Ejections 086-88 - Marlins' Pablo Lopez, Don Mattingly & Mel Stottlemyre ejected after Acuña HBP
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- 2B Umpire/Crew Chief Dan Iassogna ejected Marlins pitcher Pablo Lopez, pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre, and manager Don Mattingly after Lopez hit Braves batter Ronald Acuña with the first pitch of Atlanta's 1st inning. Report: www.closecalls...
It would appear that broadcasters may not be aware of MLB's modification of the Intentionally Pitch at Batter protocol for umpires. Prior to the new protocol (which at this point isn't exactly "new" anymore, it existed last season as well), home plate umpires would decide whether to warn, eject, or do nothing on a potential throwing at/beanball incident immediately upon the batter being hit by the pitch or the pitch sailing past the batter.
Under the new protocol, the plate umpire is no longer allowed to make any ruling on the spot and the crew must convene after a potential throwing-at incident and have a conference about whether to eject the pitcher, eject both the pitcher and manager, warn both teams, or do nothing.
As we explain, this change in protocol has produced some unintended consequences that make managing the game more difficult.
Unrelated side note…..Acuna ended up scoring and the Braves won the game 1-0. It’s the first time in 9 years (I think I heard) that a pitcher has lost a game having only thrown one pitch.
Acuna did it to the Marlins (pitcher) a few years ago too I believe lol
Yep, umps won this game.
3rd time Acuña has been hit by the first pitch of the game. 6th time he has been hit by the first pitch of the at bat. Oh, and 3rd time he's been hit by MIA this season.
Third time he has been hit with the first pitch thrown by the Marlins in a game.
@@rickhaavisto9023 And the year before, and the year before that.
Jrose11….Doesn’t think so. Look at his remark/posting.
Yeah, but for the most part all that info is irrelevant. It happens. For as good as Acuña is, the best way to pitch him is inside and not let him extend those arms. If the argument is he gets hit a lot by the Marlins, then the rebuttal is; well duh. They're divisional opponents of course they're gonna face off a lot and have more chances to miss their pitches up and in. To me this was a lot of something for something that was nothing.
Queso Buddy The other NL East opponents have hit Acuna a combined 4 times in 3 times the games.
Miami: 5/52 HBP/Game
Rest of NL East: 4/140 HBP/Game
Can we all just pause to enjoy Pablo Sandoval's look during this.
He look like a lawyer with those glasses.
when was the last time 3 people were ejected on a HBP without a brawl?
Never
@@TeemoQuinton I think MLB hates pitching and wants the ball on a tee. This is just another example.
I think MLB is also seeing that people are knowing the pendulum is being forcibly swung the other way -- and knows that players like the Marlins are going to go after players like Acuna.
@@michaelfalkner1186 no it's just every time they play if you watch acuna gets hit multiple times every time they have something against him
I didn’t see Mel get tossed.
@@RaleyCreativeTravel I didn't either but it is in the box score
Whether the pitch was intentional or not, the Braves. Acuna and Snitker are fed up with Acuna getting hit by Marlins pitchers. I was surprised that Acuna didn't charge the mound.
It's baseball. No doubt you never played a day in your life. It's the first at bat. Lol dumbest guy in room. U
It doesn't matter, it clearly didn't look on purpose
How dumb. No reason to have a crew pow wow. HP ump should make that call, and he didn't. He was talked into it.
Issue a warning, as that was the appropriate course of action. MLB just can't get out of its own way.
@@jeremyruark2969 I agree with you 100%.
MLB and Manfredo literally murdering the sport.
@@Goodfella1960 Guess you have trouble hearing the home plate umpire CAN NOT eject a pitcher or EVEN warn without a conference with the crew anymore.
I’m all for pitching inside, and I honestly don’t think Miami’s thrown at Acuña since the Ureña incident, but when you’ve hit a guy 6 times in 3+ seasons you lose the benefit of the doubt.
Very true and the Marlins can thank Urena for the opening the flood gates with Acuña.
@@ehawk1984 yep. There’s much less (if any) animosity if Ureña doesn’t take a shot at Acuña in ‘18
@@maxable9128 they hit him on in the playoffs last year and have hit him two other times since Ureña, the Ureña is just the most talked about cuz the benches cleared.....the Marlins have hit Acuña SIX times in the last 2 1/2 years and three were 1st pitch of the game
@@stufrankie8332 The one in the postseason last year looks bad because he homered earlier in the game, but there’s no way they threw at him intentionally with a lead in a tight postseason game.
