Ejection 006 - Greg Gibson the Home Plate Umpire Ejects Cubs' Borzello After Bad Blood Beanball

[@davidlamb1107]

Gotta love seeing Greg Gibson motioning to both players. Just like the old days.

[@travishopkins6539]

*Greg Gibson the home plate umpire

[@anonymouscommenter7689]

And the dodgers celebrating in their dugout.

[@BachBeethovenBerg]

😂

[@rebeccaellsbury73]

Only reason I clicked this was for the “motioning to both players” comments

[@CloseCallSports]

Well, we hope you enjoyed!

[@cumac44]

Love how the announcers actually define an illegal slide - and then say he didn’t do anything wrong.

[@JamieTheBangles11Fan]

God, I love the sound effects on the famous "get your moneys worth" line.

[@Crichtonator1982]

Greg Gibson is really good, he's to the point and very detailed. Great umpire.

[@charlitoguzman6414]

Nobody talks trash to veteran umpire Greg Gibson! He is one of the best umpires in MLB and doesn't take bullshit from anyone!

[@AcornSmokes420]

I will say this he’s way better than the worst umpire ever angel Hernandez

[@Ghostrider6A]

3:54 "GET OUT OF HERE, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A COACH! GET OUT!" Damn Greg, enforcing the "Coaches are to be seen and not heard".

[@haaseshouseoscience6377]

Greg's a BOSS at Umpiring!

[@Ghostrider6A]

Indeed he is. Easily on my Top 10.

[@carbinehighlights5396]

This is what I want to tell people in my umpire clinics when I become a head umpire

[@bradt7451]

Carbine...Gibby has earned the right to handle things that way. Umpires build relationships with coaches and players and they know the dynamics involved. That’s why when fill in guys come up they’re fresh meat. Coaches/players are going to push buttons and boundaries and the young guys learn fast to handle their business. If they are fortunate enough to have a good strong crew chief that speeds up the learning curve.

[@bradt7451]

@@ThomasPoorman I doubt you would know good umpiring except through your fanboy lens

[@shortbuspimp]

Dude should win award for how many times he's been hit

[@StellarWishGaming2002]

Greg Gibson, the home plate umpire, motioning to both players, and the Dodgers celebrate in their dugout.

[@elbombero420]

That is perfect example of how you dish out an ejection. Assertive but with respect. Clear and concise follow up. And finally, hold your ground and de-escalate.

[@jimmypstensland8244]

Greg Gibson the Home Plate Umpire motioning to both players

[@joncoiro9298]

And nobody is celebrating in their fugout

[@patdry]

When and where can I vote on the proposal for mics!?!? BRILLIANT.

[@kyleshafer563]

I love how the motioning to both players comments are still a thing several years later

[@ccmalone]

The runner made an obvious aggressive move toward the shortstop. Even if he grabs the base, he is called out.

[@clachapelle]

The crew chief should def have a mic..

[@Ghostrider6A]

It was supposed to happen in 2020, but COVID-19 delayed that. Looks like it'll be coming in 2022, whenever the owners and players get their heads out of their collective fourth point of contact.

[@paulbaranofsky4995]

Terry francona has advocated for years to get rid of the current replay system. Have instead a fifth umpire in the broadcast booth who can buzz down to the crew chief to have him check a call for replay.Then the crew chief can explain the call

[@matrixphijr]

"I don't see anything illegal." HE NEVER TOUCHES THE BASE

[@McClimber234]

Another announcer spewing bullshit.

[@fr0103]

HP umpire is issuing warnings and tossing out everyone accept the damn pitchers who threw the bean balls in the first place.

[@bradt7451]

He threw out the Cubs coach for inciting his players. That’s one coach…that’s hardly “everyone”…you look incredibly foolish when you over hype something like this especially when it was handled correctly. STFU

[@curtisbakertv]

Was he motioning to both players?

[@ericc4438]

You're not watching the Blue Jays ! You're watching the Cubs and Pirates 🤣

[@mikek6658]

Best site on KZbin thanks Gil

[@jaykeastle8804]

I thought he was throwing out the cameraman from looking at the thumbnail

[@krudeddie]

I agree if they take along time the should give the fans some info.

[@ram_s_d27]

0:20 one of the funniest things i've ever seen

[@juniorastros]

Great job explaining it, thank you for sharing.

[@CloseCallSports]

Glad it was helpful!

[@zigwil153]

love the announcers defending that slide into second.... if he slid into the mound they would've defended it

[@jonathanbiskner2681]

considering it was the Pirates announcers defending it i highly doubt it.

[@Redpoppy80]

There are more Hit by Pitches this year then I have seen in a long time and this is just the start of the season.

