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Ichiro Ejection Coverage

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Ichiro is using his hellified gangsta stroll to get off the field.

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 26, 2009 11:59 AM PDT reply actions   1 recs

He's either saying "Fuck"

Or calling the ump a fag. I don’t know which.

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 26, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We're not in Kansas anymore!

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 26, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey Blue!

If Mr. Suzuki looks at a called third strike, he will let you know.

by lemonverbena on Sep 26, 2009 12:15 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Yikes-- from a 2000 Japan Times article

On May 6, the man who is supposed to be the leader of the Chunichi Dragons, Senichi Hoshino, leads the charge as his team attacks umpire Atsushi Kittaka. Kittaka had just called infielder Kazuyoshi Tatsunami out on strikes in the seventh inning of a game against the Yokohama BayStars, and when Tatsunami took exception with the call and pushed the ump, Kittaka had no choice but to throw the offender out of the game. With that, Tatsunami got more angry, and manager Hoshino, instead of coming out to be a peacemaker and pull away his irate player, came running out full tilt and slammed into Kittaka with a two-fisted body check. With that, naturally Hoshino had to be tossed, too, but as the field boss didn’t calm down, his troops continued to pummel the helpless ump. Worst of all was a cheap-shot kick from behind by reserve outfielder Takayuki Onishi which caught Kittaka in his ribs and fractured two of them.

This melee is reminiscent of the one on June 5, 1997, when then-Chunichi power-hitter Yasuaki Taihoh hit American umpire Mike DiMuro across the chest with a forearm after DiMuro had ejected Taihoh for questioning a called third strike. In that case, too, Hoshino did not act as a peacemaker, but added fuel to the fire by berating and even pushing DiMuro several times, until DiMuro was rescued from the frenzied Chunichi players by the two Dragons gaijin players, Alonzo Powell and Leo Gomez.

Until now, the worst case of violence against umpires in Japan was the vicious beating of Isao Okada, who was hit and kicked by Hanshin Tigers coaches Ikuo Shimano and Takeshi Shibata until Okada collapsed on the ground. [all caught on tv] The date was Aug. 31, 1982, and initially it was announced by commissioner Takeso Shimoda that Shimano and Shibata were suspended for life, but in an it-can-only-happen-in-Japan scenario, both coaches were back in uniform the following season after saying “gomen nasai.”

by msb on Sep 26, 2009 12:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

In this image

the pitch looks well off the plate. Is PitchFx that inaccurate, or does this prove how deceptive the center field camera angle is?

by lemonverbena on Sep 26, 2009 12:25 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Camera angle

That’s a pitch that’s almost always called a strike on a lefty.

by Jeff on Sep 26, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whether it's always called a strike is irrelevant

But this pitch really wasn’t bad.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Sep 26, 2009 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He drew a line with his bat

That’s pretty much automatic.

by Jeff on Sep 26, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ahh, I see.

I wonder if this is also the first time Ichiro has looked at 3 straight strikes in an AB.

by hcoguy on Sep 26, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hehehe, go Ichiro.

A Mariners fan in Seattle

by Coach Owens on Sep 26, 2009 12:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Shannon was laughing on the post-game show

… saying one of her favorite things is to watch Ichiro walk off the field after a strike out, his body language saying YOU did not strike me out, I struck myself out by my own choice

by msb on Sep 26, 2009 2:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I like how Don handles this kind of jerk.

Or that situation a couple months back, where the runner on 3rd broke for home before Gutz caught the ball in CF. The runner clearly didn’t tag up, Wak said something, but nothing was done. So he had the pitcher throw the ball the 3rd, and the base tagged.

Doesn’t do anything during the game, but gives him the high ground for an appeal. Whatever happens there, for all I know the union and the league circular file complaints.

by Kermit. on Sep 26, 2009 7:02 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I don't remember, I wasn't paying that close of attention. The announcers voice sounded off.

Not the usual chatter tone of voice for between batters. I looked it up later in the highlight video, but honestly can’t say. After the pitcher had the ball back, the ump was looking towards the dugout so maybe Wakamatsu was talking to him. Then the pitcher stepped towards 3B and tossed the ball, he tagged the bag and that was the end of it.

Kind of an odd situation, slow game or something as it didn’t garner much, if any, attention in the GT. Kind of a surprise, the video showed the runner clearly 3 or 4 steps off the bag and running to home before Gutz even had the ball. It didn’t show were the 3B umpire was looking.

by Kermit. on Sep 27, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

By the announcers voice, I mean I tune out the games until the announcers voice brings me back to it.

They use different tones and pitches for different things, you don’t even consciously notice it after awhile.

by Kermit. on Sep 27, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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