Third base umpire Ryan Blakney gave this ejection his all and Brandon Crawford wasn’t even paying attention to it!
On Wednesday, in between the second and third innings of the San Francisco Giants game against the San Diego Padres, Crawford was surprisingly ejected from the game while arguing with Blakney as the team was taking its places on the field. The tiff between the two started earlier on in the bottom of the second, when Blakney called out Crawford on a check swing and the shortstop exchanged words with the umpire on his way off.
From the replay, it’s pretty clear Crawford held off on his swing, but was still rung up for a strike out all the same.
Here's the "swing" call Crawford was not happy about ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/SPeAUZeqCL
— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) August 31, 2022
Then when the Giants were taking the field to start the third, Crawford continued to argue with Blakney over the missed call. The argument was enough for Blakney to eject Crawford with emphasis, all while the shortstop had his back turned!
Brandon Crawford was ejected between innings. He was upset about a call during his at-bat but this feels like an extremely soft ejection by third base ump Ryan Blakney: pic.twitter.com/325WeFH8E5
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) August 31, 2022
Given that Blakney was praised highly for his near-perfect game back in June, the missed call — and subsequent hilarious ejection — are a stark reminder that nobody is perfect.
