Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon did not say a thing right after a strike call he disagreed with in the third inning of Washington’s 3-2 loss to the New York Mets on Saturday.Flipping his bat was enough to get Rendon tossed by umpire Marty Foster.
“I don’t think my mouth even opened to chew gum,” Rendon said. “It’s pretty funny. It’s comical, to say the least. He had a vendetta out for me or something.”
Moments after Rendon was kicked out, so was Dave Martinez, earning his first ejection as a manager and then offering an old-school protest by throwing his cap and kicking up dirt.