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and the gayest

Always has been

@@PhilToran And yet, here you are.

😂😂😂, nailed it. I'm sure Manfred will make sure these problems are always present .

So this is what a sarcasm font looks like 😉

NCAA and High school baseball really are making sure no feelings are hurt

@@richblunt1309 Yeah, especially mine. 🙄

@@richblunt1309 I have no problem with college players swearing. As long as they aren’t directing it at the umpire. They are men. But, the rules are the rules. Some seniors in high school turn 18 before they graduate so you do have some men in high school baseball too but, likely 10-15% of the roster. When I was growing up any profanity anywhere at anytime prior to turning 18 was socially unacceptable. The ball fields are an extension of the classroom. If a high school student uses profanity in the classroom even today they are being disciplined. So it is on the ball field. If you don’t like that, get the rule re-written. I personally do not want to live in a world where kids are on a ball field using profanity.

As a HS umpire myself, I would never eject a coach or player for using profanity unless it's directed at me. Otherwise I'd be ejecting half the team every game.

@@larrykramer2761 Read your rule book. It was a point of emphasis for 2024…

What on earth are you talking about

@@SlideStep_ metaphysics dude.

Citation required…

He did say something. Obvious

@@tq644 "Lane Thomas did not say anything." Post the proof.

@JB-ci4fh watch his lips move looking towards first base. Then after he says it, he stares at the ump.

​@@JB-ci4fhWatch his mouth and reaction at the 0:56 or 0:57 mark. Obvious. Maybe he was just pissed at himself for not protecting the plate on a borderline pitch. But after he made his comment, he stared at the ump instead of just walking straight to the dugout.

Double-check print media and Lane Thomas did admit to swearing, but insists it was not at the umpire. Considering in the video that has audio, you can not hear it, he must of just muttered under his breath, but it was enough for the umpire to throw him out since it was of the magic 13 things.

You do not lose games for multiple elections like you do in the NBA. That is why they recind Ts from time to time.

AGAIN IT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER DON'T SAY IT

@@critter2 If a player shouldn't say it, neither should you.

Hey hey hey? Seriously? What is this kindergarten? No…that’s not how you address a grown man to indicate what they are doing or saying is inappropriate. “That’s enough of that…” or “Knock that off…” is fine there.

@1969EType : You got my point. Say SOMETHING before you eject reflexively - that's all.

Yeah also I think he even said it *before* the umpire called the strike - unless he called it verbally before making the strikeout gesture.

Hitter should STFU. The pitch was a strike. STFU and you don’t get run.

Absolutely nothing indicates it was directed at the umpire. This isn't a knife's edge 50-50 call, it's an absurd rush to judgement. That's what's unforgivable here, the over the top sensitivity makes it a terrible unforced error by blue.

WRONG

@@whodoyoudancefor I'm calling it a "knife's edge" because the decision to take is all or nothing, not because I think it's unclear what Thomas' intention was. And while it is clear to us, we get to judge with as many looks and as much time as we want.

@@probaddie456 Fair enough. But what I'm really judging is his eagerness and his completely unnecessary rush to judgement

this ump just showing why he's not MLB level frfr

@@basedadit a MLB game so you are wrong. The pitch was a strike.

You don’t know what as said. Fools listen to broadcasters, and in this case, are beloved Lindsay.

@@rayray4192 Fools use poor grammar when trying to ridicule online

Hunter Wendlestedt has company... Not good for MLB

OH LOOK A PERFECT PERSON

@@critter2 Haha, far from it! I'm a soccer referee, and I certainly know I make mistakes on the field. I make a habit of owning up to things when I don't know for sure what happened, or if I think I made a mistake. A common phrase I use when making a close call (usually a line call on an out of bounds, since I typically don't have linesmen) that a player doesn't like is, "If I'm wrong then I'm sorry, but this is my best judgement so that's what we're going with." In fact, just this week I issued a red card/ejection to a 12-year old for a deliberate hand ball at the goal line, then realized after the penalty shot that with new rules this year it was only supposed to be a yellow card. This was right at the end of the game, so I went to both coaches and the player to inform them of my error, and that I would downgrade it to a yellow in the game reports. The player even asked me if I could explain that to his parents, which I did, and they were gracious about it. Humility goes a long way, and if you do it with confidence, it AMPLIFIES your credibility as an official, instead of a bad call turning people against you (as can be seen in many of the other comments on this video). So, I'm not piling on this umpire. I'm genuinely saying that it looks like a big mistake, and I hope he learns from it. That's the standard I hold myself to.