@@maxable9128 I'm not saying the one in the playoffs was "intentional" but after awhile like u said and I've said then the Marlins lose the benefit of the doubt
Lol @ marlins announcers. Uhm, quit hitting Ronald and this wouldn't happen.
5 times in 240 plate appearances? He had beef with Urena, whos not on the team. Pablos one of the nicest guys in the league, and said my bad after he hit him. And the only reason he got ejected is because Snitker asked them to eject him
@@davidlynskey4143 being hit 6 times by one team in 2 years is too much
@@adamwilson2002 Yes and Urena was a big part of that, but recently it was just him crowding the plate and some missed breaking balls that he made a big deal out of
@@davidlynskey4143 he ain’t make a big deal out of nothing
And it’s not him crowding the plate. That’s the way he always stands and the marlins are the only team to hit him this much. Don’t blame it on him crowding the plate
@@adamwilson2002 How does he not make a big deal out of it lmao, every time he gets hit he starts going after the pitcher and glaring instead of taking his base. Im not trying to argue, all Im saying is I dont think Pablos pitch was intentional. He pitches inside and Acuna stands closer to the plate than most other guys
This might be the worst ejection in baseball history. I get there's history, but Urena's not even in the NL, it was the very first pitch, and Acuna tends to crowd the plate.
As long as Trash Mattingly is the manager of the Marlins any time Acuna is HBP it and ejection. He lost the right for his pitchers to miss inside when he headhunted him for being good.
Schwarber is on the 1st inning hr streak too lol
If it didn’t happen 98% of the time they play you’d have a point. It’s getting out of hand with Miami ALWAYS hitting Acuna
@@philipflores2515 it doesnt happen 98% of the time though....It happens frequently and one particular incident when acuna was in his rookie yr and was on the 1st inning home run streak.
If you look at Rizzo (who does crowd the plate) and contreras i dont even have to look at hbp stats to tell you they get hit more then acuna in divisional and out of division games.......Its cryin at this point for the braves and im for the braves
It’s not urena, it’s the Don Shittingly is the problem
Ok. The new rule of umpires huddling to throw someone out...in this situation...needs to be screamed from every PA Mic and every Press Booth shore to shore. Knowing it makes all the difference in the world.
Good on you for disclosing this one. I think this is of utmost importance.
As you say, it LOOKS like Snit talked them into one. Hell, that's exactly what I perceived it as.
So you're telling me you think it's BETTER to continue to allow one team's pitchers to hit a batter, but not allow the other team to retaliate without being able to incur a penalty (losing their pitcher)? Because that's how it's been happening for some years now, and it's a joke. Pitcher A hits batter B, a "warning" is issued, and then when Pitcher B hits batter A, and Pitcher B is thrown out for doing his job and protecting his teammate.
You've got to be joking.
You either immediately eject Pitcher A or you allow Pitcher B to make his statement pitch and THEN you issue the warning.
Either way, it's MLB sticking its nose into player matters where it doesn't belong, as usual.
Your way of thinking is what is wrong with baseball.
@@alejandroarrabal5694 Yes, because baseball is so much more popular today than it has been in the past. 🙂
@@MH3GL WEPAAAAA
I honestly don't like the ejection, but I get it.
I think the election was warranted. How many times do the Marlins get to hit Acuna? If I were Snitcker I would hit the Marlins pitcher every time they came up to bat until they stop this garbage
@@danger170388 So anytime he comes inside and hits him going forward, even on the first pitch of the game we should just toss him out? Your pretty much telling a pitcher he can't come inside anymore ever again, when he's facing him.
@@jamiethornton6101 with the Marlins, yes until they can go an entire season without hitting him
@@jamiethornton6101 they've hit him 6 times over the last 2+ seasons, that screams intent to me. He's been hit 26 times in his career, that means about a quarter of those were from Marlins pitchers, 23% to be exact. So, simple solution every time he gets plunked, so does one of their pitchers
@@jamiethornton6101 What other player has been hit on the first pitch of the game by the same team three times? It's not simply him getting hit. It's him getting hit on the first pitch of the game with a history of that being intentional.
these commentators are atrocious. They would've defended one of the Marlins smashing an Atlanta player in the face with a bat.
