Umpires - S/D

hunter wendelstadt put on a real show in the bronx today

https://www.mlb.com/news/aaron-boone-ejected-in-first-inning-of-yankees-game-against-a-s

Hunter Wendelstedt showcasing some good old fashioned umpire insecurity early in this game today. The broadcast was showing Boone live as the ejection happened - he was merely chewing some gum lol

Absolutely unreal quote

More Hunter Wendelstedt: "Apparently what he said was there was a fan right above the dugout. This isn’t my first ejection. In the entirety of my career, I have never ejected a player or a manager for something a fan has said. I understand that’s going to be part of a story or…

— Bryan Hoch ⚾️ (@BryanHoch) April 22, 2024

More Hunter Wendelstedt: "Apparently what he said was there was a fan right above the dugout. This isn’t my first ejection. In the entirety of my career, I have never ejected a player or a manager for something a fan has said. I understand that’s going to be part of a story or something like that because that’s what Aaron was portraying. I heard something come from the far end of the dugout, had nothing to do with his area but he’s the manager of the Yankees. So he’s the one that had to go.”

Jomboy media broke this down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojqxAZuHrhM

Posnanski has a 10 Worst Strike Calls since 2018 rundown in today's (free) post:

https://open.substack.com/pub/joeposnanski/p/free-friday-going-to-the-dogs?r=1jtu0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

You can also read about how lousy his fantasy team is (last place).

(Only one of the 10 calls is you-know-who.)

Awful.

"Let's go!" — Umpire Rob Drake hollering at injured Byron Buxton to hustle off the field pic.twitter.com/atFUnHFP8J

— The Twins Almanac (@TwinsAlmanac) May 1, 2024

his twitter seems chill, idk

“I will be buying an AR-15 tomorrow, because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL WAR!!! #MAGA2020”

(it's long deleted, but the articles mention "yeah, so it's THIS guy")

Aaron Civale War