MLB managers get ejected from time to time, but usually wait until well after the first pitch to get tossed from the dugout.
Blue Jays hitting coach Guillermo Martínez thought he’d try something different: getting the boot before the game began.
Prior to the start of Wednesday’s afternoon tilt between the Blue Jays and the White Sox, Martínez delivered Toronto’s lineup card to the umpiring squad at home plate. Soon after the interaction began, a heated argument broke out and Martínez was seen getting ejected by first-base umpire Lance Barrett.
The ejection stems back to Tuesday when the Blue Jays fell to the White Sox 7–6 in a lengthy, 12-inning contest.