[@kendog52361]

I would point out that by the time he was "reaching for" the base, he had already been tagged out, with the forced out at the base tag. So, him reaching for and touching/holding the base wouldn't "magically" make him safe. I'm not saying he didn't interfere, just pointing out that the lack of him reaching for and grabbing the base is irrelevant to whether he was safe/out.

[@Subangelis]

It is relevant to this play though. If he had reached out to the bag and stopped himself, he wouldn't be called on interference, and it wouldn't be a double play.

[@elbombero420]

How can you be a sportscaster on live TV and be so ignorant about the rules. Literally "I don't see anything illegal about that".

[@ryanpacatte6054]

It’s horrible because then fans get the wrong idea too and then you have an umpire who made the right call look incorrect because a dumbass announcer

[@Joekuh]

announcers are usually former players who dont know the nuances about rules. thats why football games have former refs to ask questions to about challenging calls. it adds credibility to your broadcast.

[@alexyerkey3141]

John Wehner sucks

[@karlrovey]

If he had stayed on the base, it would have been legal, but there is literally no point in staying on the base when you're already out.

[@rickhaavisto9023]

Karl Rovey Yes there is...to prevent being called out for not making a bonafide slide

[@lewisgriffin9684]

Unless your name is Chase Utley they're going to call that almost every time

[@RadioMattM]

One of the rules about being hit by a pitch is that the batter is supposed to try and avoid the pitch. Being hit in the arm that is only slightly outside the strike zone when the batter pretty much just stood there should not be considered being hit by a pitch.

[@BigSkyCurmudgeon]

in the days before body armor, batters sure as hell tried to avoid the pitch. now they relish inside pitching

[@CastlegarGlenn]

@closecallsports Gil could you please comment on Contreras' actions after the slide during the play? Is there grounds there for interference under the "hinders or confuses" part of the definition?

[@silencedknight]

Greg Gibson…. The home plate umpire

[@baseballer24]

How does he have access to all these games? Someone please tell me

[@bernier42]

Not gonna watch the video, but I came here to say A+ title. (Ejections don’t interest me, but close/controversial calls do. I watch those.)

[@jadenmuniz8817]

Ever since the motioning everyone's going to precisely call him "Greg Gibson the Home Plate Umpire"? There are much more home plate umpires than just him! He can't call two to fifteen games at the same time!

[@rickhaavisto9023]

Not with that attitude he can’t....

[@bradt7451]

Vintage Gibby...he’s so freakin” good in these situations. You can bet your ass if Ross comes out another step he hooks him too. Textbook, take no shit umpiring.

[@philmarshall1580]

A rule change that actually makes sense, that's odd in baseball these days.

[@cesarquintanahidalgo7204]

Thanks for comparing these to plays

[@CloseCallSports]

You bet!

[@toddphipps5496]

The announcers obviously don't know the rules or the application of the rules.

[@oldmanballer5088]

They never do

[@acerlazereye1232]

Pitch the idea hell! Just go ahead & pitch the effin' umps and install the machines to call the games. How long we been pitchin' THAT idea, jefe¿

[@SportsTalkWithWill2024]

But Is He motioning to both players?

[@christianryan6980]

He motioned to both dugouts 😏😏

[@haaseshouseoscience6377]

Never argue Balls & Strikes with Greg Gibson, cause he's a BOSS at Umpiring. If you do, he'll toss you right out immedialy!

[@devinbrown1775]

Don't forget a warning! You can't argue a warning.

[@BurnedSpace]

greg gibson the home plate umpire!!

[@haaseshouseoscience6377]

@@devinbrown1775 that's is true too.

[@AP-rg7wi]

Baseball cameramen always miss the play. They change angles and you can't see what's going on. Leave it on the overhead view so you can see what's happening.

[@redpillfreedom6692]

But did the Dodgers celebrate in their dugout?

[@jeffpapas4602]

Note to poster: beanballs hit the head, not the elbows. That's not where your "bean" is located.

[@leeapoth]

It. Certainly looks like Contreras was able to touch the bag but elected not to do so. And if he had stayed on the ground instead of popping up, he might have been able to remain on the bag too. If the standard is “able to” then that’s pretty subjective and I disagree but I understand the interpretation since he didn’t actually touch the bag. That said, we have a situation where Contreras didn’t actually make contact with the shortstop and is called for interference and the Toronto player the other night clearly intentionally kicked out his leg to trip the second baseman and is not called for interference. Seems like the opposite result of the rule that was established after the Utley incident.

[@ah7027]

you dont have to physically make contact to be called for interference. His actions forced the shortstop to make evasion actions or risk being taken out. Logically speaking if he hadnt jumped he wouldve been plowed into and possibly injured. So no making contact isnt required to intentionally interfere with a play.

