Joe Girardi tells the ump to clean up his act after getting ejected, a breakdown
What Happened
The Philadelphia Phillies are in a tight playoff race as they take on the Washington Nationals at Citizens Bank Park. In the bottom of the ninth inning, with the Phillies trailing by one run, Roman Quinn steps up to the plate against Nationals pitcher Aníbal Sánchez. Quinn attempts to lay down a bunt, but struggles to make contact, eventually working the count to 2-2. On the next pitch, Sánchez unleashes a nasty 69 mph curveball that catches the bottom of the strike zone. Umpire #115 calls it strike three, ringing up Quinn. The young outfielder immediately disagrees with the call, arguing that the pitch was low. The umpire firmly warns Quinn that one more word will result in his ejection from the game. Undeterred, Quinn continues to voice his displeasure and the umpire follows through on his threat, tossing Quinn from the contest. Phillies manager Joe Girardi rushes out to defend his player, pushing Quinn away and pleading with the umpire. "Come on, you really going to toss him? I'm trying my best over here," Girardi says. The umpire holds firm, informing Girardi that he cannot argue balls and strikes. Girardi shifts the conversation to the pitch itself, telling the umpire, "It was down, you know it's a bad call." The umpire responds sternly, saying, "Hey, hey, hey, you don't talk to Ump #115 that way," before ejecting Girardi as well. As Girardi leaves the field, he can be heard delivering a parting message to the umpire: "Clean up your act. This is a big game for us, we need you to be good, not bad." Replays show that Sánchez's curveball was indeed a well-executed pitch that caught the bottom of the strike zone. The Phillies ultimately fall to the Nationals, despite Girardi's impassioned defense of his players. The heated exchange between the manager and the umpire underscores the high stakes and intensity of the late-season playoff push.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentphillies are hunting a playoff spot
they're facing the gnats who aren't
hunting anything just sitting back with
their ring on from last year looking
pretty not doing anything
just losing games but having fun roman
quinn's trying to lay down a bunt this
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and he can't he just feels so
uncomfortable he gets himself to two
strikes now he was showing bunt
pulling back showing pulling back bunt
foul bunt foul two two he's swinging
away now drops to a knee
fouls that one back and then he's gonna
get this pitch he's gonna foul that one
back as well it's two to two now he sees
that
69 mile per hour change up and then gets
rung up
on this nasty pitch by annie ball
sanchez is it a strike
it's enough of a strike that you can't
complain it's a real nice pitch but
roman quinn's gonna complain he's gonna
walk away he's go
come on that's [ __ ] down
that's down and the um says hey you say
another word
and i will eject you from this game and
i mean it
and roman quinn says come on and then he
turns around and guess and says [ __ ]
down
and then the um says i meant it i'm
number i'm ump
115 and i mean what i say
so joe girardi comes out and he pushes
roman away and he says come on you
really going to toss him
come on i mean i'm trying my best over
here and then at this point joe gerardi
changes the subject to the pitch itself
probably
and he says it was down you know it's a
bad call and the um says hey hey hey
you don't talk to um 115 that way so he
throws him out
can't argue balls and strikes and then
we have audio of what george ardy says
here and it's just delightful
[Music]
just i mean joe just laying it on
in just such a nice wholesome way
clean up your act this is a big game for
us
we need you to be good not bad
really nice pitch by andy bal sanchez
really nice pitch and joe says clean up
your act
annie ball gets out of it and then
that's that and then the phillies lost a
couple more and then they won
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for strike three clean up your act
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