Josh Donaldson gets ejected after hitting a home run, a breakdown
What Happened
In a heated matchup between the Minnesota Twins and an unnamed opponent, veteran slugger Josh Donaldson of the Twins steps up to the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning. With the game tied 2-2, Donaldson is looking to break the deadlock and give his team the lead. Donaldson works the count to 2-0, putting himself in a favorable position to do damage. He swings and connects, sending the ball soaring over the outfield fence for a go-ahead solo home run. As Donaldson trots around the bases, the home plate umpire appears to take issue with something, staring him down intently. As Donaldson nears home plate, he seems to purposefully scuff the dirt, irritating the umpire further. The umpire then ejects Donaldson, who appears surprised by the decision. "I'm asking you if it was the pitch," Donaldson says, challenging the umpire's call. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli rushes out to try and calm the situation, not wanting his star player to be ejected before the game is over. Despite the confrontation, Donaldson's home run stands, giving the Twins a 3-2 lead. The hot microphones capture the tense exchange between Donaldson and the umpire, with the player seemingly "getting his money's worth" as he crosses home plate. It's an unusual and heated scene, as Donaldson is ejected while in the midst of his home run trot. This incident comes after an earlier dispute in the first inning, where Donaldson had disagreed with a called strike. The long-simmering tension between the player and umpire boils over in dramatic fashion, with Donaldson's actions after the home run further escalating the situation. The outcome of the game remains in question, as the Twins cling to their narrow 3-2 advantage. Donaldson's ejection leaves his team potentially shorthanded, but his decisive blast has put them in position to secure a crucial victory. It's a stunning and contentious moment in what has already been a lively and competitive matchup between the two sides.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentthis is a pretty fun one josh donaldson
gets ejected after hitting a home run
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pitch in the first
inning he didn't like the call there you
can see him saying don't even argue
hold it in don't think about it don't
even think about it
but yeah it was pretty high it never
came down called it a strike jd's not
happy
cuts to the sixth inning 2-2 game
he wants to go yard he wants to break
the tie here he's got a 2-0 count
find the pitch and hit it not your pitch
okay checks his swing
ump calls it a strike he wants to know
hey did you call that on the pitch or
did you call that on my swing
ump doesn't like that he asked that he
says i'm asking you if it was the pitch
um starts barking back and forth jd hits
him with a yeah yeah
yeah rocco's gonna come out and be like
yo
let's stop talking in between at bats i
don't want him to get thrown out before
this that bat is over i don't want him
to get thrown out before the game's over
he gets one of those wishes
he gets the at-bat and a home run comes
with it
bam three to two twins they gonna lose
this game watch the umpire
just stare him down after he hits the
home run a little interesting he doesn't
like him
now jt is gonna do his home run trot
never seen this before and uh just
dirtying
the plate on his way home to cause a
great big mess
for the umpire now he does kind of
stumble and he thinks he didn't touch
home plate
and if he didn't touch home plate that
umpire's surely going to call them out
because they're in a petty off at this
point so he has to go
backwards and touch it uh and then
we have hot mics here so just listening
i mean i shouldn't be laughing but i
mean
i've never seen that before and then
josh getting his money's worth as he
crossed home plate
and there you have it josh donaldson got
ejected
while in home run trot if he didn't
touch home plate
that first time then he got ejected
before he finished his home run trial
which is just wild
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never seen it like this
it's it's as petty as it absolutely gets
especially with the thumbs up
at the end they're like yeah you are a
big man too
all right