So the umpire, after seemingly making the correct call, made an INCORRECT decision to not allow a timely challenge, and then five minutes later went on a power trip by not allowing a pitcher a couple of warmup tosses. Sounds to me like this was pretty much all the fault of the umpire.
I’ll disagree on the not allowing warmups, cause the pitcher and catcher have some fault there. Watch the video again, especially from the booth view. They spend a good chunk of the time the argument is happening off to the side standing on the mound talking instead of staying warm. They could’ve been ready by the time things were done. Saying it’s the umpires fault for not allowing it, imo, is just covering up for their own stupidity.
Both managers were right. Francona clearly asked for the replay in time, and the pool umpire admitted after the game that the Angels pitcher should have been granted warmup pitches.
@@bradt7451 "Whatever they wanted"?? Francona asked for a legitimate challenge, clearly within the defined time frame for issuing such a challenge. The pitcher asked for a few warm up pitches given that there was a considerable delay in play (I thought we were all for player safety?). Neither request was "outlandish," and both should have been considered under the given rules. Yes, this is absolutely on the umpire.
@@MH3GL Leave it to Mr. I Can Do Anything I Want. Kulpa appears to never want to live down when he deliberately picked a fight with the cheating-era Astros, and said this when the manager asked him to watch the game and stop taunting them by openly staring into the dugout. When you have people feeling bad for the most hated team in baseball, you're *really* handling things poorly.
On Jomboy Media’s take on the video, the ball did seem to hit the hitter’s foot before hitting the catcher’s glove. Kinda had to zoom in a lot to see it happen, but it did look to be so. The umpires also failed to look in Tito’s direction before, during and after the umpire’s meeting
Tump would be so much better as crew chief he seems to de-escalate situations. Kulpa unfortunately usually does the exact opposite kind of a younger less haggard Joe West!
This is the same umpire who called a deliberate strike out on David Ortiz in that BOS-NYY game like 10 years ago just to piss him off, right? I'm a Yankees fan btw.
The announcer called the Indians manager "Tito"....His name is TERRY Francona....Tito was the name of Terry's father who played for the Cleveland Indians.
This video should be shown to officiating schools as a "What not to do" case study. Getting one manager upset for not applying a rule properly is one thing, but to deny a pitcher warm-up pitches "Because I said so" and aggravating the OTHER manager in the process shows blatant disrespect for the game. So many things went wrong in five minutes with no action on the diamond. Ron completely lost control here. And as others have pointed out, this isn't the first time he's done something like this.
The issue is MLB and Manfred absolutely *despising* warmup pitches or anything else because of their pace of play obsession. Kulpa would get in trouble for allowing that. Yes, it made the pace of play worse, but that's on (1) MLB creating stupid rules and (2) managers screaming about it to someone who doesn't make the rules
@@priceright8963 talking back to his pitcher? Umpire in Chief has the job of game management. It’s his #1 job. Pace of play is vital. Kulpa informed pitcher we need to get the game going. Pitcher whined. Too bad. Pitcher could have thrown the entire delay.
@@rayray4192 Can we at least agree that he could have handled it better than yelling "I said so!"? Throwing out one manager at that point because of a mistake he made was bad enough.
I think this is a great example showing that not only the players have egos. It really seemed like Kulpa wanted to take back control of this one after Terry yelled "FUCK YOU" 6 times directly to his face, he was not having anything from the Angels after that haha
Ron Kulpa is a disgrace to the Umpiring Union. This isn't the first time that he did things "Because I said so" style. When AJ Hinch was with the Astros, AJ had to remind Kupla to pay attention to the game and not to his dugout, because he was looking to toss someone. This guy, along with Angel Hernandez, are horrible and should not be umpiring any more.
Ron Kulpa is the Joey Crawford of MLB umpires. He's very good at calling balls/strikes correctly, but he handles things very poorly. Then he throws gas on a fire. You can find so many videos of intense and over the top ejections and Kulpa is in over half of them.
@@rc24caldwell19 I should say his percentages are very good. Obviously in that situation, it was obvious his "Ego" got in the way. Just like Joey Crawford would do in the NBA.
