“Really didn’t want to watch the game on TV, but,” Davey Martinez said as he sat down for his postgame presser following the Washington Nationals’ fourth straight loss and his first ejection as a major league skipper. Martinez earned it. He argued on behalf of Nats’ third baseman Anthony Rendon, who was tossed after flipping his bat in frustration following a third strike call by home plate umpire Marty Foster in the third inning of this afternoon’s game against the New York Mets in Nationals Park.
Martinez charged out of the Nationals’ dugout, exchanged some words, slammed his hat on the ground, kicked some dirt, gestured to point out how far inside the called third strike on Rendon was, and let Foster know he didn’t like the call.