can see the argument - they make Brebbia pitch in a torrential downpour...it was raining hard just as he started warming up...it was monsoon by the time the second batter came to the plate.   Brebbia pitched to three more batters, including a walk and a wild pitch, but managed to end the inning with no runs scoring...and then the Jays pitcher throws a single warmup pitch and the umps are saying to cover the field.

. . . 

Just kill the game after the downpour starts.   It's 7-2.  In MLB history there have been about 17000 games where a team was down by 5 going to their last at bat - Only 100 of them saw the comeback completed.

 

That actually appears to be what Crochet's comment was . . . he wasn't complaining they played up to that point, but that they SHOULD just kill the game since they are down 5 runs rather than waiting to see what happens and dragging it further into the night.  Check out the graphics in the video ( @Lindsay doesn't call them out, but does show them).

[beerguy55]

1 hour ago, The Man in Blue said:

 

That actually appears to be what Crochet's comment was . . . he wasn't complaining they played up to that point, but that they SHOULD just kill the game since they are down 5 runs rather than waiting to see what happens and dragging it further into the night.  Check out the graphics in the video ( @Lindsay doesn't call them out, but does show them).

Holy SH*#!  I missed that in the video.  Good for him.

[beerguy55]

For anyone who gives a SH*#, or finds this somewhat interesting, as I do - over the past 70 years or so teams have scored 5 or more runs in an inning about one in every 100 tries.

[The Man in Blue]

4 hours ago, beerguy55 said:

For anyone who gives a SH*#, or finds this somewhat interesting, as I do - over the past 70 years or so teams have scored 5 or more runs in an inning about one in every 100 tries.

Since you are turning into some kind of AI substitute (yes, I am now hearing Scarlett Johansen's voice when I read your posts) . . . how often when they are down? Down by more than 5 runs?  I would bet most of those cases are teams who are up.

[The Man in Blue]

5 hours ago, beerguy55 said:

Holy SH*#!  I missed that in the video.  Good for him.

It was one way of making sure you didn't have to wait it out.  

[beerguy55]

On 5/30/2024 at 7:27 PM, The Man in Blue said:

Since you are turning into some kind of AI substitute (yes, I am now hearing Scarlett Johansen's voice when I read your posts) . . . how often when they are down? Down by more than 5 runs?  I would bet most of those cases are teams who are up.

I think it's pretty close to uniform...but maybe an advantage for the home team.  Home team down by 5 in the 9th have won 70/8100...visitor down by 5 in the 9th won 30/8800...I suspect that's a result of home team pushing one more across in their come back, along with the visitors scoring 5 to tie, and then home team still winning.