He maybe good at ball and strikes, (so-so) but he knows nothing about baseball. Forcing a pitcher to throw game speed pitches on a cold or at best, a semi warm arm is selfish and inexcusable. He's fooling with a man's career.
@@JR-vi4rl so, he couldn’t have been throwing and keeping warm during the entire argument? They could’ve taken the time to stay warm instead of standing on the mound talking. It’s not the umpires fault they chose to chat instead of being smart.
The argument was NOT about balls or strikes. The "ball" call went Cleveland's way. That was NOT the argument. The argument was whether the pitch hit the batter's foot and Francona wanted to challenge that. The pitch obviously hit the batter's foot but the umpire called it a ball. Francona's argument was that he challenged in time but the umpires somehow did not see it. Again, it was not about balls and strikes. Also, there were not three managers to start the game. I think you misspoke.
You are correct, and I’m an umpire defender. Much better to show no emotion. To be fair we don’t know what arrogant bullshit was coming from the manager.
Can't judge too much from a distance. Umpires aren't robots, they often can get along with managers because of the human element. And sometimes the human element grinds against each other.
I don't know if this exists in the stadiums, but it would be quite handy to have a challenge countdown clock. Also something the managers can throw onto the field to clearly indicate they are challenging. Crazy ideas, I know.
The pitch did not hit the batter. It bounced off catchers glove then the batters foot. Plain as day. Umpire saw it. Hence he made the correct call. That should’ve been the end of it. Next pitch please. But no, red-azz manager challenge the call: “can you get some help?” Umpire checks with partner as requested. Still not a hit by pitch. Red-azz still not satisfied and here we go spinning down, down, down to childish, performative tantrums until mgr gets tossed. These activities detract from the game. The umpire got the call right! Everything after that was on Tito.
There was a game down in Sioux City, Iowa with the Kansas City Monarchs & the Sioux City Explorers… the Kansas City Monarchs manager was ejected from the game before first pitch, later on… a controversial strike three call got both the Sioux City Explorers player & manager ejected… so then it was bench coach vs bench coach… and then, the Sioux City mascot was ejected after holding up a whiteboard to one of the umpires, so the mascot was only allowed in the stands and not the field for the rest of the game
Here's the thing that kills me with MLB and their umps.....if there is any question whatsoever about whether or not that the replay request was within 20 seconds, shouldn't the default position be to grant the replay request??? They wasted all that time, and led to 2 people get tossed, and a whole bunch of anger, on a call they got wrong? (the replay request, not the actual call on the field) Unreal, and of course, it involved the arrogance of Ron Kulpa (AGAIN)
Good point, grant a replay if there’s a question about timing. Or, eliminate replay. Baseball is a business. Pace of play is important to the business. Umpires are under pressure to enforce pace of play. New rules for 2023 will result in more ejections. Pitcher could have thrown during the entire delay.
You can't win then. The other team's manager would be getting tossed if you let them challenge after 30 seconds because you weren't sure. There just needs to be a better system than the umpires always knowing if 20 seconds has passed on every single play while also having to attend to all their other responsibilities and see the exact second the manager taps his head. If they are a button thr manager can press, into a system where someone is specifically resetting a timer every call, something of that sort would be much more efficient and cause fewer arguments.
I actually think it hit him before the gloves. You can see hit foot "jiggle" both as the ball passes it into the glove, and jiggle again after the glove.
Agreed but that would be a real micro analyzing of the replay to call that. I feel like it would have to be call stands even though I think it was a HBP.
Plus, New York has some miracle 120 fps super secret drone footage that the broadcasts don't have, that's why you get some insane overturns somethings. lOL
So let me get this straight. In an effort to speed up the game, Ron “Mea” Kulpa takes 5+ minutes to incorrectly assess whether or not a challenge was timely, then takes another 5 minutes to keep a pitcher from injuring his arm because … it would slow down the game. All in all you lost 10 minutes. What is the actual aim here?
