When people pay money to go to a Major League Baseball game they are not doing so to watch the umpires. Sometimes the league’s umpires need reminded of that, that is especially true for Derek Thomas, the home plate umpire of Sunday’s game between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs (which the Tigers won, 4-0).
Thomas ejected both Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner and manager Craig Counsell in the top of the fifth inning following a called third strike against Hoerner.
After the game Hoerner explained that after the called third strike (which was off the plate), he turned to Thomas and said “you are having a really bad day.”
The broadcast microphones picked up the exchange, and Hoerner wasn’t lying about what he said.
