MLB sides with Roy Oswalt over umpire in ejection

[BRHornet45]

Astros ace Roy Oswalt didn't win Monday's game, but he apparently has won a fight with umpire Bill Hohn.

Bob Watson, the Major League Baseball vice president in charge of discipline, rules and on-field operations, told Houston television station KRIV that Oswalt will not be penalized further for being ejected from Monday's game against the Nationals and that umpire Bill Hohn will be addressed "in a very stern way."

Watson said Hohn will get a phone call to discuss the matter with Mike Port, MLB's VP in charge of umpires.

Oswalt was ejected in the third inning of a 14-4 loss at Minute Maid Park when his 2-2 pitch to Nationals left fielder Josh Willingham was called a ball and the pitcher looked toward the first base line and yelled something.

Hohn removed his mask and barked at Oswalt, who then said, "I ain't talking to you." Hohn then ejected him

"I have never seen that before," Oswalt told reporters. "I was actually upset that I threw a ball that ended up a little bit off the plate. I was actually talking to myself on the mound and I wasn't even looking his way.

"When I turned around, he was pointing at me saying something like, 'Keep your mouth shut,' or something," Oswalt said. "I couldn't really tell you what he said. I told him that I wasn't talking to him, and he kept on talking."

The loss dropped Oswalt, who last month asked to be traded from the last-place Astros, to 3-7 with a 2.78 ERA.

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...-in-ejection/1

[BRHornet45]

here is video of the incident. Oswalt yells out of frustration not even looking towards home plate, then the umpire decides to take off his mask and charge the mound barking at Oswalt. then you can clearly see Oswalt saying "I ain't talking to you" and then he gets thrown out. the ump instigated the entire thing and should be fined or fired. Oswalt has only been ejected three times in his ten year career and 2 out of 3 have been from this same umpire.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...=.jsp&c_id=mlb

[Whisky Dog]

MLB umps wanting to be like NBA refs.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

MLB ruled that playing for the Astros is punishment enough.

[Spursfan092120]

Maybe Guillen was right. Those umps are just wanting that camera time..