Kulpa might not be a bad umpire in terms of actual calls, but he is just a genuinely unpleasant person to deal with. All he does is escalate situations. You should never find yourself getting in a shouting match with a manager. Not a good look
Umpire got the call right he didn’t get hit. Never seen both managers get tossed out like that. Never seen Tito get upset like that. Watched Tribe baseball since 2011 just about every day. Seeing the F bomb thrown like that by Tito I assume more stuff was going on. Also Giminez has been hit like 20 times this year alone so he’s trying to do his job and protect his Player. I think the angels manager getting tossed was even more crazy. So the guy can’t throw warm Up pitches. That’s not a reason to get Thrown out. also their season is over and we all know Cleveland was going to win that game. It wouldn’t of mattered what pitcher.
Ron and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Looks like he actually gets the initial call correct and then the wheels come off. Probably the most worrying thing in all of this is that this at least the third time since May 2021 he's had to leave a game after getting struck in the facemask with a foul ball.
He got the initial call correct, but then he started to be Ron Culpa about it. Francona challenged in time and was right to argue. Ron's arrogance and behavior to Terry escalated the situation. He then went full Ron Culpa with the pitcher. Honestly umpires like Ron Culpa and Angel Hernandez really need to retire. They are hurting the rest of the MLB umpires with their behavior. Make room for good umpires that have been grinding in AAA just waiting for their shot.
Kulpa screwed up.... Both mangers spoke in solidarity after the game... Nevin stating Francona asked for the review and Francona stating the pitcher should of got to throw some warmups... This is just an example of terrible umpiring
Both managers actually had a legitimate complaint. The ump made the correct call on batter and then proceeded to toss both managers with bad calls. That said, the picture probably would have been okay just going ahead. He can be sitting on the bench while his team bats for 30 minutes, so 5 minutes of inactivity shouldn't be a big deal
Ron Kulpa's act is getting pretty old. Now that Joe "It's All About Me" West is retired, Kulpa has decided to adopt West's attitude that the fans actually show up at the game to see HIM UMPIRE!!!!! That smart-ass grin of his would piss off Gandhi.
From the 3:05 mark above: "Wow! I'm telling you what: I've never seen Tito lose his cool like this." Where have I heard that before? Oh yeah: ua-cam.com/video/_tjQu-_XgQE/v-deo.html
All I can say in this game is WOW! The only thing that could be worse is the next night at the plate conference either of the managers bringing this up then getting run before a pitch is thrown.
To quote Dan + Keith on Sportscenter back in the day... "I could read his lips, and he's not praying." Doesn't take a genius to figure out the two words Tito kept telling the blue on his way out.
John Tumpane showing once again why he is one of the best umpires in the league. Great behind the plate (from the publicly available data, at least) and calm under pressure. That's the type of guy I want making game changing decisions.
All I remember is that guy calling David Ortiz out on a clear ball because David thought the pitch before was a ball. Not only did he call him out he stared him down all the way to the bench. This guy looks for conflict when he is questioned on everything. That’s ego
Another one this year I believe based loaded full count the pitch comes in and he starts to call a strike, the batter leans into it so it gets his elbow. This guy gives him the base and the game. I believe it was the Mets but not sure. Everyone going insane and he stands there with that little smirk staring down the manager. Again that’s ego.
Tito claimed Kulpa told him it wasn't a question of Tito being timely with the request for a review. He said Kulpa told him no review would take place because Gimenez re-engaged the pitcher for the next delivery. So evidently that means the next play has started and no review?
Such a mature comment by a joke of a person and so called fan. As usual🙄. You ARE the problem. In all of sports. Youth up to professional. Pretty much, in life. You suck.
Let me get this straight, the challenge was timely and the manager gets tossed. Then the pitcher wants a warm up toss after sitting for five minutes and the ump says no. I am sure Kulpa will be disciplined for clearly escalating the situation e messed up or not. Well done.
@@rayray4192 ...and could have tired himself out. A pitcher has every right to request a warmup after a delay of the game he didn't cause, especially when the outcome of the challenge might have bearing on how he'll pitch (from windup if no runners on vs. from the stretch with the runner on 1st from the HBP).