Thought police.
how do the announcers think the Braves manager caused Mattingly and Lopez to get kicked out ....pitch Acuna inside, do you have to hit him alot
Immediate ejection makes more logical sense. No need to huddle.
Awwwww......anyone watch Acuna sit out when DeGrom pitched the other day because he was "hurt" but came in and even played the field right after they took him out 😭
Acuna is. a PRIMA BABY BOY...HE's ALSO THE MOST TALENTED PLAY
ER IN BASEBAll.......Im braves fan but this F'ing nuts...These aren t 12 year olds
Not a fan of either team..but it was insane how the Marlins consistantly threw at him cause he lit them up bigtime. Bunch of sore losers.
I didnt see the pitching coach ejection
I think it was immediately after the pitcher was kicked out.
1st inning 1 pitch ejected unbelievable
I actually disagree with how the ump(s) handled this. Hit a player, no worries. They can't know intent. Issue warnings to both benches. Then, during that game, every ... single ... time a batter is hit, no matter the pitch, no matter the count, eject the pitcher. From either team. You've warned them, at that point, stick with it. Coming down on the umps just a little bit more. After the first ejection, they should have never, ever, just allowed Mattingly and such a large number of other players to just stand around the middle of the diamond and bitch. Take Mattingly over to the edge of his side and let him have his say for a minute, but the crew chief should have shooed everyone else away.
Here's an Idea stop fucking hitting the dude. Marlins put themselves in this situation so I don't feel sorry for them. I'm sick of these old style baseball announcers saying it's ok to hit dudes with pitches.
He's a smug bastard! Marlins are such drama queens!
I'm a Braves fan and I'll tell you what...they hit him at least once every series! He was HBP tonight too!
As always, the things you say are spot on, and you're EDUCATING people.
Bravo, I say. :)
as far as the requirement to have a conference yes but the ejection was not.
The brave coach 100% influenced the ejection. Ur nuts dude.
No the report from MLB to watch for him to be hit by a pitch did and on this case MLB should send reports if this batter keeps getting hit by the same team.
Remember that MLB, like almost all pro sports, is concerned about the $$$. It doesn't want highly paid professional athletes getting injured by either hard-thrown pitches or by any ensuing fisticuffs. Better to see a pitcher and his coaches or manager ejected on the 1st pitch than to see a season- or even career-ending injury to anyone as the result of any possible retaliation.
Same place…elbow shot! Stop hitting our superstar!!
Maybe next time the pitcher can pitch better! Too much of coincidence! Acuna is an amazing player. I'm sure other team will do everything to hurt him just to win!
More terrible umpiring
Its just like hockey if your not known for bad plays you can get away with murder if you have history your fucked
Do I know for certain whether that was intentional or not? No. But I am sure enough that it was that I have no problem ejecting the pitcher.
Stop crowding the plate!! Now everyone will be afraid to come inside on Acuna! I say every team that plays Atlanta should hit him!!!
When Miami has behaved the way it’s behaved, you lose the benefit of the doubt, and you put the umpires in a tough spot.
When mlb turns into the nba I’m done
I would throw up and in on the very first pitch next game. Umpires were way out of line here
Does anyone seriously think that this HBP wasn't intentional? Give me a break.
I don't. He was just pitching inside. The ball was over the line for the batters box.
He looking at him the whole time not the catcher .
Then smirked afterwards.
A completely contrived situation by MLB and that's why the game has become a joke.
Manfredo and MLB tweaking this sport to death.
These umpire and management are going to bust a vain in their neck.
Stop with the boot licking… he was thrown at, everyone knows it.
the way this went down, looks alot like these 4 umpires were on the take and working for the Braves... 1st.. Sniker should have been gone before the meeting... he wants to bitch, go home and see how long your wife will tolerate it.. I'm not going to... this crew just looked like they should have no business working games above HS JV... they may be better.. but they looked bad the way this went down...
Do you have any knowledge of umpiring...at all?
@@rickhaavisto9023 The fact that I comment should tell you that answer... 15years and counting at the HS levels and below...MLB won't touch me simply because of my age... anything over 27 and they won't give you the time of day.. I'm not saying the umps were wrong.. it just looks REALLY BAD... and sadly.. if the fans see it that way.. you could be the greatest of all time and the fans respect for you is gone... impartiality is key here and in this case.. they didn't look that part...
