“I’m just doing my job,” that is what home plate umpire Brian Gorman told Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle after ejecting both him and Joe Musgrove in the 1st inning of Monday night’s loss against the Atlanta Braves. No, Brian, what you did is not your job. In fact, you, and most MLB umpires, do the complete opposite of your job most nights.
Musgrove was ejected for doing his job. With a Braves runner in scoring position and two outs in the inning, he was pitching inside to Atlanta third baseman Josh Donaldson in an effort to retire him.