Ron Kulpa is a terrible umpire. He escalated a situation here into 2 managers being ejected. A complete and utter disgrace to the profession. But then again he’s the guy who said “I can do anything I want!” Worse umpire in baseball
This is historic
Why does this umpire smile when he argues, its very creepy to watch
You are correct and I’m an umpire defender
So the umpire, after seemingly making the correct call, made an INCORRECT decision to not allow a timely challenge, and then five minutes later went on a power trip by not allowing a pitcher a couple of warmup tosses. Sounds to me like this was pretty much all the fault of the umpire.
I’ll disagree on the not allowing warmups, cause the pitcher and catcher have some fault there. Watch the video again, especially from the booth view. They spend a good chunk of the time the argument is happening off to the side standing on the mound talking instead of staying warm. They could’ve been ready by the time things were done. Saying it’s the umpires fault for not allowing it, imo, is just covering up for their own stupidity.
It’s just Ron Kupla needs to be FIRED so does Angel Hernandez because of that!
Ron Kulpa is an absolute disgrace to baseball.
Both managers were right. Francona clearly asked for the replay in time, and the pool umpire admitted after the game that the Angels pitcher should have been granted warmup pitches.
Robert, a relative on my dad's side is a coach for the Angels
Kulpa is much like Joe West and Bob Davidson. He seems to enjoy letting everyone know he's in charge. Not a fan.
Not a fan of West and Davidson, but Kulpa is worse than them in my opinion.
If, as an umpire, you have to throw out BOTH managers, you've handled things very poorly.
i think he is on drug called smiling.
Why? Because he didn’t let the players and coaches do whatever they wanted?
@@bradt7451 "Whatever they wanted"??
Francona asked for a legitimate challenge, clearly within the defined time frame for issuing such a challenge.
The pitcher asked for a few warm up pitches given that there was a considerable delay in play (I thought we were all for player safety?). Neither request was "outlandish," and both should have been considered under the given rules.
Yes, this is absolutely on the umpire.
no lol
@@MH3GL Leave it to Mr. I Can Do Anything I Want. Kulpa appears to never want to live down when he deliberately picked a fight with the cheating-era Astros, and said this when the manager asked him to watch the game and stop taunting them by openly staring into the dugout. When you have people feeling bad for the most hated team in baseball, you're *really* handling things poorly.
Angel Hernandez, hold my beer 😂😆🤣
I have never seen both managers throw out together like this, absolutely insane. Both managers were completely right as well.
Perhaps that's why the ball decided to take the umpire out of the game before it was over.
I love when umpires can’t get over themselves when they are wrong..it’s like a position of power..don’t challenge my wrongness
@@Mark-wz1yt that was literally baseball karma 😂
@@wormywoods9808 you said it perfectly, power goes right to their heads.
On Jomboy Media’s take on the video, the ball did seem to hit the hitter’s foot before hitting the catcher’s glove. Kinda had to zoom in a lot to see it happen, but it did look to be so. The umpires also failed to look in Tito’s direction before, during and after the umpire’s meeting
This is absolutely terrible. Honest to Christ.
Holy WoW!!!!
Mlb network had this as their Clubhouse Showcase game
Gotta love the theatrics. I saw this live and busted out the popcorn. Little bit of added butter and salt on that.
Kulpa had a rough night!
We are talking about Ron Kulpa here. He is the one who made a complete a$$ of himself with the Astros a couple of years ago.
Fire this god damn umpire!
Preach!
@@blackhawksnbullsncubsnbear4615 Yeah I preach that the god damn Ron Kulpa gets fired!
Tump would be so much better as crew chief he seems to de-escalate situations. Kulpa unfortunately usually does the exact opposite kind of a younger less haggard Joe West!
I read that as “Trump” at first! 😂. Kulpa acts like the fans go to the game to see him umpire.
Someone needs to slap the smirk off Ron Kulpa’s face.
Terry the male Karen.
You are right. Franconia is a Karen
This is the same umpire who called a deliberate strike out on David Ortiz in that BOS-NYY game like 10 years ago just to piss him off, right? I'm a Yankees fan btw.
And Terry Francona has absolutely blown his stack!
Ron "I can do whatever I want" Kulpa.