Ron Peacock Ok? That’s fine about the perception, you then go on to say
“This crew just looked like they should have no business working games above HS JV.” That’s your opinion, not what you think the perception is. I’m telling you that that is a nonsense opinion...
@@rickhaavisto9023 Really? Since this EJ was against the home team... ask any fan in the stands if it was fair and how it looked.... pretty safe bet how they'll vote. As an umpire... I'm forced to be more atuned to that so I don't put myself in that kind of position... this just looks like they tossed the guy because /snidker complained... they'd have looked better if he went too... just for bitching about it. But they didn't so the umps just look bad here.. (they were probably right... it just looks bad the way they it went down)... as a vindictive bastard when I played.. Acuna's next pitch (next AB) would have been in his earhole.. and as I'm ejected my statement would have been, that's what intent looks like!
Good job woke stains for screwing baseball up.
Woke stains? Baseball is the most unwoke sport, obviously besides the Olympic committee.
@@keithjoseph128 maybe you missed the whole All Star Game debacle?
Terrible job by Dan and his crew here. Bad decisions made and lost total control of game management. This was a flat-out umpire crew embarrassment.
I think is good called. Look the bad blood between 2 teams since 2018.
I would like to see Pablo’s numbers of how many times he has hit the batter with the first pitch he has thrown. I’ll go further with how many times the Marlins staff has done it without the batter being Ronald Acuna Jr.
Home plate umpire needs to make the call.
Yeah but the crew chief has to make the call of the home plate umpire.
In Jomboy’s breakdown of this, he noted that Mattingly said something along the lines of, “Who told you that it was intentional? Snit? You’re just gonna believe him?”
Watching Jomboy's video the words that got Mattingly ejected were "Now you've f***ed us tomorrow and possibly the next game." That should not be ejectable. It's a legitimate, non-abusive criticism. The narrator here himself said "if you're going to eject the starting pitcher after one pitch, be absolutely sure." They weren't. This entire sequence is a joke from the umpires.
Hahahahahahahahahaha
Maybe Mattingly should stress to his pitchers to quit hitting Acuna with the first pitch...
You think he would do it after the previous two occurrences...
@@rickhaavisto9023 So because something happened 3 years ago, every Marlin that hits him is doing it on purpose now?
Iassogna remembered what happened without taking into account how long ago it was and how many times these teams had played since then. And he guessed. And I like Acuna, if I think someone's throwing at him, I'll be the first to be mad about it. Thinking it happened here doesn't make sense.
Jordan Davidson Dude, 6 HBP since 2018...three of them on the first pitch of the game...you telling me that’s a coincidence?
@@rickhaavisto9023 The uniform doesn't matter. The players do. How many of those were by current Marlins, two maybe, including Lopez. Context is important. Urena threw at Acuna, everyone knows that. Those two people have a history. Urena is no longer a Marlin. You can't tie Urena's history to Lopez just because it's the same uniform.
The Blue Jays and Rangers used to have a history 5 years ago. And that stopped eventually. Because time passed and the players changed. If there's a HBP in a Blue Jays-Rangers game and you eject because, oh, Odor punched Bautista 5 years ago, you're stupid.
I like the balance of factual (rule book), emotion and point of view in these videos!
As someone who loves breaking down film, I think this content hits the sweet spot!
Enjoyed it.
As a Braves fan I have to say that this utterly ridiculous. Acuna stands over the plate with no fear whatsoever. He is going to get plunked from time to time. This is the ruination of baseball.
What I fail to comprehend is how a manager from the opposing team can dictate what happens to a player in the other team at any point in the game!!! Lopez's inside pitch was not intended to collide with acuña, it occurred nonetheless. If another pitcher from the braves threw a pitch that struck the batter, no disciplinary action would have been taken. It is nothing but bullshit favoritism. Pablo Lopez accidentally hit the batter, but that does not warrant what followed.
