Keon Broxton hits the ump in the face with his batting glove, a breakdown
What Happened
During a 2019 Yankees-Mariners game, Seattle outfielder Keon Broxton got rung up on a 3-2 pitch that he felt was off the plate. Frustrated by what had been an inconsistent strike zone all night, Broxton put on a full show walking away: a 360-degree bat flip, a no-look helmet toss, and finally a no-look batting glove toss. The problem was where the glove landed. It sailed back and clipped the home plate umpire on the cheek, which drew an immediate ejection.
Why This Matters
Umpires have wide discretion to toss a player for anything they view as making contact or showing them up, and a sweaty glove to the face checks both boxes. Intent rarely matters here. Whether Broxton meant it or not, the rulebook treats physical contact with an official as an automatic out, and umpires almost never let it slide because tolerating one stray glove invites worse. Broxton was a bench piece for Seattle in 2019, a journeyman outfielder fighting for at-bats, so the optics of getting run for a tantrum after a called third strike didn't help his case for playing time. The takeaway is simple: vent however you want, but keep your equipment away from the man calling balls and strikes.
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Who / What Is Involved
Players: Keon Broxton. Teams: Mariners.
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3 2 pitch is it outside he gets rung up
he wanted it this this UMP has been kind
of inconsistent all night he called a
bunch outside pitches kind of like that
it gets enough of the plate who knows
watch this now he's angry the pinwheels
on that bat flipper awesome a full 360
nice tight rotation it's beautiful and
he's gonna go the no-look helmet toss
bad ass walking away
no-look Glove toss it's the UMP right in
the face you're out of here man you're
thrown out yeah well you just hit me
with your gross sweaty glove right in
the face I didn't like that so now
you're out of the game
let's go Zapruder film style here it is
glove flying in the air doesn't see it
coming doesn't see it coming and Clips
them on the cheek maybe right there goes
through immediate ejection I'm on Team
UMP here
I think it's a soft move if he doesn't
throw him out you can't be taking gloves
to the face and just being like cool
with it
accident or not you're out of here man
don't throw your glove in my vicinity
look at this no-look glove toss okay a
severed hand flying through the air it's
pretty cool pretty cool but yeah so I
mean you're out of the game can't do
that hit me on my face with that hit me
on my face on my face is a weird way to
say that right outside in the face he
was arguing to call Scott and you know
that it was an accident
yeah it was an accident mmm-hmm it was
an accident I get it and it cuts a guy
like I get it but still we just can't
have people throwing gloves and that are
near my face because I get hit in the
face that's a bad look for everyone so
he's got to be thrown out of the game
it's gotta be automatic ejection if you
hit the UMP in the face with your glove
and I think everyone should be okay and
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