Toronto Blue Jays pitching coach Pete Walker lost his temper on umpire Joe West and got ejected from Wednesday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Jays lost the finale of a three-game series with the Rays 7-1. Jays pitcher Ryan Borucki was ejected for hitting Kevin Kiermaier with a pitch in the eighth inning. The hit-by-pitch was retribution for Kiermaier taking a dropped scouting report card the Blue Jays had made. Tampa Bay declined to return the dropped scouting report card to Toronto, which upset the Blue Jays.
One of the best parts about Wednesday’s ejection was seeing Walker losing it on West.
Man, was he heated!
The Blue Jays had really no basis for being so upset when it was their catcher who dropped the scouting report. It becomes fair game as soon as you drop it on the playing field. And that pitch was absolutely intentional, so Toronto really has no argument.
But Jays fans probably love the passion coming from Walker.
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