Umpire goes off on manager after ejecting him, a breakdown
What Happened
In a heated exchange during the top of the sixth inning of a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs, Cubs acting manager Andy Green gets ejected by home plate umpire Tom Hallion. The Cubs hold a 3-run lead with runners on first and second and one out when a potential double play ball is thrown high into the Pirates dugout, allowing a run to score and prolonging the inning. Green approaches Hallion to request a review, but Hallion denies the request, stating that the slide by the Pirates runner was legal. Green persists, arguing that the ball was thrown so poorly that the runner had no choice but to slide that way. Hallion firmly refuses to allow the review, telling Green "I'm done listening." When Green continues to argue, Hallion ejects him from the game. An enraged Green erupts, unleashing a profanity-laced tirade at Hallion. "You gotta be kidding me, what are you doing?!" Green shouts. "I told you there's no way, I'm walking away. You gotta be [expletive] me, I don't give a [expletive] if you were walking away!" Hallion stands his ground, calmly telling Green "You don't always know what the [expletive] you're talking about." Green fires back, questioning Hallion's knowledge of the slide rules. Hallion asserts "I know more than you know" as a stadium attendant steps in to escort Green from the field. Green continues yelling as he's escorted out, arguing that Hallion doesn't need to "treat me like that." Despite the heated exchange, Hallion maintains his composure throughout. In the aftermath of the ejection, a home run ties the game, potentially validating Green's passionate defense of his players. The high-intensity confrontation highlights the intense emotions and high stakes involved in close major league baseball games, as managers fiercely advocate for their teams in the face of umpire decisions.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentpirates at cubs top of the sixth inning
the cubs manager ross is out with covid
so andy green is the acting manager you
got a runner on first and second one out
cubs have a three run lead this is in
play double play ball they throw to
second they throw to first uh oh way
high into the dugout taking out pirates
that's gonna score a run prolong the
inning and the manager for the cubs andy
green and happy about it he wants to go
ask for a review he thinks the slide may
have not been you know a nice slide only
problem is he asked for a review earlier
in the game
it did not get overturned so he doesn't
have any more reviews and it's not the
eighth inning yet so basically he just
has to ask the umpire like hey can you
review that for me can you go to replay
for me and tom hall in the um says no no
no i can't i can't do it i'm not going
to do it it was a good slide and it was
a good slide i mean he he touches the
base with his back foot there he's in
the vicinity of the base he doesn't even
touch the guy throwing the ball until
after it's out of his hand so it is a
good slide
but he's asking him can we just review
it can we check can we see if this is
cool because my guy threw the ball like
he got hit he had to get hit because the
ball was so poorly thrown
but the umpire says no i'm not going to
review and then he tells him as they're
talking says i'm done listening and he's
like okay well that's two now he's oh
you're out of here throws him out so he
throws his hat and he says you gotta be
kidding me
what are you doing you know what i'm
doing i told you there's no way
there's no way i'm walking away
you gotta be [ __ ] me
i don't give a [ __ ] if you were walking
away
don't care at all walk home what the
hell are you doing popping me as i'm
walking off the field i don't give a
[ __ ] where you were going i told you to
knock it off
i told you to knock it off
you know it was wrong
you blew it and you won't accept that
you're wrong oh [ __ ]
i don't know you don't even know what
the [ __ ] you're talking about
that's what i'm telling you
you don't always know what the [ __ ]
you're talking about that's right
well what do you know about the foot on
the back
really you know that foot's on the bag
you think you know that what happens to
me if i told you what you just said
what happens to me if i told you i said
that well he's over there his clear path
he starts no no get out of here i love
that hello he starts exploding he starts
going back down the rabbit hole he's
like he was going there he was going
there the foot's on that you know what
then he's like no no no done enough get
out of here you're done phil cuz he
steps in as a little middleman bouncer
starts escorting him out he keeps
yelling he keeps yelling tom helen says
i know more than you know you have to
know this andy green's like wait what
you know more than me
yep he's like well that's [ __ ]
you don't have to treat me like that
you don't have to treat me like that
jeez that's not humping he's he's gonna
have to realize that he's just standing
there calm cool collected had his say
and then in the inning that they wanted
over because of the double play a home
run happens and now it is a tie game and
uh oh
maybe all that yelling was worthwhile