Saying that mlb is playing favorites with the Braves is BS given that the ATLANTA all star game was taken away on the year of hank Aaron’s death as well as multiple accounts of the MLB reply team in New York calling clear outs safe despite clear evidence showing otherwise not calling time despite Joc Pederson being out of the box with his hand up with no pitcher wind up Yeah MLB definitely plays favorites with the Braves and by the way other teams pitch inside to Acuña yet the Marlins tend to be the only one hitting him
If you can't throw inside without hitting the batter DON'T THROW INSIDE
You would expect that but then they took the sticky stuff and here is the unintended consequence. MLB should’ve took care of that in Spring Training and now we’re going to see more HBPs.
If you can't take getting hit by a pitch dont crowd the plate, two can play that game..
No. Gotta disagree. Pitch gotta get their inside space or they don't last. Batter gets a free base for taking an aspirin. I think it should end there if Crew judges no intent.
@@AnimeGamer0 With the sticky stuff this season had the highest rate of HBP ever.
@@AnimeGamer0 thats complete bullshit. they know exactly where they are throwing and having them NOT cheat made no difference what so ever. Pitchers saying that they have less control without gooping up is just a a garbage excuse. The game has been played for over a hundred years without adding sun screen and what ever else and it didn't bother them
Isnt it funny every time acuna gets hit he never charges the mound never has a temper just keeps his focus on the game
Yet they keep hitting him cause he owns them
@@dylanharris9218 its ridiculous why do the Marlins have something against him I mean hes a good play and doesn't have a temper.
I agree that the new(ish) requirement to huddle tends to make a tricky situation worse. If they were able to get together quickly at least it would look like they were on top of the initial issue but instead they needed to deal with the manager. We couldn't see how everyone else in Atlanta's dugout was reacting so I don't know whether or not a benchclearing was brewing and successfully avoided. From the TV views it did not look like there was any plan to huddle for discussion had Snitker not come out. Mostly it just looked like the whole fiasco took way too long.
Haven't Marlins pitchers hit Acuna 3 times on the FIRST pitch of the game
These people in these comments saying they were wrong to throw him out must root for a team that doesn't have a superstar player.
Them and the announcers just sound really stupid. Especially with the “so now you can’t pitch inside?” Remarks
Even though I am a Braves fan, I have to agree with Don Mattingly. There should have been warnings issued. I doubt a pitcher would have hit on purpose and put a runner on.
Don’t have to give warnings.
This is a bad ejection.
This is one of those I wish it was mic'd up
Follow Jonboy Media. He does a pretty good version of lip reading. 😂
@@T1625-w7d yawn……
Acuna wears battle armor on his left arm so he can stick it out over the inside corner. You have to pitch him inside or he will sit on the middle out stuff and kill you. Should have been a warning only.
Why not play the game under protest? This is a joke, baseball is destroying itself with this type of stupidity. Honestly if I was Mattingly I would have pulled my guys from the field and forfeited, just site covid concerns and play the game the next day... hahahaha
The guy missed inside one time.. Didn't even deserve to get a warning, and definitely not tossed. Just because Acuna is popular doesn't mean he gets to own the inside part of the plate, sad the game has come to this..
totally with you. umps are ridiculous here.
Yes he does. He's more important than any of the Marlins. Wake up and smell the noise. #rigged
When this is the third time the Marlins have hit him with the first pitch of the game, not tossing the pitcher is just giving the Marlins free shots at him.
You do know the history right
Yeah i liked it way better when the home plate ump could decide on the spot without a meeting. I highly doubt this one was intentional and i dont think lopez woulda been thrown out before the rule or protocol change.
Even if it was intentional you let the other team hit someone and people kind of cool off a bit. I mean hell. There are a lot of players who when they get hit are kind of relieved because the game calms down
Those announcers should’ve been ejected. Jeez I’ve never heard such whining. It’s baseball, get over it.
Maybe if you stop hitting him, they won’t throw out the pitcher, Marlins tryna act all innocent and the broadcasters are acting like it’s nothing🤦🏽♂️😂
These Marlins commentators r ridiculous 😂😂😂
That MLB Commissioner has to go back to his home planet, he's ruining baseball, like Bettman ruined hockey
5:39 "Why!? I don't give a f---!! That's f---ing horses---!!"
Commentator at 2:30 - "We're not stupid..." Everyone listening to his dribble: "Yeah, you're pretty stupid."
The umpire told him that you guys have a history of hitting him. You could tell he did not want to do it.
Damn shouldve thrown better then
@@jamiemadden2924 So every time a hitter get hit by a pitch they should be thrown out. LOL, do you even watch baseball. Also Brain Anderson has been hit more times by the braves in les at bats. But I guess nobody cares about that.
