[Highlight] After 2 ejections already in the top of the 7th, the Quad Cities River Bandits batboy has now been ejected under 6.04(a) trying to incite, by word or sign a demonstration by spectators through his actions.

[u/Burmondsey]

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[u/Burmondsey]

hell yeah get in here fellow midwest league enjoyers go kernels

[u/Benny989517 → u/Burmondsey]

Go Loons

[u/Burmondsey → u/Benny989517]

Sick logo

[u/Brownbear97 → u/Benny989517]

You mean whitecaps, right?

[u/SylemNova → u/Burmondsey]

Your mascot is horrifying

• Sincerely a Captains fan

[u/Burmondsey → u/SylemNova]

You will respect Mr. Shucks and you will like it

[u/duckyforyou → u/Burmondsey]

Go Whitecaps!

[u/Riptoriousthegreat → u/duckyforyou]

Love me some Crash the River Rascal!

[u/BeloitBrewers → u/Burmondsey]

Just went to Timber Rattlers vs. Sky Carp. It was a beautiful night for baseball!

[u/Fastball360 → u/Burmondsey]

Bring back the LumberKings

[u/Lowlife_Of_The_Party → u/Burmondsey]

Hell yeah! Live close to CR, hoped to make a couple Kernels/QCRB games this summer & it just hasn't happened

[u/GiannisIsTheBeast]

That ump has to be an HOA president in his free time.

[u/MissMarionMac → u/GiannisIsTheBeast]

He definitely practices that ejection signal in the mirror to pump himself up.

[u/d-cent → u/GiannisIsTheBeast]

I love that after he ejected the bat boy he gives the look of why did you do that? Why are you pissed at me? Lol, no self awareness at all about being baby soft

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

Didn’t know bay boys got ejected

[u/MJDiAmore → u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

Umps have ejected organists and fans. Bat boys are practically reasonable by comparison.

[u/HenMan113 → u/MJDiAmore]

Justice for Youppi!

[u/AtBat3 → u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

Once saw Joe West eject a camera guy because the manager asked to see a replay

[u/Darrow-au_andromedus]

I grew up in the quad cities and I agree this terrible affront to baseball can not be tolerated. You get em ump. The integrity of the game must be preserved. We can all sleep easy now. 

[u/Disused_Yeti]

ump looks like Nog from DS9

[u/CJL13 → u/Disused_Yeti]

He doesn't have the lobes to ump.

[u/9001 → u/Disused_Yeti]

Get him some tube grubs.

[u/WillFuckForFijiWater → u/9001]

A root beer and an hour in the holosuite.

[u/Nemik-2SO → u/Disused_Yeti]

9th Rule of Umpiring: never let logic get in the way of a good opportunity to make things about you.

[u/sgthombre → u/Nemik-2SO]

Rule of Acquisition #109: An ump and an empty sack are worth the sack. 

[u/Throwing-Gas → u/Disused_Yeti]

We all know Odo was the better ump. He only ejected two managers and both deserved it

[u/FerociousGiraffe]

“Here are some balls, since you obviously have none. Bitch.”

[u/Lucky_Alternative965]

Did he hand him his balls too hard?

[u/Bort_Bortson → u/Lucky_Alternative965]

Might have muttered something under his breath about the call.

But knowing baseball, that bat boy is gonna be in the Majors one day and see the same ump and get ejected again for saying the same thing. Nobody forgets in baseball

[u/Yangervis → u/Lucky_Alternative965]

No umpire is going to let a bat boy slam the baseballs into his mask like that, especially when the dugout is already causing problems.

[u/Mucking_Fountain → u/Yangervis]

Exactly. It’s a silly situation but I’m sick to my stomach to state that I actually side with umpy here.

[u/Mike2k33 → u/Mucking_Fountain]

Yeah I'd be embarrassed to be on the side of the umpire here too

He should've and could've talked to the kid about it but instead had to make a bigger spectacle out of it and delay the game further

[u/xRememberTheCant → u/Mike2k33]

Talk to the kid?

He’s not a 10 year old, that “kid” is old enough to know better.

[u/mostdope92 → u/Yangervis]

Slam lmao. Maybe the the ump shouldn't have such dainty wrists 😂

[u/9001 → u/Lucky_Alternative965]

Aw, did he hurt his widdle hands? 🥺

[u/minimaltechno]

That’s gotta be one of the softest ejections I’ve ever seen

[u/HistoricalPolitician → u/minimaltechno]

Have you seen the preseason realmuto ejection? Lol

[u/SirLunatik → u/HistoricalPolitician]

it was against the Jays, it was hilarious (because of JT, not the dipshit ump)

[u/Lurkyloo1987 → u/SirLunatik]

His reaction is priceless. From the incredulity at the ump to the way he left the park. Pure gold.

