Umpires neverever like getting revealed up by a gamer — even after a missedouton call. But at the verysame time, you’d like to see an umpire have situational awareness and not let levelofsensitivity get in the method of the videogame.
Home plate umpire Mark Carlson stoppedworking woefully in that regard on Monday night.
With the Diamondbacks’ Joc Pederson batting in the 8th inning with 2 on and one out, Carlson called Pederson out on strikes on a pitch that was low and outside the zone. Even the frame by Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson was outside the zone, and he still got the call. Pederson was surprised and dropped his bat as kneeled down in shock.
The response didn’t appear to cross the line at all, however Carlson rapidly ejected Pederson for that reaction.
Manager Torey Lovullo came out to secure his gamer and ended up getting ejected as well. You simply hardlyever see a big-league umpire eject a gamer for being stunned about a missedouton call, and Carlson was plainly in the incorrect there.
Pederson was asked about what tookplace after the videogame. And according to the D-backs outfielder, Carlson ejected him since he turned his bat. That was all.
Joc Pederson stated he was ejected for turning his bat out of aggravation with an improperly called strikeout.
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Pederson didn’t even appear to flip his bat deliberately to program up the umpire. He actually simply dropped