Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli lost it on the referee of the home plate John Bacon after he called Ryan Jeffers at a crucial moment of the 4-3 home loss of the Twins for the Tigers in 11 innings on Thursday evening.
Baldelli came from the dugout of the twins after Bacon ruled that Jeffers had contaminated the ball in the glove of Tigers -catcher Dillon Dingler for the first from the bottom of the 11th.
Jeffers said it hit the ground, and Baldelli apparently agreed when he came out of the dugout and demanded that the referee looks at the piece.
After a few moments, Baldelli started losing it and shouted, “There is no F – King manner.”
“You’re up, man. You’re up!” Baldelli continued before Bacon had enough and the Minnesota manager threw out of the game.
Baldelli then kicked dirt on the home plate in anger before he walked back to Bacon to continue to give the UMP a part of his mind.
Bacon let Baldelli say his piece before a second referee eventually came between the two.
“That is the whole game! It comes down to this f – king moment and you turned it,” he shouted before he walked away.
Baldelli got one last shot when he walked off the field by throwing his hat.
The droppings were his fourth of the season.
Eventually the twins fell on 4-3 of the Tigers, with Minnesota the draw in third place while Royce Lewis hit a check Swing to close the game.
Baldelli told reporters that he did not think someone in the stadium could say with certainty that the ball did not hit the ground, and everything he wanted was that bacon looked at the ball.
“I don’t know why he wouldn’t just look at it,” Said Baldelli.
“It would have given everyone in the margin, especially for the call, the best idea of whether that ball is really polluted or not, and it is a huge moment.”
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