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Originally Posted by Miles
Can't say I disagree with much of that. Imagine a catcher of all positions would be particularly pissed at a K that far inside. Skip's K while not swinging at a high pitch out of the zone was an annoying one as well.
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I watched the replay of the game after that and I think I know what got him so pissed off.
In the 4th inning, he took that
exact pitch from Marcum on a 1-2 count and the ump called it a ball. Then he sat behind the plate and watched that pitch get called a ball for most of the night.
He essentially had a front-row seat for his own screw job. Then the umpire evidently goaded him after he stepped backwards. Yadi said the ump was telling him "don't you come back here" as soon as the pitch was called a strike so he turned and immediately went back there. I gotta be honest, if I'd have been behind the plate for the game he was calling, I'd have done the same.
Oh, and for the record, that's the same ump that blew the call at 1b yesterday.
He's just a complete POS. If Yadi gets suspended, Torre at least needs to issue a formal reprimand to Drake. His performance thus far in the series has been shameful.