Don Kelly tells the umpire to watch the game, a breakdown
What Happened
Pirates and Reds playing in this one. We've got an absolute missed call, then an ejection.
Why This Matters
Don Kelly absolutely loses it on an ump who apparently decided to take a nap behind the plate, missing a clear strike call and then getting read the riot act for it. This is peak bench coach fury where a guy just snaps and tells the umpire to actually watch the damn game.
Nearly 80K people tuned in to watch Don Kelly give an umpire a reality check, landing this one at #1188 on the all-time breakdown rankings.
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Players: Don Kelly.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentPirates and Reds playing in this one.
We've got an absolute missed call, then
an ejection. This one is brought to you
by SeatGeek. And we got a Johan Suarez
finding his way into almost every video
I do. It's the year of Suarez. Swings
through that one. Then fouls that one to
the ball. Boy, makes a nice snag. Finds
the fan. Oh, finds the fan he wants to
get it to.
Nailed it. Boom. Feels great about it.
Yuheneo up and says, "Stam, I'm out."
And then, "No, you're not out." He says,
"Oh, yep. Okay, you're right. I was
wrong. You're right." Pitcher is just
like, "Oh, WOW." HE WALKED AWAY AS if he
had swung. Umpire said, "No, you're
good. Let's go.
That's [ __ ] bad.
You even watching?
Fuck."
Yeah. Here's the replay. And this is why
Suarez thought he went because he went
and this is the reaction in the dugout.
OH.
Oh my god. So, another view of it. It's
a swing. It's a swing. They're testing a
rule that standardizes this. I love I
love Suarez just nodding like, "No,
you're right, Doc. I I don't know why I
was walking away as if I was out. You're
totally right." And now they're barking
everywhere and they're telling them,
"Watch the game." Yeah.
Stop.
Watch the game. So, at first he was
telling the first base umpire, are you
even watching the game? Watch the game.
You blew the call. Now he's telling home
plate umpire Jordan Baker, stop looking
at me. Watch the game. So, he's telling
two different umps to watch the game for
two different reasons. Uh he says,
"Done. You're out. Ejected. Goodbye. Had
enough." And oh my god. All right. Now
I'm going to come yell at you because
you threw me out of the game. So instead
of getting off the field, I'm come on
the field. So what happens? You eject a
guy, tell him to leave. He actually
enters. Uh and he's going to let him
know you've been in the [ __ ] dugout
the whole time. Watch the [ __ ] game.
Oh, we're not even yelling at you. WE'RE
YELLING AT SOMEBODY ELSE. I DON'T GIVE A
[ __ ] YOU GOT TO BE [ __ ] ME. WATCH
THE [ __ ] GAME. He's like, "Oh, you
get out of here." He's like, "Well,
every time, man. [ __ ] game. Watch it.
Okay. Watch the [ __ ] game. Stop
looking
out because YOU'RE CHIRPING ALL NIGHT.
>> I HAVEN'T BEEN [ __ ] CHIRPING.
>> YEAH. Every time I look over here, stop
listening to me and just watch the game.
>> Get in the [ __ ] game.
Oh, now you're [ __ ] laughing. Yeah,
it's funny. You're that good, Jordan.
No, I'm not.
You're [ __ ] that good.
Well, then how did you just call a no
swing?
Yeah, you that good, Jordan. You missed
that call. He missed the [ __ ] call,
too. Why don't you [ __ ] pay
attention? Oh, you talking about me?
You're talking about me? Uh, I'm the
only umpire with facial hair, so uh
probably don't talk to me that way
because he [ __ ] took a full [ __ ]
swing. God walks off, made his point.
Other coach like, "All right, good job.
Let's get out of here." And they leave.
It was a bad call. And he did take a
full swing and he wants them to pay
attention. Fans are loving it. Yep. Oh,
yeah. Did you hear what he said? Did you
hear? Me neither. We're in the outfield.
Uh Suarez still up. New life. Thought he
struck out. Instead, hits a single. So,
it really uh it cost him some pitches by
the pitcher. It cost him a potential
rally. ended up not being a rally, but a
pitcher can't believe it. And wow,
67.
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