This has to be a first.
Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg got tossed from Thursday’s game against the New York Mets. He was sitting in the stands. On his day off.
Wait, what?
The incident occurred with two outs in the bottom of the third inning and the bases loaded as Mets slugger Pete Alonso was at-bat. Strasburg appeared to argue balls and strikes from the stands — standard behavior that generally doesn’t get a fan kicked out of a game.
But this wasn’t a standard situation, nor a standard fan.