Ron kulpa is an instigator
The announcer called the Indians manager "Tito"....His name is TERRY Francona....Tito was the name of Terry's father who played for the Cleveland Indians.
Everyone calls Terry Tito. lol. Hammy has called him Tito every single broadcast for over 8 years. (1000+ games). lol
@@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli They are professional broadcasters getting paid a lot of money. They should be calling Terry by his correct name.
Francona doesn’t usually lose his cool so, IMO- this tells me what I need to know.
It was the “because I said so” that gave me the I can do whatever I want flashbacks!
This video should be shown to officiating schools as a "What not to do" case study. Getting one manager upset for not applying a rule properly is one thing, but to deny a pitcher warm-up pitches "Because I said so" and aggravating the OTHER manager in the process shows blatant disrespect for the game. So many things went wrong in five minutes with no action on the diamond. Ron completely lost control here. And as others have pointed out, this isn't the first time he's done something like this.
Crew got the call correct. Not easy practicing game management when psychologically unhealthy people are involved.
The issue is MLB and Manfred absolutely *despising* warmup pitches or anything else because of their pace of play obsession. Kulpa would get in trouble for allowing that. Yes, it made the pace of play worse, but that's on (1) MLB creating stupid rules and (2) managers screaming about it to someone who doesn't make the rules
@@rayray4192 So what happens when the umpire's the one who needs counseling? Phil had to deal with one talking back to his pitcher.
@@priceright8963 talking back to his pitcher? Umpire in Chief has the job of game management. It’s his #1 job. Pace of play is vital. Kulpa informed pitcher we need to get the game going. Pitcher whined. Too bad. Pitcher could have thrown the entire delay.
@@rayray4192 Can we at least agree that he could have handled it better than yelling "I said so!"? Throwing out one manager at that point because of a mistake he made was bad enough.
I think this is a great example showing that not only the players have egos. It really seemed like Kulpa wanted to take back control of this one after Terry yelled "FUCK YOU" 6 times directly to his face, he was not having anything from the Angels after that haha
Ron “I can do whatever I want” Kulpa
At 3:46 you can clearly see him bellowing, "I SAID SO!"
@@tostadojen as he should. Good for him 👏👍
Ron Kulpa is a disgrace to the Umpiring Union. This isn't the first time that he did things "Because I said so" style. When AJ Hinch was with the Astros, AJ had to remind Kupla to pay attention to the game and not to his dugout, because he was looking to toss someone. This guy, along with Angel Hernandez, are horrible and should not be umpiring any more.
Maybe he was looking over at the Astros dugout because he kept hearing a banging sound.
Well you made this breakdown quicker than JomBoy Media
It's her job. Lindsay analyzes the rules. JomBoy analyzes lips.
RIP Tribe
Don't fuck with The Kulpinator.
Ron Kulpa is the Joey Crawford of MLB umpires. He's very good at calling balls/strikes correctly, but he handles things very poorly. Then he throws gas on a fire. You can find so many videos of intense and over the top ejections and Kulpa is in over half of them.
"He's very good at calling balls/strikes correctly"
David Ortiz would like a word....
That’s a great comparison. Never thought of it like that, but that’s perfect. Great umpire, but horrible ego.
@@rc24caldwell19 I should say his percentages are very good. Obviously in that situation, it was obvious his "Ego" got in the way. Just like Joey Crawford would do in the NBA.
He maybe good at ball and strikes, (so-so) but he knows nothing about baseball. Forcing a pitcher to throw game speed pitches on a cold or at best, a semi warm arm is selfish and inexcusable. He's fooling with a man's career.
@@JR-vi4rl so, he couldn’t have been throwing and keeping warm during the entire argument?
They could’ve taken the time to stay warm instead of standing on the mound talking. It’s not the umpires fault they chose to chat instead of being smart.
“How to not de-escalate situations…” jejeje
The argument was NOT about balls or strikes. The "ball" call went Cleveland's way. That was NOT the argument. The argument was whether the pitch hit the batter's foot and Francona wanted to challenge that. The pitch obviously hit the batter's foot but the umpire called it a ball. Francona's argument was that he challenged in time but the umpires somehow did not see it. Again, it was not about balls and strikes.
