Texas Rangers C Yorvit Torrealba Slaps Ump

The Texas Rangers will look into an incident involving catcher Yorvit Torrealba that occurred in a winter-league game in Venezuela. In the game Friday, Torrealba struck out swinging and then got into an argument with the home-plate umpire. Torrealba then took a swing with his right hand and hit Dario Rivera Jr. in the mask. Rivera received medical attention on the field but remained...

Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba was tossed from a Venezuelan League game after slapping an umpire in the mask while arguing at home plate. Torrealba swung and missed on strike three then proceeded to argue with Dario Rivera Jr. over the previous call. He eventually lost his cool, smacking Rivera in the protective mask and forcing the umpire to toss him from the game. A punishment...

Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba is doing the winter ball thing in Venezuela, and apparently the warm climate is only managing to anger up Torrealba’s blood, as witnessed by this heated argument he has with the home plate umpire during Friday’s Caracas/Caribes game. After a horrible looking swing on strike three, the Caracas catcher turned and started jawing with umpire...

Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba has lost it. This #fatty was playing for the Leones del Caracas of the Venezuelan League on Friday and as went down swinging on a breaking ball, he immediately began to beef with home plate umpire Dario Rivero, Jr over a disputed strike call earlier in the at-bat. Torrealba then ******* at the ump for like fifteen seconds before he pimp smacked...

Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba has been suspended 66 games by the Venezuelan League on Monday for striking an umpire. The suspension spans the remainder of this season and all of the next in the Venezuelan League. Torrealba was ejected from a game after slapping an umpire in the mask while arguing at home plate. The 33-year-old Torrealba struck out and then argued with...

Well this probably isn't how the Rangers expected Yorvit Torrealba to spend his time in the Venezuelan winter league. Torrealba took a beef over an earlier call by umpire Dario Rivero Jr. way, way too far earlier today. After striking out swinging, Torrealba turned around, started screaming at the Rivero before hitting the umpire square in the face. Video of the incident after...

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Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba struck a home plate umpire in the face after striking out in a Venezuelan League game on Friday.

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The Rangers catcher's physically expressed frustration at a prior strike call earned him 66 games in Venezuelan winter ball, which is the rest of this season and all of next. We wonder how broken up he is about it, considering his son was kidnapped in his home country a few years back, and the worst thing he's ever had to deal with in MLB was a dugout fart cloud. [ESPNDallas...

Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba has been suspended from Venezuela's professional baseball league for 66 games for striking an umpire. Torrealba was arguing with the home-plate umpire Friday after striking out. He angrily put a hand on the umpire's mask and shoved him. He was then ejected.

HBT: Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba will miss the rest of this Venezuelan Winter League season and all next (66 games) for attacking an ump.