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Greinke ejected after spiking ball

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<p><strong>Zack Greinke</strong>&nbsp;was ejected in the first inning of Saturday&rsquo;s Brewers-Astros game after spiking a ball following a close call at first base.</p>
<p>With a runner on third, Astros second baseman&nbsp;<strong>Jose Altuve</strong>&nbsp;hit a ground ball in between first and second to score the run. First baseman Corey Hart made a diving stop to field it and tossed to Greinke who raced to first. Greinke touched the bag at the same time as Altuve, so first base umpire&nbsp;<strong>Sam Holbrook</strong>&nbsp;called Altuve safe.</p>
<p>Greinke turned around and spiked the ball, likely because he was frustrated with the call and/or giving up the run (Carlos Gomez misplayed a ball in center to give Jordan Schaefer a triple to lead off the game). Holbrook immediately ejected Greinke, who had only faced two batters and thrown four pitches.</p>
<p>Milwaukee manager&nbsp;<strong>Ron Roenicke</strong>&nbsp;came out to discuss the call with Holbrook and was ejected for arguing.</p>
<p>The questionable ejection put the Brewers in a horrible spot because it meant the bullpen would have to pitch almost the entire game. It also came at a bad time for Milwaukee as Greinke is&nbsp;<a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Chris-Carpenter-St-Louis-Cardinals-John-Mozeliak-Peter-Bourjos-Colby-Rasmus-070312" target="_blank">being mentioned in trade talks</a>, and the quick ejection prevented interested teams from being able to see him pitch.</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s also worth mentioning that Holbrook is part of umpire Joe West&rsquo;s crew, which is&nbsp;<a href="http://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/umpire-joe-west-stubbornly-takes-a-run-away-from-padres-on-play-he-didnt-see/68884" target="_blank">notorious for questionable calls</a>.</p>
<p>Here's a video of Greinke talking about the ejection after the game. He says he was mad at himself for making a mental mistake on the play:</p>
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Bad ejection. Joe Wests' crew is awful and it starts with him.

Greinke...what a ****in weirdo

True dat.

True dat too.

he is one weird bird.

you gotta keep your cool. He should be sentenced to 2 years in Kansas City

ROFL

Now if your going get ejected at least give the fans there monies worth.
Like Phillip Wellman.

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LMAO LMAO

R ewe dewing that on purpose?

That... Was..... Awesome!!!!:clap:

What do the rules say for umps? Is there a no tolerance rule for spiking balls? Or is it just a judgment call thing?
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Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the ump has the authority to make judgement calls for situations like this. He could have opted to give the runner an extra base to 2nd if he wanted too. Kind of like a 15yard penalty for unsportsmanship like conduct. I could be wrong?

It's a live ball, Throwing balls, bats, helmets, spiking any of those, or drawing a line in the dirt with your bat is ususally an ejection

It's a fine line. There have been a couple Jonathan Sanchez 3-0 pitches that could've warranted ejection if the umps are taking a hard line on this.

People don't go to the games to see the dumbass umpire

LMAO

Bad ejection. Gotta wonder if the umpire pulled the trigger too early and quickly realized it, but had to stay with it once he'd done it.

Ump did the right thing. Bad sportsmanship by Zack Nebraska. If he wants to get pissed off, get out of the inning, then go in the dugout and wreck a water cooler.

If that is bad sportsmanship then you need to eject every player that throws his glove down and throws the bat down in the same manner.. He did not throw it at the player or ump..

they throw out players who spike helmets bats gloves, ususally get a pass if you toss the equipment.

I agree with Valient here.

That was a quick and unnecessary hook.

Really? I rarely see it.. Quite a few royals were spiking their helmets during our losing streak.. Now if they spike it at a player or ump I agree with an ejection.. But to do it in frustration at yourself should not be an ejection..

I agree, but it's hard to tell. There was a catcher I think from the Royals last year that slammed his chest protecter down and got the ejection

Nevermind that was Molina. Off the top of my head I have seen Vince Coleman and Kenny Loften thrown out for doing no talking just throwing equipment.

That crew all needs a dump taken on their chest....pathetic

At least he didn't bump an old thread. He would have gotten an Artest-esque suspension for that shit.

And the worst thing a sport, any sport, can do to alienate and piss off it's fan base is give their umps/refs the ability to make judgement and situational calls IMO. The abillity to play favorites and influence games becomes far too great.

Awful call, give the kid a warning and an embarrassing talking to on camera FIRST. This isn't a 1950's etiquette class, it's ****ing sports. People pay to watch the talented athletes, not the talentless refs. Especially not talentless refs that can't even do their jobs right...

What the hell...start him again today. And they did. And he gave up 3 runs in the first without spiking anything so far.

Yeah, that was a bit excessive.

I guess they could rule ejection because Greinke's action of spiking the ball was showing up the umpire? :shrug:

The rules are that if you're on Joe West's crew, you're a thin-skinned asshole and you probably have a tiny dick.

**** that guy and his entire crew. It absolutely starts with West and the fact that he instills a shitty attitude in everyone on the field with him.

MLB needs to shit-can the whole bunch, they're a disgrace to the game.

The hell they do.

If you spike a helmet at the umpire, yes - they'll throw you.

Guys fire helmets into the field all the time, or rip bats down after they fly out.

Gblowfish is just an ass-hurt Royals fan who's getting off on Greinke getting tossed. If Holbrook pulled that bush-league stunt on a current Royal, he'd lose his damn mind.

Overreaction on the part of the umpire who didn't fully see what transpired. That said, Greinke hung his ass out there unnecessarily.

Now he has a chance to start three regular season games in a row. Yesterday, today, and the after the All Star game.

Ban

Rep to the whole post, but this part especially - this fact is so easy to overlook when you're up in arms about a shitty call or non call that it goes unmentioned, when it deserves to be.

He's going to start again after the All-Star break too... making him the first pitcher to start 3 straight games since 1917, I believe.

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I can't believe they let him go on for that long

But how many times do they not eject them for it?

Joe West has the ego the size of his stomach when his belt isn't buckled.

Speaking of great ump/manager arguements though, my all-time favorite...

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The ump is awesome in this. Earl is too.

"aaaaahhhhh booommm". "You are going to the Hall of Fame? For what, ****ing up World Series'?"