Also, there were not three managers to start the game. I think you misspoke.
That sarcastic I’m better than you smile drives me nuts. A manager is gonna slap him someday. He makes everything worse.
You are correct, and I’m an umpire defender. Much better to show no emotion. To be fair we don’t know what arrogant bullshit was coming from the manager.
Can't judge too much from a distance. Umpires aren't robots, they often can get along with managers because of the human element. And sometimes the human element grinds against each other.
Kulpa is terrible. Loves to be a control freak.
one thing to note is the 20 sec replay clock, at each MLB stadium, runs after each change of batter. not after each pitch.
I don't know if this exists in the stadiums, but it would be quite handy to have a challenge countdown clock. Also something the managers can throw onto the field to clearly indicate they are challenging. Crazy ideas, I know.
The pitch did not hit the batter. It bounced off catchers glove then the batters foot. Plain as day. Umpire saw it. Hence he made the correct call.
That should’ve been the end of it. Next pitch please.
But no, red-azz manager challenge the call: “can you get some help?”
Umpire checks with partner as requested. Still not a hit by pitch. Red-azz still not satisfied and here we go spinning down, down, down to childish, performative tantrums until mgr gets tossed. These activities detract from the game.
The umpire got the call right!
Everything after that was on Tito.
Nope, you are completely wrong and all it took was for jomboy to zoom in a little to prove it.
There was a game down in Sioux City, Iowa with the Kansas City Monarchs & the Sioux City Explorers… the Kansas City Monarchs manager was ejected from the game before first pitch, later on… a controversial strike three call got both the Sioux City Explorers player & manager ejected… so then it was bench coach vs bench coach… and then, the Sioux City mascot was ejected after holding up a whiteboard to one of the umpires, so the mascot was only allowed in the stands and not the field for the rest of the game
Ron Kulpa is a horrible umpire. Absolutely awful. He should honestly be fired immediately.
Here's the thing that kills me with MLB and their umps.....if there is any question whatsoever about whether or not that the replay request was within 20 seconds, shouldn't the default position be to grant the replay request??? They wasted all that time, and led to 2 people get tossed, and a whole bunch of anger, on a call they got wrong? (the replay request, not the actual call on the field)
Unreal, and of course, it involved the arrogance of Ron Kulpa (AGAIN)
Good point, grant a replay if there’s a question about timing. Or, eliminate replay. Baseball is a business. Pace of play is important to the business. Umpires are under pressure to enforce pace of play. New rules for 2023 will result in more ejections. Pitcher could have thrown during the entire delay.
You can't win then. The other team's manager would be getting tossed if you let them challenge after 30 seconds because you weren't sure. There just needs to be a better system than the umpires always knowing if 20 seconds has passed on every single play while also having to attend to all their other responsibilities and see the exact second the manager taps his head. If they are a button thr manager can press, into a system where someone is specifically resetting a timer every call, something of that sort would be much more efficient and cause fewer arguments.
@@linollieum3742 you are right. How about a fifth umpire keeping a clock? Next year some of the rule changes are about a clock and pace of play.
@@linollieum3742 exactly!!!! Spot on. Umpires can NOT win no matter what they do to try and manage the game and pace of play.
Nevin could’ve argued a check swing.
A checked swing cannot be argued.
While Kulpa may have made everyone mad, remember that he can do anything he wants!
This Umpire is a joke pathetic
I actually think it hit him before the gloves. You can see hit foot "jiggle" both as the ball passes it into the glove, and jiggle again after the glove.
Agreed but that would be a real micro analyzing of the replay to call that. I feel like it would have to be call stands even though I think it was a HBP.
Plus, New York has some miracle 120 fps super secret drone footage that the broadcasts don't have, that's why you get some insane overturns somethings. lOL
@@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli Case in point, all the home plate collision overturns.
Bigger blunders than Angel Hernandez
It's one thing to have BOTH Managers ejected in the same game but on the same play? Outrageous!
