Gabe Kapler went more than 230 games in his managerial career without being ejected from a game. And now he’s been ejected twice in the span of four days.
Kapler was tossed from Tuesday’s Philadelphia Phillies-New York Mets game by umpire Joe West after protesting a decision.
Wilmer Font had just given up back-to-back home runs to the Phillies, blowing a 5-2 edge in the sixth as Philly took a 7-5 lead. After surrendering the two homers, Font hit Scott Kingery with a pitch high on the shoulder.
Rather than immediately eject Font, West issued warnings to both sides. That left the Phillies in a bad spot; not only was Font spared an ejection, but if the Phillies tried to exact revenge by hitting a Mets player, their player would have been tossed. Kapler came out to argue and was quickly ejected.
Kapler seemed to have a good case for being upset.
Kapler was also ejected on Saturday against the Marlins, coincidentally on a play also involving Kingery being hit.
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