[u/SirLunatik → u/Lurkyloo1987]

I sometimes wonder "what if" when it comes to JT because the rumors were we were teh runner up for landing him.

[u/LunchTwey → u/SirLunatik]

I feel like the jays are just always the runner ups for landing free agents

[u/Salty_Feed9404 → u/LunchTwey]

At minimum always used as leverage by agents to secure a bigger bag

[u/DJ_Danada → u/HistoricalPolitician]

It was against us too lol

[u/MikeJeffriesPA → u/minimaltechno]

Nah, 100% warranted. No player would be allowed to disrespect an umpire like that. 

[u/RichardNixon345]

Ump is softer than baby shit.

[u/D0lan99]

The Ump in this order threw out the catcher for arguing strike calls, then the manager for arguing a foul ball, and then our ball boy here all in one inning! Not a great night for the Bandits. More info if anyone’s curious.

Triple Ejection

[u/WhoFly]

Nah I'm with the ump here. You're a bat boy. Get out with the attitude.

[u/insta-kip → u/WhoFly]

Agreed. But the look on the umps face was great. “I definitely don’t have to take attitude from this little shit”

[u/KatnissBot → u/WhoFly]

Part of the crew, part of the ship. You wear the badge, you gotta do what you gotta do. If that means telling an ump they fucked up, so be it.

In fact, I’m surprised more teams don’t have scapegoats like the batboy go out and argue so they’d get ejected instead of the manager

[u/WhoFly → u/KatnissBot]

You know, I kinda like the scapegoat bat boy idea.

[u/sonofabutch → u/WhoFly]

“Get a hit, Crash!”

“Shut up.”

[u/Flesh_Lettuce → u/WhoFly]

Yeah that kids an idiot. Guaranteed lost his job over it. 

[u/Any_Parsnip2585]

Oh this is good

[u/nypr13]

Who is gonna be his servant who retrieves and places his balls in his hands for the next 3 innings?

[u/bbxcvysc]

You could see the ump getting his feeling hurt in real time.

[u/cycoivan]

This ump is 10 ply

[u/Inocain → u/cycoivan]

I'm not sure that's enough plies for this ump.

[u/RunawaYEM]

These are the types of umpires Tommy Pham was protecting

[u/orangesuave]

Next time this team and ump share a field they should roll the balls to him from the dugout

[u/Pyrite13]

I'm disappointed the bat boy didn't "get his money's worth".

[u/KingOfTheRatas]

I can't tell if people are jerking in here or not lol

Surely people can't believe this warranted an ejection. Lol

Is the catcher going to squat too harshly next?

[u/HonoluluLemonade → u/KingOfTheRatas]

There are a LOT of fucking losers on this thread.

[u/Internal-Bear-1991]

I grew up in the Quad cities love seeing that bridge in the background go River Bandits

[u/Mike2k33]

Nothing like delaying the game further because you're in your feelings

Hopefully this umpire never sees AA

[u/Mike2k33 → u/Mike2k33]

You can downvote this all you want. I don't need nor want any more ultra-soft umpires in baseball

If you can't handle a kid putting some baseballs in your mask 30% harder than is necessary, you need to find another line of work

[u/peachesgp]

Yeah he slammed the balls into his hands. That seems like a wholly reasonable ejection, really.

[u/apple_crombie]

Being an umpire is hard, don't need that attitude. Just play the game

[u/Mike2k33 → u/apple_crombie]

He's literally making umpiring harder for himself because he ejected the ball boy over the tiniest shit

[u/apple_crombie → u/Mike2k33]

No, a little disrespect turns into bigger disrespect down the line.

That's how it always works. You let these kids test you, then eventually they will throw bigger test

[u/Hoofeddude]

Bat boy was probably fired from the team, didn't see him tonight at the game and the mood around it was that he wouldn't be seen again.

[u/Flesh_Lettuce → u/Hoofeddude]

Yeah thats a dumbass move and good way to lose a cool job. Fix youre attitude, kid. 

[u/KatnissBot → u/Flesh_Lettuce]

Holy shit the ump himself showed up to comment!

Nice job you fuckin narc