More than one person thought Saturday’s game would see a few ejections due to home plate umpire Doug Eddings’ egregiously bad zone, but the real ump show took place on Sunday. That’s when Derek Thomas called a terrible strike three on Nico Hoerner, who took issue with the call and was ejected almost immediately. Craig Counsell came out to defend his second baseman and was subsequently tossed as well.
You often hear about “magic words” that will get you run by the ump, or maybe you’ll see a player gesturing at a spot to show the ump where the ball was.