Other than the occasional Family Guy rerun, my television rarely strays from ESPN. While watching Sportscenter the other night, I happened upon some Yankees highlights and had a most interesting revelation.
After a called third strike to Alex Rodriguez that appeared just off the plate, Yankee manager Joe Girardi rushed out of the dugout to argue the call. After some healthy debating back and forth and likely a few testaments as to the others’ uselessness, the umpire didn’t like something Girardi said and immediately tossed him from the game. That just angered Girardi further. He channeled his best Billy Martin, taking off his cap and slamming it to the ground. He started screaming at the top of his lungs, going nose to nose with the ump, until he eventually had to be restrained.
This article appears in Sep 2-8, 2009.