@@GregMcNeish sometimes, for sure. But I've also owned up to a mistake during a game and had it thrown back in my face later that game or next game. Officiating, like life, is too complicated for one course of action to *always* be the correct one.

@@Renegade605 For sure. Nothing's absolute. ...Even that?

Ive always said that ejections should come from a central office like reviews. Maybe it’s the the umps saying “X happened, im going to toss him ok? Okay” but then theres a record of why and what happened.

Pikachu face is now Aaron Boone face 😂

Yeah let’s add a more time right after we got a game time down from 3 hrs. No the way it is now is fine I have no idea what was said but it looks like a weak ejection but we’ll never know. The umpire will be talked to about it and hopefully it won’t happen that fast again.

Bullshit. The league is not going to question an ejection

That will solve nothing. So guess what will happen if you have a review if there should be an ejection? There will be yet another argument from the Manager or whoever gets tossed.

Players are paid millions. It’s been around 100 years. And yet…mlb is such a joke?

@@1969EType Yes. Also, your "reasons" it's not a joke.... is also..... a joke. Cardi B is payed millions, and Badminton has been around a lot longer..... I'm sure you can come up with much better reasons its not a joke.... I know you can if you try

@@ckmoore101 Totes not doing that…

OH YEA CAUSE PLAYERS NEVER FUCKING EVER FUCKING LIE

Yeah…that’s not how that works. Thanks though…

Y'all need to watch the movie. It's funny, it's about baseball, it teaches some important lessons including not being serious all the time.

@@critter2 What's more important, defusing a situation and moving on with the ballgame or making sure absolutely no one ever gets away with anything that might hurt your feelings even if it means throwing out guys who did nothing wrong?

Absolutely

I think you're right, but this raises another issue: What's the standard of proof the umpire should be adhering to in deciding whether to eject? This isn't a jury trial where there's a statutory standard like "beyond a reasonable doubt" or "clear and convincing"; it's effectively left to the discretion of the umpire. But given that an ejection is a serious penalty, taking the player out of commission for the rest of the game, I think a good standard to use is something that _is_ like "beyond a reasonable doubt". I think the umpire should have something more than "he could have been directing that at me" before ejecting someone.

Don’t give a guy the benefit of the doubt. People should run judgement based on Evidence

@@mbdg6810 Game management leeway is inversely related to the acceptability of harassment. If this were Rugby, I would give players leeway because referee harassment is unacceptable.

That’s not how we do that. Asking someone that question could also be viewed as baiting them. You don’t get a second chance on an MLB field. It’s not the umpire’s job to “try and keep little Johnny in the game” at that level. The umpire uses their senses to observe what is said and done on their field and then uses their judgement to adjudicate the situation according to the rules.

@@1969EType Sorry, I didn’t realize that you were the representative for all umpires. I will be sure to inform any umpire that I observe in the future to contact you, for failure to comply with your instruction. I have all seen, What was that? Keep in mind, when I have seen this before it’s not in a polite manor. It’s clear, that they are pissed off and yes they are baiting you to get run. But it looks good in the report.

@@danielcastiglione5328 See that you do…

@@1969ETypemaybe you should eject a guy based on facts not assumptions

@@mbdg6810 We’re all viewing a video with no audio here. We’re all speculating. Even Lindsay…thanks.

Just a soft umpire. He said it then looked back. Wasn't directed at the ump

@@FoxtasticGamingright, he made it through short season A ball, long season A ball, double A, and triple A, and then was brought up to Larry Vanover’s crew to work MLB, because he is “ soft,” as you childishly say.

@@rayray4192 Just calling it like I see it. Batter did nothing wrong and ump made it about himself. He's not professional enough to be on the big stage. Let him phase out in the minors. We don't need a new Angel.

