Castellanos and Bell get ejected in the first inning, a breakdown
What Happened
In the bottom of the first inning of a crucial matchup between the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies, tensions are high as both teams fight for a playoff spot. Cincinnati Reds outfielder Nick Castellanos steps up to the plate, looking to build on the Reds' early 1-0 lead. The first pitch from Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is a curveball that Castellanos fouls off down the third base line. The second pitch, a curveball outside the strike zone, does not get the chase from Castellanos, and the umpire calls it a ball. On the third pitch, a borderline curveball, the umpire rings up Castellanos for the strikeout. Castellanos immediately expresses his disagreement, claiming the pitch was outside the zone. Castellanos begins kicking and laughing in the umpire's face, saying, "Really, you're going to call that a strike?" The umpire warns Castellanos, but the irate outfielder continues, telling the umpire, "You're really bad at your job." This leads to Castellanos being ejected from the game by the umpire. Reds manager David Bell rushes out to defend his player, arguing that the pitches were indeed balls and that the umpire should not have ejected Castellanos for simply expressing his frustration. Bell explains, "Those were balls off the plate, and he told me I was bad at my job. I don't eject them from my life when fans tell me that." The umpire stands his ground, telling Bell, "You can't say that to me. That's personal." The argument escalates, and the umpire ultimately ejects Bell as well, stating, "I had to. You had to be thrown out of the game." Bell is incredulous, arguing, "No, you just want to throw me out of the game because you can." The umpire stands firm, and Bell reluctantly heads to the dugout, clearly frustrated by the quick ejections of both himself and Castellanos. This heated exchange early in the game sets the tone for a tense and emotional matchup between the Reds and Phillies, as both teams fight to keep their playoff hopes alive.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentwe've got two teams the reds and the
phillies both looking to get into the
playoffs tensions are high this was last
week the reds took an early one-nothing
lead on a home run by jonathan india and
now castiano steps to the plate he's
gonna get ejected after this at bat
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get into it the first pitch of the
at-bat a little curveball
fouled down the line to the third base
coach barehand grab throws it into the
crowd having the most fun curveball
outside does not get the chase umpire
asks for it which feels rude wasn't even
close then that gets called to strike
and castiano starts kicking like an
angry horse then he looks at him and
then he laughs in his face and says
really you're gonna say that that was a
strike okay
now the 1-2 same pitch really nice
pitching by nola to just go back to that
spot even goes a little more off the
plate and the umpire rings him up
castiano says really and then he says
you're really bad at your job
i think that's what he said
really bad at your job and the
umpire says hey you can't say that to me
that's personal
manager comes out to protect him he saw
it happen oh get out of here
i'm gonna get out of here again
let's see the replay
it's off like the technology had it off
it's so
very
close
um but you know if you have good command
of the zone
you expect to get the calls that are
just borderline so well cassianis
expects to get that one but it's it's a
really nice pitch by nola and now bell's
gonna let him know why everyone's so mad
he says you know why because those were
balls
those are balls off the plate
and then he's talking talking why
why he says well he told me i was bad at
my job i don't give a
i've been called out worse than that
fans tell me i'm bad at my job all the
time i don't eject them from my life
umpire's like well you can't say that's
personal it's not about the game it's
about me so the ump grabs him puts his
hand behind his back and says why don't
you go that way you're out of here now
bell's like what you ran me you just ran
me and goes yeah i did he says no no i
had to you had to throw me out of the
game yeah you've got to be
kidding me you know what it is that you
don't get you don't have to throw me out
of the game right there
you just want to throw me out of the
game
that's what you don't get he's like no i
had to i was telling you and he's like
no no no you just want to he's like
if you say so all right and then you're
going to throw me out of the game
because you can
because you can
that's why
that's why you threw me out i wonder if
it would be beneficial if baseball did
have like an official warning like a
yellow flag and then a red flag instead
of just boom ejected
just boom ejected
the rules say i can eject you at any
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