Man, in all my 7 years of watchin baseball I have never seen a manager and pitcher go at it like Royster & DeJean did. That was intense!!
That made me totally forget about Ausmus! He's like the posterboy for good behavior and I've never seen anyone as mad as he was in a long time. Kind of ironic that the Ausmus thing and the Royster/Dejean thing happened on the anniversary of the George Brett pine tar incident.
When Royster was barking at Kejean, I was like, maybe he's just screaming some encouragement. I was wrong lol.
I missed the end of the game also. I watched espn highlights and I think I saw what they were talking about. Near the end of the game a brewers pitcher gave up a hit and his manager came out to yank him. The two argued with each other. ARGUED LOUDLY! I also saw that Ausmus got real angry at a called safe after a throw at the plate. I saw it twice and it was still very close, but probably safe. Ausmus was ejected.(this was before the pitcher/manager thing.) You may have seen the Ausmus thing, I don't know when it happend.
well, mike dejean came in to close out the game but ended up giving up a run and loading the bases. the manager decided to pull him and mike wasn't too happy about it. they went at it almost like aumus and the home plate ump. pretty funny.
That whole Dejean and Royster thing was pretty sick. Royster leaned in and looked like he kissed him... ESPN said"Royster and Dejean made up after the game, i'm sure, they almost kissed during the game..." BTW, Ausmus had him. Ausmus is a gold glove catcher and is a very calm nice guy. Why in the world would he have gone crazy if he didnt feel his glove tag the runner?
Yes, he nipped his shoulder with the tag. But, at the same time, the runner reached his hand in to touch home plate. I'm a big Astros fan but I do believe he was safe after watching the replays. Ausmus even said he thought he was out cause he applied the tag but he wasn't even focused on where the runner's hand was. I'm sorry...but just because you have the ball ahead of the runner and you did apply the tag is irrelevant if the runner's hand touches home plate at the same time the tag was applied. I'm rooting for the Astros but I also believe in fairness. The ump had the best perspective on that call as he was right there. Yes, it could have gone either way but, to me, it completely looked like a tie when the tag was applied and when his hand touched homeplate. Therefore, got to go with safe. The Ausmus hissy fit that followed was totally out of character and uncalled for. It was pretty funny, though. Surf
Actually the ump didnt have the best perspective. Ausmus and was it Todd Hundley?? did. It's impossible for the ump to see if the tag was applied before the runner touched base or not though...
I don't know if he was safe or not, either call would've been right and open to debate. I just want to know what the hell Ausmus said to get ejected immediately. I've never seen a quicker toss.
Actually, since Ausmus was focused completely on applying the tag and wasn't even looking at the runner's hand, he may have been in position for the best perspective but he didn't have it because of where his attention was. The ump was right there. How could he not have as good a perspective? Yes, it's impossible for the ump to watch both the tag and the runner's hand at exactly the same time unless he can control each eyeball individually and focus one on the tag and one on the runner's hand. But, that's their job and they have to make a call. Ausmus arguing over it the way he did is not going to even change the call. Only Hundley knows if he were completely safe...but only if he felt that weak ass tag which barely nipped his shirt. He may not even know. When their that close, the right call is safe in my opinion. This is all Ausmus's fault anyway. If he would have protected the plate and applied the tag down low, then there wouldn't even be an issue. Instead, he tried to reach out and tag the player's upper body. He should have been b****ing himself out after that one.
The ump was in great position, and replays showed he more likely than not made the right call. Brad screwed up - if he does his job & blocks the plate the runner doesn't score, end of story.
