August 02, 2016
It’s rare when you see a fan ejected from an MLB baseball game, but when “Balkin” Bob Davidson is behind the plate, anything is truly possible.
During Tuesday night’s slugfest Phillies win, a fellow who was seated more than 10 rows behind the San Francisco Giants dugout was apparently none too pleased with Davidson’s umpiring. And as a paying customer sometimes chooses to do, he let the home plate umpire have a piece of his mind.
Phillies fan has been loudly yelling "you suck" at HP ump Bob Davidson, who stopped play & walked over. He's been escorted out by security.
— Meghan Montemurro (@M_Montemurro) August 3, 2016
#Phillies spokesperson said Bob Davidson complained to security about fan's language and, when approached, fan agreed to leave on his own.
— Aaron Bracy (@Aaron_Bracy) August 3, 2016
Whatever the man said was loud enough to hear in the press box, and Davidson wanted him gone:
(The Giants announcer saying “Bob!” at 0:56 cracked me up.)
Apparently, though, the fan wasn't just saying, "You suck." Here was Davidson's explanation:
Umpire Bob Davidson ejected a fan, and @KevinCooney provided this pool report. It'd be a disservice to alter it. So: pic.twitter.com/R1Y9OuYTph
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) August 3, 2016
As was pointed out by Deadspin, this is not the first time that Davidson has ejected a fan from a game:
And as Ryan mentioned, the fan missed some more incredible hitting from the young Phillies, who definitely didn’t suck on this night against Madison Bumgarner and the NL West-leading Gigantes.
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