[@thomasbroking7943]

There needs to be more penalty with the Hundly rule. The guys have a choice grab the base & hold it or get called for the dirty hit. There's been enough time to learn a new slide that ends at the base.

[@jasonmoyer]

Slide straight into the bag like every single player did between 1901 and 1970.

[@alanhess9306]

@@jasonmoyer That would be a good change. NFHS and NCAA both require the runner to slide directly to the base. MLB should make that the rule.

[@stephenfoster6448]

Big babies.

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Blue jays player?

[@allanbird3725]

Announcers are so out-to-lunch on this

[@hockeypenguins46]

0:22 why Pirates batboy taking Cubs player equipment?

[@thetrainwxgeek]

That’s their job...

[@hockeypenguins46]

@@thetrainwxgeek Even though it's opposing team?

[@thetrainwxgeek]

@@hockeypenguins46 usually at away parks the away team uses the one of two home teams bat boys. I don’t know of anyone who has traveled with the team as a bat boy to an away game. Plus with Covid I doubt that away teams carry more than needed staff wise

[@rickhaavisto9023]

The Train Geek If I recall correctly, there is usually one or two road series the team brings their bat boy on. Sometimes it’s the closest team they travel to.

[@billybobmcdougal]

1:41, why did I not hear a cow mooing?

[@incrediblesulk555]

I didn’t see one blue jay.

[@olinater5]

umpires would just babble nonsense into that mic all day long

[@mikecustenborder3991]

Baby baseball....the old school players just shaketheir heads.

[@garylee3229]

Announcer doesn’t know the rules

[@critter2]

we need to know not really

[@dallasmckee3026]

That was intended

[@danielhetue6968]

As much as I despise Wilson Contreras, that was totally a dirty and intentional hit by pitch.

[@joejordan7486]

Ok he slid before and didn't hang on because he was already out and he knew it use some sense here guy.

[@christophers.4286]

The play by play guy thought Contreras was being playful?

[@kevinsteele3891]

Why are baseball players such babies?

[@michaelsmiley15]

It's a stupid rule The game is way too subjective to nit pick like that

[@Andrew-ks8hx]

If they can mic the players and umps on the KZbin baseball channel why the h can't these umps be mic up for all games.

[@justinanderson5291]

Chase destroyed a player. Wilson did not have any of that.

[@douglassepic9030]

Gibson should be more polite

[@WhereMyChicken]

Easy to fix. Cubs pitcher throws a high fastball and Contreras misses it. Settled. Next!

[@alanhess9306]

Gibson would be justified in ejecting the pitcher, the catcher and the manager. Brilliant move.

[@WhereMyChicken]

@@alanhess9306 Brilliant, yes. A small price to pay for one game that would send a message throughout the entire league for maximum long term benefits.

[@alanhess9306]

@@WhereMyChicken You don't get the sarcasm? it is really a dumb move to intentionally hit the umpire. As I told you in another thread, there is something sadly wrong with people who advocate injuring someone over a game. HS players have lost scholarship for doing that. There is no room for cowardly thugs like you in baseball.

[@WhereMyChicken]

@@alanhess9306 Have you ever heard of a pitcher intentionally throwing at a batter? It's disguised as a brush back pitch or a pitch that got away. Happens all the time time, but I guess there is room for that, correct? It's all about commitment and making a change in the way the game is governed. Where there is a breakdown teams cannot vote to have an umpire taken off the field. No one has a better idea. In fact, no one has any idea how to stop the nonsense. Plunking is the only way.

[@alanhess9306]

@@WhereMyChicken Why can't you stay on topic? Yes pitchers throw at batters all the time and pitchers are ejected for it, all the time. But what does anything of that have to do with intentionally hitting an umpire? The only thing that is nonsensical is you thinking intentionally plunking an umpire will accomplish anything. Umpires get hit all the time. It is no big deal. It won't change anything about the way umpires call balls and strikes. All it does is adversely affect the catcher's career. He will be ejected, possibly suspended for a few games and fined. Tell me again how this helps his team? It's a very good thing that thugs like you are not involved in sports.

[@gtmitchell44]

DNC CloseCallSports

[@carbinehighlights5396]

Greg Gibson, the home plate umpire...

[@davemiller7633]

4:00 take the diaper off and leave it off goddam it

[@raycowin5516]

These announcers are clueless

[@blake60ah41]

For the Blue Jays play, did R2 NOT change his path in order to initiate contact with the fielder? I certainly think that he did

[@jaydesrochers753]

229...THE "CLEAR DIFFERENCE"...baseball sucks today...

[@nicolasescobedo7366]

The pirates pitcher should’ve been ejected. He hit Contreras on purpose

[@ah7027]

didnt look like it to me. Either way thats hard to prove.

