Mild-manner Chicago Cubs utility man Ben Zobrist, the former Dallas Baptist star, was ejected Tuesday afternoon for the first time in his career after a prolonged argument with plate ump Phil Cuzzi.
Cuzzi punched out Zobrist in the sixth inning on a ball off the plate, and Zobrist was still steamed in his next at-bat in the ninth. As the bickering went on and on, Zobrist was given the heave after telling Cuzzi the following bit of gold:
“I just basically said that’s why we want an electronic strike zone.”
Texas Rangers infielder Jurickson Profar found that story humorous late Tuesday after he was on the wrong end of some missed calls in his first at-bat.