@RitterChris I umpired with a guy who won five straight days back when that was the limit. He got every question right, nobody even rang in ahead of him. It was ridiculous. He was a savant. He knew the baseball rulebook backwards and forwards.
The kicker.
He was a truly atrocious umpire!
@JacobTamme@JeffPassan After an official warning the rules say they coach "Shall be" Ejected. It's actually not up to the umpire, he is technically required to eject at that point. And it was arguing for 3 pitches on 2 different batters if you actually watched the game before he issued the warning.
@JeffPassan Said - "You missed 3 pitches" He pulled the pin and it blew up on him. I don't know a single umpire that would not have ejected him in that situation, and the rule actually requires (Shall) he be ejected. He then bumped an umpire which gave him additional days off.
@JeffPassan Jeff, Love your book, The Arm. But this is an instance where the coach pulled the pin on his own grenade. If you watched the game, the was shouting at the umpire from the dugout on three separate pitches. On the second, the umpire gave him an informal warning "Stop" on the
@JeffPassan Third he issued a ball strike warning. Once a ball strike warning has been issued, the coach knows that if he says one more thing about balls and strikes he is automatically ejected bye rule (The rule says he shall be ejected, not may) After he understood what the warning was he
Huge fan of OF/LHP Sammy Driscoll (@PrepBaseballIL, 2025).
Comes out of the gates at 87-90 mph with the fastball, settled in at 84-86 as he went on.
Sharp spin on BB, feel for it, 73-75 mph.
Also a true CF and top of the lineup LH bat.
#KCSummerChamps
I just wanted to say thank you to the Buffalo Bills for letting us trade up for 3 time Super Bowl Champion Patrick Mahomes! This trade will haunt you forever! 😂