On Wednesday afternoon, 19,026 fans poured in to Chase Field to watch Rob Drake umpire a baseball game. Drake gave them what they paid for, ejecting the NL's leading home run hitter for arguing about the fact that Drake refused to check with his third base umpire on a checked swing.
We'll answer the obvious question first. Yes... Bryce Harper swung. That's besides the point, though. In the seventh inning of a 5-5 game Wednesday, Harper attempted to check his swing on a 2-2 slider from Oliver Perez. He probably did go just a bit too far, but it certainly wasn't egregious.