Umpire Laz Diaz's attention span has Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo crashing out, a breakdown

What Happened

In the bottom of the seventh inning, the Arizona Diamondbacks hold a 4-2 lead over their opponent. Right-hander Merrill Kelly is on the mound for the Diamondbacks, and Tyler O'Neill steps up to the plate as the tying run for the visiting team. Kelly works carefully against O'Neill, mixing in a curveball and changeup to get ahead in the count 2-2. On the next pitch, O'Neill swings and misses at a changeup inside, bringing the count to 3-2. Kelly then tries to get O'Neill to chase a pitch outside the zone, but the home plate umpire, Laz Diaz, rules that O'Neill did not go around on the check swing. Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo, who has a clear view of the play from the dugout, immediately begins arguing with Diaz, believing the umpire missed the call. Lovullo storms out of the dugout, gesticulating wildly and voicing his displeasure with Diaz's attention to detail. Merrill Kelly also engages with Diaz, asking the umpire, "What's wrong with you?" to which Diaz replies, "Don't worry about me. I'm Laz. You're not." The confrontation escalates, and Lovullo is ejected from the game for his tirade against Diaz. As Lovullo exits, he continues to berate the umpire, shouting, "That was the worst call I ever f***ing heard!" and demanding that Diaz "pay attention" more closely to the plays on the field. With Lovullo gone, the game continues, and O'Neill draws a walk to put runners on base. Merrill Kelly's outing comes to an end, and the Diamondbacks bring in a left-handed reliever to face the next batter. As Kelly departs the mound, he expresses his frustration with Diaz's umpiring, telling the umpire, "You're f***ing terrible." The heated exchange between the Diamondbacks' dugout and the home plate umpire Laz Diaz underscores the high stakes and intensity of the in-game action, as both the manager and the pitcher vehemently disagree with Diaz's call on the check swing. The drama unfolds with the Diamondbacks clinging to a narrow lead, making the umpire's decision all the more consequential in the context of the game.

Mel Kelly is on the bump. It's the

seventh inning. He's still in the game,

though. The leadoff batter hit a double.

And now we got Tyler O'Neal up. So, he's

the tying run at the dish. Dbacks are up

4 to2. This breakdown brought to you by

DraftKings. First pitch, little

curveball or something. Drops it in

there for a strike. He's got a big old

pitch mix. Lots of weapons. And then

that I maybe that's a change up on the

inside.

Cutter outside called it a ball because

it was a ball. and then brings it a

little closer. Gets the strike. Batter's

like, "Really? That was a strike?" He's

like, "Yeah, it was a little bit

closer." Still, I don't know. There was

a strike. 2-2. He's going to go change

up inside. That gets swung on and

missed. Now he's going to try and make a

miss away. Does he get the check swing?

They go to Laz. He says, "No." He said,

"Oh, oh, you going to cry." And Melro is

like, "Maybe. It's pretty upsetting. I

want you to call it correctly. I think

it was a swing. Tory Lavella in the

dugout. He's ready to go. He's getting

hot because he had a pretty good view of

this one. And I don't know. Let me know

if you think that's a swing. I would say

yes because the fact that he swung. And

if you want to see the sequence there,

he threw the change up first and that

comes way in. And then he threw this

pitch, which you're probably watching in

isolation and saying, "Why the hell

would he swing at that pitch? It was

never close to him and it then it went

farther away from him. Well, he doesn't

know which pitch it is and the one

before darted in while that one stayed

away and went even further away.

Pitching is cool. Check it out sometime.

Anyway, the 3-2 at back continues. He

does not chase that one. That one's off

the plate. Kind of like the strike that

did get called and it's a walk. And

that's going to end the outing for Mel

Kelly who's kind of, you know, talking

to Laz a little bit. And I think from

something I lipre later, he said, "You

know what's wrong with you?" And Laz

says, "Don't worry about me. I'm Laz.

You're not." Tory comes out. He's making

a pitching change. He's bringing in the

lefty. And then as Kelly walks off the

mound, he's going to let Laz know he's

[ __ ] terrible.

Terrible. And then he gets ejected right

here. He gets ejected. So now Tori's got

the freedom. You know, he's going to go

yell at him, too. And he goes, "The

worst call."

I don't give a

[ __ ] That was the worst call I First of

all, that was the worst call I ever

[ __ ] heard. Ask me asking me what's

wrong with me because it's the worst one

I ever

[ __ ] I'm [ __ ] telling you right

here. That's [ __ ] No. No. That's

awful. Less pay attention. No, you pay

attention. Don't pay attention all the

time. [ __ ] problem. Pay attention.

That was a [ __ ] swing. And you know

it. I

don't have a [ __ ] swing. I know it's

a swing. You know it's a swing. He knows

it. Everybody [ __ ] knows it's a

swing. Everybody knows it's a [ __ ]

swing. You know it. I know it. Yeah. Go

look at it. [ __ ] see it. You'll

[ __ ] see it's a [ __ ] You'll know

it's a [ __ ] swing. You're pushing.

You'll know it's a [ __ ] swing. He's

[ __ ]

swung. And then he's going to walk off,

take the ball out of the pocket, and

just enjoy life a little bit. Head back

to the dugout, grab a cup of water. The

game does continue. And it was wild. But

I was going to save that for another

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