Daily News | Phillies’ J.T. Realmuto baffled by ejection from spring game: ‘It was a soft way to get thrown out’
Reliever Craig Kimbrel had just been called for a pitch-clock violation in the bottom of the fourth inning. Kimbrel asked for a new baseball. Realmuto, the Phillies’ catcher, reached back for a replacement from home plate umpire Randy Rosenberg. Then Realmuto saw Kimbrel’s eyes raise to the sky. He figured Rosenberg had thrown Kimbrel the new ball himself, so Realmuto retracted his glove.
As he reviewed the tape in the visitors’ clubhouse at TD Ballpark, Realmuto was less angry than incredulous. “How does he expect me to know he’s giving me the ball right there?” Realmuto asked. “I’m not even looking at him.”“I said, ‘Dude, I thought you were throwing the ball,’” Realmuto said. “He said, ‘I’m not gonna buy that.’”
Rosenberg is a triple-A umpire and a major league “call-up umpire” eligible for spring training games and as a fill-in during the regular season, according to MLB. Realmuto said he’d never crossed paths with Rosenberg before. “Now that I see why he got me ... it was perfect timing,” Realmuto. “First time I was ejected. It was a soft way to get thrown out.”
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