Umpire ejects three Rangers at same time, a breakdown
What Happened
In a tense moment during a close game, the Texas Rangers find themselves with the tying run on third base and only one out remaining in the late innings. Rangers batter Simeon, who is at the plate, takes a close pitch that the umpire calls a ball, making the count full at 3-2. Simeon and Rangers manager Bruce Bochy strongly disagree with the call, arguing vehemently that Simeon had swung at the pitch. The umpire firmly stands by the call, infuriating the Rangers dugout. Simeon continues to argue, with Bochy joining in to defend his player. The umpire has seen enough, and to the shock of the crowd, ejects Simeon, Bochy, and the Rangers pitching coach all at once. The Rangers players and coaching staff are stunned by the decision, with Bochy aggressively confronting the umpire and pointing out that he is taller and has more baseball experience. However, the umpire refuses to back down, ejecting all three Rangers representatives in rapid succession. As the Rangers scramble to regroup, the game action continues, with the next batter grounding out to end the inning. The Rangers now have to take the field with their top players and manager all ejected. The broadcast crew observes the contentious sequence, noting that while the original call was close, the umpire's decision to eject three Rangers at once was a surprising and highly unusual move. Despite the ejections, the Rangers remain in the game, trailing by just one run with the tying run still in scoring position. The broadcast team suggests that the controversial call and dramatic ejections may have a lasting impact on the outcome of this critical late-season matchup between division rivals.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentRangers have the tying run on third base. Only one out. This one's brought to you by Seat Geek.
You got a breaking ball top of the zone to Simeon. Takes it for ball one. Breaking ball a little
outside. Strike. Doesn't like the call. 1-1 count. Change up low. 2-1. Fastball high. Working the
zone with different pitches. 3-1. Goes a little cutter or slider or whatever that is in the zone.
Doubles it up. Full count. Change up below the zone. Ball four. No. They say he swung and then
the dugout's yelling at him. Simeon's like what are you talking about? Bochy the manager's like
what are you talking about? I think you did. That's what he says. Well I'll show you. Use your
eyes. Focus. Lock in. Come on now. There's the change up grip underneath the zone. What do you
guys got? You think it's a swing? I bet if your fandom's on the line one way or the other you
have a strong opinion.
I bet if you're a third party fan you're like yeah that's an interesting one. That's kind of
close because he went but the barrel's not like square. It's like I don't know. Simeon's like no
no. Oh what? The next batter steps to the plate. Two outs now and they're still barking from the
dugout. Umpire looks in. You can see everybody look in. So they must still be barking. He's like
enough. Please stop. I made my call. Now Simeon's walking in the dugout. He says something fucking
ball game. Maybe watch the fucking ball game or maybe that's the fucking ball game. You know
tying run on third.
They bring the iPads out to have a better look. They're looking at it. Everybody's checking it out
like let's see what we got here. The game moves on. Ground out for the third out of the inning and now
they got to take the field and Simeon's like you know what? I think I'm going to calmly let him
know that I think he should lock in. He walks up and says the game is on the line. Gotta really
lock in when the game is on the line. That's a ball. That's ball four. Ejected. You're out. That's
four. I'm having a conversation with you calmly. I didn't say anything about you. Now the pitching
coach runs out and he's like hey what's going on here? Because you fucked up. Now he's throwing
out. He's like you're gone. Why didn't you listen to me? I was just being calm. Now the manager
comes. That was a fucking horseshit move to throw out my guys. You're gone. Three guys ejected in
between the break and now Bochy's going to just alpha him. I'm taller than you. My head's twice
the size. I'm taller than you. I'm taller than you. I'm taller than you. I'm taller than you. I'm
taller than you. I'm taller than you. I'm taller than you. I'm taller than you. I've been in baseball
longer. I chew gum better. I wear my uniform nicer. You're done. Simeon's done. Manager's done
and they're still looking at it like I don't know. What do you think? You guys kind of I see it. I
don't know. It's maybe it's a little closer than we thought. It's okay. I don't know. I don't know.
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