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Out of the box: Umps eject Nats GM Rizzo from luxury suite

Now this was an out-of-the-box ejection.

Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo was tossed for yelling at umpires from a luxury suite in Atlanta on Sunday, with longtime crew chief Joe West saying, ''enough is enough.''

''I wouldn't take that from a player. I wouldn't take that from a manager,'' West told The Associated Press. ''If it was Donald Trump, I'd eject him, too. But I'd still vote for him.''

The 67-year-old West, on track to set the record for most games umpired in big league history next year, said the crew told the commissioner's office Friday that Rizzo was hollering at umpires earlier in the Nationals-Braves series.