@@coreywilliams570 lol did I say everytime? No
@@coreywilliams570 if you do not want to get thrown out for hitting a batter, don't hit the fucking batter. Acting like it's somebody else's fault when it's the pitcher that fucked up.
@@jamiemadden2924 So when pitcher pitch inside and miss by a couple of inches and hit a batter he should be thrown out. LOL, yep you have never watched baseball. I hope you say that every time a batter gets hit.
I have played ball and guys pitching inside may result in a batter being hit by a pitch. Sometimes folks just over reacts. How do you move on from the past if you keep holding on to it...
6 times in two years by the same team, three times on the 1st pitch of the game
MLB is limiting powers of the umpire. Man, it's a sign of things to come.
I agree with you on that Zach! I don't know if you umpire or not but I'm glad that we still have control for both HS and College!
I don't give a shit what MLB's mandate with the umpires is: There was a clear reason for Urena to get tossed. Lopez is not throwing at Acuna here. End of discussion. Move on. Play baseball.
MLB: We need to improve pace of game
Also MLB: Let’s do a borderline ejection and cause a 10 minute delay after the first pitch
@Jack Tower To my understanding this batter is one that pitchers commonly throw inside to. A risk of doing that (especially given that MLB is doing greater enforcement of sticky substance use) is that a pitch may come too much inside and hit the batter. To me, it appeared to be a missed pitch. That is part of the game. Had the umpires decided to not eject the pitcher, play would have continued but because they decided to eject the pitcher, it caused the delay due to the discussion that followed.
@Jack Tower LOL, so as long as the brave manger wants somebody to get throw out the game the Umpire are suppose to just follow his wishes. Can somebody please show me that in the rule book.
I'm a neutral observer and i get the history involved here but there is no way that was intentional. Umps made a very bad decision here.
Those ejections are a joke. It's obvious he didn't hit him intentionally.
the marlins have hit him 6 time in a row. He did mean to hit him.
@@jacksongreene5134 You can tell by the pitcher's body language that he didn't mean to hit him. Like the announcers said, why would you plunk someone intentionally on the first pitch of the damn game? Also, Acuna is always going to get hit a ton because he crowds the plate so much.
@@ronniesorter1888 Give me a break. That is in the plain. He would never do that on the first pitch. Please. WWF/WWE have better story lines than this. Stevie Wonder saw this coming..
@@ronniesorter1888 The Marlins have hit Acuna on the first pitch of the game three times now. It’s hard for me to believe those were all accidental.
@@floydbrice2205 We'll agree to disagree. A warning would have been sufficient. If bitchboy Acuna doesn't want to get hit he needs to quit crowding the damn plate.
At least Acuña kept his cool.
He knew it wasn’t intentional plus the Marlins players tired to keep it cool.
@@duffyy1 Tried to keep it cool, not tired.
Loving Ron Washington at 5:51
Why isn’t he managing a team. He would be good for the Orioles.
That's who I thought that was. Good eye!!!
I like how these commentators think it’s ok for Don Mattingly to stand up for his player by not ok for Brian Sntker to do it for his players. Clowns.
The problem the announcers have is that the umpires let Snitker affect their decision.
@@clutch4360 you can prove that about as well as I can prove the hit by pitch was intentional.
Facts
They (and I - not a braves or marlins fan) have an issue with how he's allowed to come on the field and yell at the umps before they make their decision on the ejections. This conference before warnings and such is b.s. and wastes **A LOT** of time. Manfred keeps whining about the pace of play, yet here this one pitch wound up taking twenty minutes because Mattingly was pissed that Snitker got to converse with the umps before the decision and he didn't.
@@TenPinTrucker yes that is the real issue. Like the video states this new rule requires the umps to converse before an ejection can be made. And also like he said in the video this makes it look like they only ejected him because snitker came out of the dugout and complained (which he had every right to) but we don’t know if they would have ejected him if Snit never came out. I think the ejection was just and the new rule on the umps having to discuss it is stupid.
These broadcasters are a joke...
Bozo could have done a better job. SNL The Wieners.
I'm a die hard Braves fan. This was a terrible call. Snitker had no right doing that. Mattingly should be pissed. A warning sure, to keep the Braves from doing something stupid, but an out and out ejection was a terrible call.
