Manager gets ejected for telling the umpire to stand up for himself a breakdown

now second and third. Wow. Let's go

Brewers. That's the go-ahead run on

second base in the eighth inning. They

bring the infield in and they get a

ground ball right to him. He doesn't go

home though. He goes back to third. He's

out. No, wait. Time. Time. I'd like to

think about it. And Jackson Cheerio

stands up, turns to his dugout, he's

like, "Hey, he got me." Yeah, you know,

he blocked me. So Pat Murphy, Brewers

manager, comes out and he says he can't

stand on the front of the base like

that. Yeah, okay. Yeah, we're we're

going to go talk about it. I already did

the whole thing where I said time. So he

gets together with his buddies and he's

like, I saw it, but I didn't call it,

but what do you guys think? Shelty's

looking out like, are we going to get

screwed here? What's going on? You said

out. Murphy's waiting patiently. And

Royce Lewis is asking his teammates

about the rule because he's like usually

out in front, but I was just right on

it. He's saying I was on the base. I

wasn't in front of it. So, let's take a

look. This obstruction rule they changed

in 2024 to put emphasis on unless he

absolutely has to be there. He needs to

give the runner a lane to the bag. We

don't want them blocking the cleats

anymore because it just leads to injury

and nonsense. So, he's right. His heel

is on the bag, but his foot is in front

of the bag. Now, what the rule wants is

they want him not here. That is

obstruction. He's in front of the bag.

He's blocking the pathway to the bag.

They want him behind the front of the

bag. And that just like that. And the

emphasis is on the fielder. They

basically say, "Don't make this a hard

call for the umpire. You get your feet

on the side of that bag and behind the

front of the bag. Otherwise, it's

obstruction no matter what. Doesn't

matter that you tagged him first.

Obstruction overrules everything. You

know, it's a quick play and he's got to

get his feet back. So, it's hard to know

where your feet are, I guess. Like, I

don't even know if he wants to be

standing on the bag, but clearly he does

block the pathway to the bag even though

the runner was out already. Obstruction

overrules that. You can see him grimace

because he takes a cleat to the leg. So,

ultimately, per the rule, they get this

call correct. Now, Jordan Baker, he

called him out originally and then

Jordan Baker went and asked for help.

And that is not something Derek Shelton

thinks is cool. They're going to turn

and they say, "We had obstruction." Yep.

Hey, you score, which I'll get to that

later. So, he scores because of the

obstruction and the Brewers tied the

game in the eighth. Now, Shelty is not

happy about how this went down. He says,

"You have to make that call. Not them,

Jordan." No, you didn't. YOU GOT WITH

THE OH, THAT'S

That's

No, you did not get the call right.

That's

You tell them there was nothing

there. Cuz if it's not, then we have a

issue. What Sheldy's saying

there is, hey, if you get together with

the umps, you tell them what you called.

You called them out, so you should be

telling them, I didn't see anything, but

what did you guys think? And he's

saying, cuz if I go watch this and it's

not there, we've got A PROBLEM. THAT'S

TERRIBLE. And now Baker says,

"You're gone." BOOM. NO. THAT.

that. You got together with them. They

made the call. That's your call. No,

that's your call. If you call

it, don't get together. That's

It's

And he's ejected. And Jordan Baker's

like, "I've had enough, man. I wasn't

positive. I went and asked help and we

got the call right. Isn't that what you

always want?" And then Shelty comes

back. He's like, "Hey, he scores even if

he's going back." Yeah, he always

scores. even if he's going back, which I

don't fully understand that. I mean, I

understand the rule and you would say

he's safe because of the obstruction.

But obstruction says you automatically

advance one base. I guess they just

really don't want players to be doing it

and making them make these calls, but it

seems ridiculous that he would score on

that and not just be safe at third. And

that's what happened afterwards. Shelty

with a different demeanor said, "It's a

really tough call. He's behind the bag.

I understand. I just don't like the way

the rule was written. So, Cooler Heads

prevailed a little bit. As for the game,

the go-ahead run is on second. Still no

outs. And we've got just absolute crush

double. That's going to score one run.

It doesn't score the other, but the

Brewers take the lead after the

controversial call. They go on to win

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