You are childish for defending an umpire for making such a bad mistake

@@samuelbrock3618 you say bad mistake - based upon what evidence? Were you the hitter? We’re you the catcher?

Probably more out of frustration, “mf” doesn’t always have to be directed at someone, it’s also kind of an exclamation.

He might be (probably is) cursing himself out for the strikeout.

Well then you would be assuming instead of being concrete factual

@@mbdg6810 It depends what's said. If he said "You're fucking ridiculous" or something like that, then it's clear who his comments were directed at regardless of where he's looking.

Hopefully the umpire will learn a valuable lesson and wait long enough to be sure something happened before throwing someone out of the game. Rookie blue, and it shows

And a player could do the same, and someone like you would have the same take.

Well we've identified the worst take of this comment section.

Why don’t you simply state that you loathe umpires?

Bro why are you defending this guy so much he completely messed up

Here’s the thing… if he did mess up with a quick hook that can be taught & he can learn from it. I’d be more concerned how he is calling balls/strikes which is a much harder skill to master.

@@andrewreid895 your comment is the top comment so far. You have the ability to think ahead and see the big picture. Contrary to the assumptions of the village idiots that comment here, triple A umpires are still maturing and learning their craft. It’s human to want to defend your honor. What needs to happen is a mandate from MLB to all players and coaches - no protests of judgement calls. Violation will be a 10 game suspension and a $25,000 fine.

@@samuelbrock3618 I’m not your bro, and you don’t know that the triple A umpire messed up. You are listening to talking heads. You are naive. Some MLB players are disgusting. Most are profane. Arguing the strike zone is forbidden. Profane personal insults are an ejection. If you don’t know, now you know.

You got to watch more often. They will tell you if protocol by the umpire was bad in a certain situation

Of course you know nothing about playing baseball

@@samuelbrock3618 Playing baseball requires swearing? Maybe that should change. Or just say "damnit" which is obviously not a personal insult -- it's not going to be misconstrued. We don't need to look into all the intricacies of what happened here when there's an easy way for the hitter to not have this issue ever.

@@zachansen8293 Let's say for the sake of argument that you're capable of controlling yourself in that way; that's great for you, but it simply isn't that common. Swearing is by definition an excited utterance; you don't control it the same way you control how you wash the dishes. It's also substantially influenced by environment (pretty sure everyone talks differently to their moms than to their friends!), and professional ballplayers are going to be a sweary lot while they're on the field. Not everyone is going to find closing that valve "easy", even if you do. Would it help if he just stopped saying it? Sure. Since he had never been ejected before, he had no particular reason to stop swearing at himself for striking out. (I do actually think he wasn't swearing at the umpire.) Maybe he'll be more careful in the future, but I don't think this is mostly on him, either.

HE CAN STILL SWEAR JUST AWAY FROM THE AREA

People in general say MF’er about their own mistakes.

Actually you have less proof than you think you do, a lot of the time players disqualify themselves but this is a case where it’s not likely.

Oh, and how exactly do you know that what he said was directed to the umpire? There's absolutely nothing to indicate a direction. There's only a blue clown in this video - and an insane possee defending him in these comments

The umpire assumed things too. The ejection occurred between saying the word and turning to the ump. It was a judgement that it was directed at him so it’s not a fact.

The way I see it the MF was said before he turned to look at the ump. Of course it *might* have been directed but given that he has 0 previous ejections I’d give the batter the benefit of the doubt. At least wait before ejection because if he really wants to curse at the ump he’s not going to stop at just one word.

Could’ve been at his ability to hit that pitch. People say Mother F’er about their own screw ups. Just throwing that out there. Again, making an assumption is not equal to something being factual.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU OR ANYONE THINKS

@@critter2 L + ratio

@@mcclaine1577 Babies like Critter make me wish we had a functioning dislike button for comments.

@@critter2 Sure it does. It absolutely matters.

Do you think nobody ever says MF’er to themselves about messing up? Not saying it’s the case for this but you have to take that into consideration.

More bad, worse. Same thing.