Fernando Tatis Jr. got ejected vs. Yankees so Padres manager Mike Shildt did too, a breakdown
What Happened
In a crucial top of the eighth inning matchup, the San Diego Padres' star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. steps to the plate against Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Devin Williams. The game is tied, with rain pouring down at the stadium. Tatis, representing the tying run for the Padres, quickly falls behind 0-1 as Williams gets him to chase a changeup out of the zone. Tatis takes the next pitch, a strike, and voices his displeasure to the home plate umpire. Padres manager Mike Shildt immediately erupts from the dugout, yelling at the umpire and defending his player. Shildt argues that Tatis did not say anything to provoke the umpire's reaction. The confrontation escalates, with Shildt continuing to berate the umpire and even tossing his notepad and glasses onto the field. Ultimately, the umpire ejects both Tatis and Shildt from the game. This marks Tatis' first career ejection, while Shildt is clearly frustrated, noting that he prides himself on maintaining a respectful dugout and has only had three players ejected in his two-year tenure as manager. Shildt argues that the umpire should have given him a chance to intervene before ejecting Tatis. The replay shows the pitch that upset Tatis was a well-located changeup from Williams, with movement that made it appear to be a strike. However, Shildt's main issue seems to be with the quick ejection, not the call itself. As Shildt departs the field, he bumps into the other umpire and apologizes, demonstrating his desire to maintain professionalism despite his clear frustration. With both Tatis and Shildt ejected, the Padres are left to mount a comeback without their star player and manager. The game remains tied, setting the stage for a dramatic finish as the Padres look to overcome the adversity and secure a victory.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentTop of the eighth inning and pouring
rain. Tatis is at the dish. He
represents the tying run for the
Padres's. This breakdown is brought to
you by SeatGeek. It's pouring. This game
has been in delays. Devin Williams is
having a rough start to the season and
he might be having a rougher one. First
pitch change up. Tatis chases. He says,
"All right, not going to chase that
anymore. It's got to be in the zone." So
the next pitch tries to get him to chase
again. He does not. Devin Williams says,
"Okay, he's not chasing. I guess I'll
put it one in the zone." One and one.
Third change up in a row. Strike. Tatis
does not like the call. Umpire turns to
the Padres's dugout and starts yelling
with the audio. You could hear him
faintly yelling something of like, "Uh,
it's right there. It's right there." And
they quickly then cut to the dugout
where manager Mike Schilt just ramps it
up immediately. Go yourself. Go
yourself. I didn't say
anything. Turn your head around,
you co. Oh, he is heat it up. I
wasn't even talking or yelling
out at your sorry
ass. I didn't say to you.
Back to the game. Oneet two pitch. Tatis
has to protect low now. Swings and
chases. He immediately turns the umpire
and says something. Can't figure it out
like you cost me that one on that call.
It looks like that call at the end, but
you know, it's all you on that
call. And um says you're gone. See you
later. First career ejection for Tatis.
Never been ejected. That was the first
one. And and Shilty's not upset. Did you
throw him? He throw you
out? Did you throw him out?
You threw him out. Tosses the paper.
That's pretty badass. Just You threw him
out. Paper toss. He's got the pen in his
hand. So that's up next. Do you want to
go? Do you want to go? Now he's
got to get rid of the glasses and tosses
those. You don't see that. You don't see
the glasses toss a lot. I don't know how
much closer it gets him, but maybe he's
farsighted and he's about to get right
up in his face. He's like, "You turn and
go off on
me looking over. I didn't say a
word to you when you turn around
and say something." Well, I don't know
what the hard on you got for me,
but this shit's going to
end. I know it's going to stop. Quit
yelling. Oh, I'm gonna keep
yelling because I'm mad at you. I don't
know what he says, but he's What did you
do? I didn't do a thing. These
guys were just talking to you. Nobody's
showing you up. Geez. Now, this is when
umpire Adrien Johnson, he flips the
script and he's like, "My turn." And he
says, "I've had enough of you and your
horseshit. Get the on. You
better get the moving. Get
moving now. You get him. Get this guy
up. Get him out." Okay. Turns. He's
still yelling. Yeah. So, go get
out now. Okay. So, this next part was a
little odd. I went to Shilty's postgame
presser and then looked up some research
to figure it out, but apparently Schult
prides himself as a manager on keeping a
respectful dugout and not having his
players get ejected. He he he says
around the league, umpires say, "What a
good dugout you got, Shilty." So, he
starts yelling about how good his dugout
is. He go, "We got the best dug in the
whole league." And then he's going to
say, and I looked up the numbers here. I
could faintly hear it. And then I looked
up the numbers, so I'm pretty confident.
He says,
"Um, we've been ejected seven
times." That's seven times for me and my
team. You know how many players I've had
ejected? Three,
Three. Yeah. And it's right. It's
ProFar, Manny, and now Tati's third
ejection. And he is now getting his
fourth ejection in his two-year run. Uh
so that's why he's hot. He's not arguing
was that a pitch, a strike, was that not
a pitch. He's saying don't eject my
player before you give me a chance to to
get in front of him. He didn't even do
anything that I thought to protect him
from. And I'm the best protector in the
whole damn league. Bumps into the other
ump and says, "Sorry, hey, sorry, man.
Didn't mean to bump in you." Um's like,
"Okay, cool. Thank you." And then he
goes back and then we got some smug
faces screaming and this ump's like,
"Well, he was nice to me, so I don't
really want to like push him or say
anything." And he leaves and he gets out
of here. This is the pitch Tatis was
upset about. It's got a lot of movement.
You see that little, you know, a little
wooden roller coaster to it up and down.
If you look at the side profile, it was
a strike. It was at the knees. It was a
strike. Every tracking thing says it's a
strike. But again, Shely didn't even
complain about the call. He's
complaining about the treatment and the
quick ejection that he didn't have time
to protect his player from. Let's look
at the pitch grip though because Devin
Williams change up is called the air
bender and it is different. It is cool.
That's his middle finger and his ring
finger on the side of the horseshoe of
the baseball. And you can see those are
the last two fingertips to touch, which
is really cool. And it's so it's the
middle and the ring ripping that seam.
Those are the last two. And the way you
would torn a turn a doorork knob if
you're a righty into your belly button.
Think of that motion. Everyone, pause
the video, put your right hand out, and
then turn a doorork knob, thumb down
into your belly button. You just threw
the air bender. Congrats. It's got a lot
of spin to it. Just a ton. And he threw
two that went under the strike zone. And
he threw one that went in the strike
zone. So, it was pretty pretty good. You
know, showed him it can be a strike. and
then he had to chase it just in case.
Bad news though, Shely might have fired
up his team. Devin had to go to the
dugout and just watch as the Padres's
came back and scored a bunch of runs and
won them the game. He just became a
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