Most of the time, umpires don’t want to eject players and they really don’t want to eject players from a playoff game.
Generally speaking, umpires do not want to affect the outcome of an important game by being thin-skinned; so you know Troy Tulowitzki was really pushing it when he got thrown out of Monday night’s game against the Royals.
It was a selfish move on Tulowitzki’s part.
Go back to the seventh inning: Tulowitzki gets called out on strikes and as he leaves the plate, barks at home plate umpire John Hirschbeck.