What Is Up With Offense Arguing Strike Calls?!!?

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TOM CAT

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I saw it Monday when Dodger Ethier argued a strike call and was not thrown out against the Cards and just now when Riggleman, Mgr of the Nats, argued a strike call then went to the 3rd base ump to argue with him before getting tossed.
Only the Catcher can ASK the home plate ump to appeal to the 3rd base ump.
Offense arguing a ball/strike call is supposed to be an automatic ejection.
Why are they allowing it?
Now Adam Dunn did it just now! No ejection. Whats up?!!
Y/A Suggested Categorie: Law & Ethics.
 
The Riggleman thing was not about called strike but was the ball fouled at the plate. He was asking Joe West to get help but JOe told him he had it all the way. When riggleman walked down to Paul Nauert he knew he was going to get tossed because he already had his say. Going to another umpire is a definite ticket to showerville.

It was not about ball/strike call but a foul/missed swing which does have a little more leeway.

You can ask about a location but when the umpire states plainly, "I told you what I had and now we are going on" then anything else gains an ejection.

Make up your minds baseball fans. Do you want the ejections or are the umpires too trigger happy?
 
first off. it matters on what players and managers arugign over and sound more like he went to argue a check swing which is terms of ejection.
 
i don't know why they are allowing it but i like it. if an ump misses a call, they deserve to hear it from the players and managers.
 
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