Worse Umpiring Requires More Creative Paths To Ejection - Defector

Baseball ejections are largely performative matters that have their own sense of kabuki. Umpire does this, manager comes out, argues for five seconds, gets a response he doesn’t like and then snaps. For players, it is often more spur-of-moment because players…

Baseball ejections are largely performative matters that have their own sense of kabuki. Umpire does this, manager comes out, argues for five seconds, gets a response he doesnt like and then snaps. F… [+3401 chars]

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