If you're going to pitch inside..how about learning how to pitch inside WITHOUT CONSTANTLY hitting Acuna? Like it or not...they have a history of beaning Acuna! Blame themselves for this predicament.
They have hit Acuna with the first pitch of the game a bunch of times so I think the umpires are right, he torches the ball against the Marlins so they throw at him intentionally, there's bad blood so no warning needed Mattingly is a joke and there was intent every time and snitker is tired of seeing his guy get hit these Marlin announcers are ignorant
you can see from his arm angle that the pitch was intended to hit him. Come on. Really! It was obvious. Lopez should have been fined considering the command he has and the money he is getting paid to be a professional pitcher. He should have intentionally walked Acuna if he couldn't pitch to him. It would a have been the same result. Lopez only wanted to make a statement, "I will not let you beat me." "Here's one up and in that you can't avoid."
It's a bad policy and in end bad decision.
The guy who hit Acuna on purpose went on to promptly lose the game 1-0.
Ball don't lie.
Baseball Karma.
Accept he clearly didn't
@@KingMinosxxvi check who lost. 0.0 innings pitched and 1 earned run. He got what he deserved.
@@MatthewKonvict No. That's the point he didn't get what he deseved. What he deserved is for Acuna to take first base and then potentially score. He didn't deserve to be tossed after one pitch. That Ball wasn't even that far inside. Look at Acuna's hands they start practically over the plate. Also Acuna barely moves out of the way (he never does). If Acuna is going to stand there and have the attitude that he doesn't have to move out of the way you can't help him further by tossing any pitcher that plunks him. So what opposing teams are supposed to pitch Acuna down the middle for fear of letting on get away a little bit and hitting him? Anybody who doesn't understand this understands very little about baseball. An i'm braves fan.
This is a judgment situation period. Opinions might vary but I saw no intent to actually hit the batter. The Atlanta Manager exiting the dugout had alot to do with instigating what took place afterwards. Professionalism and sportsmanship has been replaced by spoiled overpaid brats who frankly don't care if they win or lose. Ultimately expect a retaliatory situation in Miami later also. The big deal that was made perpetrates that unfortunately.
The Marlins announcers could work for Any political propo machine… bc they can spin the victim card faster then anyone I have seen n a long time… they are hilarious…blaming the team that got hit for the ejection hahahah
I know all announcers obviously side with their team, but the guy from the Marlins is really bad. He went on an epic rant when Stanton got hit in Milwaukee several years ago.
These commentators are so biased it's pathetic.
What's new lol
They were terrible. No grasp of the rules. They did get one thing right: by headhunting Acuna early in his career, the Marlins under Mattingly (not for the next 12-15 years) have lost the right to miss inside on Acuna.
um......we want umpires to do independent research from different games that they werent a part of and then to carry that into games....nah im good.
I see the umps side on this. Too much history here.
Regardless of the Umpire new protocol the crew chief didn't have to throw him out. That seemed like he was a lil bit wild but not intentional. Atl's manager influenced the Umps who clearly was biased with the ejection to favor the Braves. They should of warned him. Bullshit call. I wouldn't left the field for another 20 mins if I was Don Mattingly and made an even bigger stink about it.
Miami marlins love you 😍
Intent CANNOT be proved. Ever. So it is ridiculous to argue. It’s up to the umpires and its a dependent situation. What should occur is to warn only the side that is throwing at the batter. No more warning both sides.
The pitch curved up and in. It wasn’t thrown at the batter initially. Horrible call to eject. It’s the umpires trying to get control of something that isn’t out of control.
I hope the Marlins’ commentators do get killed online, because they’re completely wrong.
He’s the leagues playboy so of course they’re going to be CYA! It’s a horse shit decision don’t care what way it gets sliced. Got enough armor on shouldn’t make a rats ass if he gets hit.
Braves fan here I don't agree with the call at all I could see a warning but the ejection was wrong
Good to see Pablo Sandoval still playing!
The pitch was intentionally reckless, at some point that has to be enough for ejections too.
Pitch was over the line for the batters box hardly reckless.
Umpires got talked into this ejection by the braves coach…. First pitch or the first inning there’s no way he did it on purpose…. If that’s the case then every time a player gets hit then they should eject the pitcher