Giants' Melvin gets ejected before Sunday’s game even starts

San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin. Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

Giants' Bob Melvin gets ejected before Sunday’s game even starts

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Grey Papke | Last updated Jul 21, 2024 5:12 PM ET

San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin managed to get ejected from Sunday’s game before it even started.

Melvin made the unusual move to bring the lineup card out to the umpires himself prior to the start of the game against the Colorado Rockies. During the exchange, he began arguing with the umpires, culminating in a heated back-and-forth that got him ejected from the game.

Bob Melvin was ejected right before the game started after appearing to argue with the umpiring crew pic.twitter.com/UfSpSmq8AD

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It was not clear what, exactly, Melvin was upset about. Presumably, he still had issues with some call that happened in one of the previous two games of the series.

Getting ejected before a game can even start is rare, but not unprecedented. It happened to former Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price in 2015, for instance. Toronto Blue Jays hitting coach Guillermo Martinez also had it happen to him two years ago.

The Giants had lost the first two games of the series to Colorado and entered play Sunday at 47-52. Melvin is probably very frustrated with how things are going, and that may have fueled this.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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