Arizona’s ace could’ve avoided being ejected Wednesday by simply letting umpire Dan Bellino down softly. Instead, he broke his heart.
Wednesday’s Diamondbacks-Marlins game in Miami was the setting of what was the most recent unintentionally comedic episode of The Ump Show.
Madison Bumgarner, who started the game for the D-backs, was ejected after the first inning by first base umpire Dan Bellino during what should have been a routine sticky stuff inspection. It was a puzzling scene. It’s immediately clear upon watching the clip of the ejection that MadBum wasn’t tossed for cheating.