The Detroit News · Jun 23, 2019
Right or wrong, Tigers' Gardenhire will keep taking ejections to protect his players
Ron Gardenhire (Photo: Paul Sancya, AP)Cleveland – John McGraw’s 114-year-old record for managerial ejections in a season is being challenged.
McGraw, managing the New York Giants to a championship in 1905, was ejected either 11 or 13 times, depending on your reference site. The Baseball Almanac has him ejected 13 times, Baseball Reference 11.
Either way, Tigers skipper Ron Gardenhire is making an unwanted run at those marks. He earned his sixth ejection here Saturday, two off his career high – in Game 72. But, he’s not doing it to be colorful or motivational. It’s not, as Jim Leyland used to call some of his ejections, eye wash.
He's purely protecting his players.