Homeplate umpire Fieldin Culbreth decided to be the star of the game as he ejected Randy Johnson in the second inning for complaining about a call. Here's the humble umpire describing the incident:
"I can assure you that nobody finds it exciting to come to the ballpark this time of year and have to eject Randy Johnson... Randy immediately came off the mound and had some choice words to say. I told him to knock it off and get back on the mound. He screamed again, an expletive and, `Just call it a strike.' And at that point he also screamed out, 'And the pitch to Wells was an expletive strike as well.' And at that point, I ejected him."And after the game Culbreth went directly to church. The way Culbreth describes everything, his decision to throw out Johnson sounds reasonable. Then you watch the video, where Culbreth throws off his mask and vehemently points at Johnson as he yells at him. It's another case of an umpire being confrontational.
Don't worry, a Yankee fan didn't hack into this site. I'm not defending a Yankee; I'm complaining about a bad umpire.
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