Mike Montgomery gets ejected after giving up a home run, a breakdown
What Happened
Michael Montgomery of the Kansas City Royals is on the mound against the Minnesota Twins. With the game tied in the late innings, Montgomery delivers a series of close pitches that the home plate umpire calls balls. Montgomery believes the umpire is making incorrect calls and expresses his frustration. After giving up a game-tying home run, the umpire ejects Montgomery from the game. As Montgomery works the count, he believes he has thrown several strikes that are called balls by the umpire. On a 3-1 pitch, Montgomery delivers a fastball that he feels should have been called a strike, but the umpire rules it a ball. Frustrated, Montgomery comes set and throws another fastball, which the batter hits over the wall for a game-tying home run. "Those curveballs sure felt nice, but he's made his [expletive] strike curveballs a [expletive] strike," Montgomery says. "I know it is. I'm mad, I'm so mad." Montgomery argues with the umpire, believing he is being targeted due to earlier calls in the game. "The ump was targeting me because some calls earlier in the game," Montgomery says. "He's not coming out because he doesn't want to start a fight. He wants to start a fight. That's what we're talking about. You're [expletive] up. That's why you better stop. That's why what you can do, you throw me out [expletive] terrible [expletive] you man." The umpire ejects Montgomery, who slams his glove down in frustration. As he walks off the field, Montgomery says the automated strike zone needs to be implemented, calling the umpire's calls "terrible" and "targeted." Security has to retrieve the ball that Montgomery threw towards the umpire, which will now serve as a souvenir for a fan. This is the first ejection of Montgomery's MLB career and he is clearly upset with the umpire's performance and his own eventual ejection.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentMontgomery on the Royals got ejected the
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these curve balls right here he wants
four strikes he doesn't get him that
one's a strike I mean that one crossed
the plate as a strike this next one a
little harder still doesn't get the call
now he's down three and one fastball
count
I don't know that one's close to
fastball count he's late on the fastball
so he brings the fastball again geared
up for that one hits the homer
ties the game over the wall it's like
god dammit those curveballs sure feel
felt nice they're dancing dancing
dancing
and but he's made his [ __ ] strike
curveballs a [ __ ] strike I know it is
I'm mad I'm so mad
Montgomery's been in the league for five
years or so now he's never been ejected
before he says come talk to us the UMP
doesn't come out
he said the UMP was targeting him
because some calls earlier in the game
he get on the UMP
he says that's why this UMP isn't coming
out to the mound and taking so long cuz
he knows he's wrong that he's not coming
out because he doesn't want to start a
fight he wants to start a fight that's
what we're talking about you're [ __ ]
up that's why you better stop that's why
what you can do you throw me out [ __ ]
terrible [ __ ] you man Manny the UMP
throws him out Montgomery's mad he
thinks he was targeted yeah [ __ ] walk
away you've been bad all game he throws
the ball his way there well um well toss
the UMP looks nice toss okay and then he
walks off there's the ball on the far
side Security's got to pick it up and
now give it to his son nice souvenir how
about that Montgomery's gonna slam his
glove down first ejection of his big
league career and he's not happy he had
some things to say at the end of this he
said the automated stumps need to be in
play he said it was terrible he said it
was targeted all this stuff they're kind
of bad calls 500 Mike Fiverr and runs
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