[@lastdance2099]

First beanball was intentional. #2 and #3 were almost strikes, in fact if #2 just barely missed!

[@toast316]

Cub announcers are soooo bad

[@chriisnapolion9881]

Mlb needs to put a stop to this

[@juche07]

Gil it the Cubs not Toronto don’t gamble, delete this

[@madisonmartin3449]

Where do you see Toronto it says the Cubs

[@juche07]

@@madisonmartin3449 he says blue jays in the video twice, did you hear it?

[@Xavier19-13]

@@juche07 when he was comparing to the blue jays play from the other game

[@juche07]

@@Xavier19-13 Gil these guys aren’t your fans, they aren’t listening, and the tried to tell me I read it.

[@jimknowlton342]

Get out of the way if you don't want to get hit. Batters need to have lighter feet in the box. Fielders made these double plays for decades until MLB decided it was too difficult for them and forced the batters more into the baseline. Why don't people watch anymore? This and the poor pitching is mostly why. Bryant couldn't even feel that HBP with that armor on. The pitchers need to get these guys in the ribs instead of on those armored plates.

[@larrymelton5537]

A hitter that goes the plate with armor all over their lead arm shouldn't get awarded first base on a HBP if the ball hits the armor. I guarantee if they didn't have it on, there would be far fewer HBP's. That pitch is easy to get out of the way of.

[@seeviegeenie]

Kids 🙄

[@CarsInDimension]

Why does baseball have so many more ejections than other major league sports? Why don't Major League Baseball umpires have to meet with the press after the game, like players and managers do? In what other major league sports do on-field officials believe they have the right to eject paying customers from the stadium?

[@rickhaavisto9023]

What other penalty could there possibly be in baseball? Are you going to assign an out instead? What about a strike?

[@alanhess9306]

Baseball umpires have the right to eject because it is given to them by the rule book.

[@allanbird3725]

You left out the most important question, "Why don't the umps have to consult with me on every play where I disagree with their call?"

[@mikeh7544]

such a dumb rule

[@larrymelton5537]

BS call by the ump. If anything the hitter should have been made to remain at the plate for a lack of an attempt to get out of the way. That ball wasn't even that tight. Ridiculous series of events by the umpire.

[@Normalman50]

I am not watching baseball until they take off the muzzles.

[@Ch4MMPBoi]

I’m so sick of Major League Baseball.

[@benjamincollins8559]

A great example of a manipulative umpire, I think there should be some sort of benefit of the doubt.

[@dmeachy]

Why don't you become an umpire and get back to me in about 20 years.

[@benjamincollins8559]

Dave Meacham As people age they get more impatient, I knew instantly what you were insinuating. I'm not against senior umpires, however they should be sensitive in there delivery.

[@randolphhudson8645]

That Utley rule is a bunch of $hit.

[@Xansby]

Kevin Newman should throw the ball better

[@whatsupbud100]

Same play Toronto touches the guy . Just proved how umps are not consistent

[@rickhaavisto9023]

He literally explains how they are different...

[@karlrovey]

The rule requires you to attempt to stay on the base (even if you're out). Contreras didn't attempt to stay on the base which is why it was an illegal slide and thus interference.

[@jimpeterson9154]

Terrible call on that double play..player was in reach of the base,dosen't matter if he actually touches the base or not ! BAD CALL !

[@Kartkid024]

It does unfortunately say he still has to attempt to touch it and has to attempt to remain on it. I think he easily could have and I don't think this was the intent of the rule, but by rule it was the right call on a poorly written rule.

[@Joe_Okey]

He aimed himself directly at the baseman who was well away from the plate and then LEANED as far as he could to try to touch the base. They should do the rule as the player must slide DIRECTLY TO SECOND BASE.

[@TL2354]

There was no difference between the 2 slides. Contreras's hand landed right in front of the base

[@derrickjohn411]

I don’t know why it’s so hard for the MLB to put a mic on either the crew chief or Home Plate ump to explain the call. The other 2 sports that I watch a ton, football and hockey, do it. I will always be a huge baseball fan but come on, do better

[@bradt7451]

Why do they need to cater to whiny fans? Grab a rulebook and read it and use your knowledge to figure it out.

[@Ghostrider6A]

T-Mac has been saying it for years. It was supposed to go into effect for 2020, but we all know what happened.

[@swspartanhwk]

That was a bs call Wasn't even close to a double play

[@dmeachy]

It was the easiest double play I've seen...based on the slide rule. Runners do not get to take out the fielder anymore.

[@jacksonboi7768]

first

[@jacobmeakin6269]

First what?

[@critter2]

@@jacobmeakin6269 comment

[@OrsilloFanClub]

@@jacobmeakin6269 it’s been a trend since Daniel Tosh did a segment on being the first person to comment on a KZbin video.