It appears that Sunday is the day for some pretty foul-mouthed moments in baseball, as earlier today we got to hear an ump tell Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire to not-so-politely head back to the clubhouse.
Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly also had some feelings to share with an umpire on Sunday and his profanity-laced tirade was clearly picked up by some hot mics.
Donny Baseball didn’t hold back at all, telling the home-plate ump that his crew hasn’t been very good to his team in recent days. The ump had some great lines, too. And then the announcers summed it all up perfectly by saying Mattingly had his say.
He sure did.
This clip below has a lot of F-bombs in it so if that’s not your thing then you might want to do something else with your time.
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Here's the full Don Mattingly ejection. Includes him getting tossed, the profanity laced argument, and the ball/strike call that set him off.
I have attempted to reduce the crowd noise a bit to get even clearer audio. Truly a landmark moment for f-bombs on live television. pic.twitter.com/Ah9VZRyrGF
— Foolish Baseball (@FoolishBB) August 16, 2020
MLB fans loved it:
Don Mattingly is really putting on a television f-bomb masterclass.
— Foolish Baseball (@FoolishBB) August 16, 2020
And in the video below, lies that which will save baseball:
An alternate feed – screw statcast, screw minimalist PXP – an alternate feed in which…
YOU CAN HEAR EVERYBODY SWEARING!@mlb would be the number one sport again within weeks. Institute it now. Charge extra. I’m in. https://t.co/z3K0N3P7KG
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) August 16, 2020
it was a real chess game
— Foolish Baseball (@FoolishBB) August 16, 2020
"Welp, Don Mattingly had his say." Hahahahahaha
— Gary Lime (@GaryLime) August 16, 2020
"THERE'S NOBODY HERE!" is an all timer
— David Lebo (@leboism) August 16, 2020
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