Rick Renteria makes the ump walk over to him to kick him out, a breakdown

Sep 6, 2019 1.0M views 2:04

What Happened

In a heated exchange between the Chicago White Sox manager Rick Renteria and the home plate umpire, tensions boil over as Renteria vehemently disagrees with a call made during the game. The incident occurs in the middle of an at-bat between Cleveland Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor and White Sox pitcher Aaron Fry. Fry has just struck out Lindor, but Renteria believes the final pitch was foul. He begins yelling at the umpire, using profanity to express his frustration with the official's perceived poor performance throughout the day. "You're fucking terrible. Terrible, terrible, terrible," Renteria shouts. The umpire has heard enough and decides to eject Renteria from the game. However, instead of simply walking to the dugout, Renteria defiantly sits down and demands the umpire come over and personally kick him out. "You throw me out. I'm going to sit right here until you kick me out," Renteria says, staring off into the distance. Faced with Renteria's refusal to leave, the umpire reluctantly approaches the manager. "Rick, you're gone. Come on," the umpire says, but Renteria remains seated. "Come over here and kick me out," he replies. The umpire relents and walks over to Renteria, who unleashes one final tirade. "I just want you to know you've been fucking horrible. And you've been fucking horrible all fucking day. And I'm sick of it. It's fucking horseshit. And I'm out of here," Renteria says before finally exiting the field. The exchange highlights Renteria's frustration with the umpire's performance and his refusal to simply accept the ejection. By making the umpire come to him and personally deliver the ejection, Renteria asserts his displeasure in a unique and defiant manner. This incident is just the latest in a string of ejections for the outspoken White Sox manager, who has clearly grown tired of what he perceives as subpar officiating. The game continues, with the White Sox and Indians locked in a tight contest. Fans and observers will no doubt be discussing Renteria's dramatic ejection long after the final out is recorded.

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This one is a couple days old, but it's worth sharing if you haven't seen

it. Rick Renteria, he's been getting thrown out a lot lately. He's going to get

kicked out of this game. First, we got Fry versus Lindor, and this one's brought

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-speed, so he's just going to try and keep peppering that out. He got him