Winker gets ejected, and hits his teammate in the head with his helmet, a breakdown.
What Happened
In the bottom of the ninth inning of a close game between the New York Mets and the Cincinnati Reds, Reds outfielder Jesse Winker steps up to the plate. Cincinnati Reds pitcher Noah Syndergaard delivers a pitch that home plate umpire Marty Foster calls a strike. Winker reacts with disbelief, muttering "Oh my god" under his breath. Foster immediately confronts Winker, asking if he said something. Winker insists he did not, but the umpire in the background can be heard telling Foster to eject Winker. Foster resists at first, but the crew chief, Ron Kulpa, intervenes and quickly ejects Winker from the game. As Winker walks towards the dugout, the Mets fans in the stands begin waving goodbye to him, recalling an incident in the previous game where Winker had waved goodbye to the crowd after making a game-saving catch. Clearly frustrated, Winker angrily removes his helmet and flings it, accidentally striking Reds pitcher Hunter Greene in the head. Winker immediately regrets his actions, apologizing to Greene and saying he did not intend to hit him. Greene appears to accept the apology, but the damage has been done and Winker's emotional outburst has now resulted in him being ejected from the game and potentially facing further disciplinary action. The incident highlights the passion and intensity that can arise in the heat of a close baseball game, as well as the need for players and officials to maintain composure and professionalism, even in the most tense and competitive situations. As the Mets and Reds continue to battle on the field, the focus will now shift to how Winker and the Reds organization will respond to this unfortunate episode.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentwe got an injection top nine in this
Mets Reds game
Jesse Winker was the hero two games ago
made a game saving catch the day before
syndergaard throwing the pitch boom
calls the strike now first and foremost
this pitch when they show that over the
plate look it's actually it's pretty
much there the catcher just tests like a
horrible job presenting it but it's it's
close enough calls it a strike and oh my
god now he doesn't say anything to the
up but he does kind of look his way
after saying oh my god Marty foster pops
out says what you say the guy in the
background says throw him out he's like
I didn't say anything new I didn't say
anything this is alright shut up get in
the box
it's like no don't tell me what the [ __ ]
can do I didn't say anything there the
guy in the background says toss him out
and in terms of the coach that Tom
Cruise style in a risky business just
slide into the front door and it's
underwear no don't do it what you're
saying I didn't [ __ ] say anything you
what did I say get out of your way or
I'm dealing just that Marty that's
[ __ ] Marty horrible right there and
then Ron Kulpa the crew chief he comes
in and they start doing this dance
here's like stop stop stop stop get side
step you all day dude stop stop stop
he's upset there's a quick ejection you
didn't really say anything you and
that's what he says but look he got weak
telling you to go in the dugout please
like calm down man when you have plea
telling you to calm down yeah that's
that's a weird time in your life and
he's pissed Kulpa calms him down they
walk away now all the Mets fans are
waving goodbye to wanker waving goodbye
to link your wanna know why cuz the game
before wanker made the games the game
ending catch and he waved goodbye to the
fans in this kind of like fun but also
douchey depending on which side of the
fence you're on way so the fans had
their fun back and waved at him as he
got rejected he tosses his helmet pops
up and hits his pitcher in the head and
now he's got to come back and say sorry
man I didn't mean Nate you with my
helmet
the pitchers like dude get the [ __ ] out
of here everything gets such and he's
like no seriously bro I'm sorry man I
didn't mean it yeah okay cool yeah yeah
I'm so good yeah good