The “baseball gods” took their revenge on Kulpa at the end of the video - he ended up leaving the game too ;)
I have never seen both managers get ejected on the same play… I have seen it all now
So let me get this straight. In an effort to speed up the game, Ron “Mea” Kulpa takes 5+ minutes to incorrectly assess whether or not a challenge was timely, then takes another 5 minutes to keep a pitcher from injuring his arm because … it would slow down the game. All in all you lost 10 minutes. What is the actual aim here?
Kulpa might not be a bad umpire in terms of actual calls, but he is just a genuinely unpleasant person to deal with. All he does is escalate situations. You should never find yourself getting in a shouting match with a manager. Not a good look
He's a little better than Jeff Nelson cb Buckner laz diaz and of course angel hernandex
Umpire got the call right he didn’t get hit. Never seen both managers get tossed out like that. Never seen Tito get upset like that. Watched Tribe baseball since 2011 just about every day. Seeing the F bomb thrown like that by Tito I assume more stuff was going on. Also Giminez has been hit like 20 times this year alone so he’s trying to do his job and protect his Player. I think the angels manager getting tossed was even more crazy. So the guy can’t throw warm
Up pitches. That’s not a reason to get Thrown out. also their season is over and we all know Cleveland was going to win that game. It wouldn’t of mattered what pitcher.
Ron Kulpa.....'nuff said!
10 seconds to hold; 20 seconds to challenge. Since, Terry didn't request to hold within 10 seconds -- play on?
Is that why Kulpa didnt work the rest of the series?
Ron Kulpa needs to be fired yesterday. It bothers me with so many talented AAA/AA umpires, these losers are crew chiefs and work forever. What a hack!
No matter who you look at.. this was bad all around.. all have some blame to own... ugh
Ron and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Looks like he actually gets the initial call correct and then the wheels come off. Probably the most worrying thing in all of this is that this at least the third time since May 2021 he's had to leave a game after getting struck in the facemask with a foul ball.
One of my favorite books as a kid lol.
He got the initial call correct, but then he started to be Ron Culpa about it. Francona challenged in time and was right to argue. Ron's arrogance and behavior to Terry escalated the situation. He then went full Ron Culpa with the pitcher. Honestly umpires like Ron Culpa and Angel Hernandez really need to retire. They are hurting the rest of the MLB umpires with their behavior. Make room for good umpires that have been grinding in AAA just waiting for their shot.
4:44 KARMA
Who the heck is keeping track of the 20 seconds?
Kulpa screwed up.... Both mangers spoke in solidarity after the game... Nevin stating Francona asked for the review and Francona stating the pitcher should of got to throw some warmups... This is just an example of terrible umpiring
Giving Angel Hernandez a run for his money
His issue is the opposite. Kulpa has a temperament problem. Angel Hernandez is just bad.
That foul tip didn't hit him hard enough.
Record year for manager ejections?
Both managers actually had a legitimate complaint. The ump made the correct call on batter and then proceeded to toss both managers with bad calls.
That said, the picture probably would have been okay just going ahead. He can be sitting on the bench while his team bats for 30 minutes, so 5 minutes of inactivity shouldn't be a big deal
Huh? Don't pitchers throw a few warms up at the start of each inning?
OH.....MYYYYYY
Bucknor, Hernandez, de Jesus .... add Kulpa to the ever growing list of embarrasingly bad umpires.
Man, I miss Tito. Wish he could have stayed in Boston forever.
I'm actually surprised he didn't throw the pitcher too.
To be fair, Ron did apologize later on.
Ron Kulpa's act is getting pretty old. Now that Joe "It's All About Me" West is retired, Kulpa has decided to adopt West's attitude that the fans actually show up at the game to see HIM UMPIRE!!!!! That smart-ass grin of his would piss off Gandhi.
From the 3:05 mark above: "Wow! I'm telling you what: I've never seen Tito lose his cool like this." Where have I heard that before? Oh yeah: ua-cam.com/video/_tjQu-_XgQE/v-deo.html
I'm confused, what was Francona wanting to challenge if it was a ball?
If the ball hit the batter's foot, because it was ruled that he checked his swing.
@@priceright8963 Awesome, thanks 👍
That little smirk on Kulpa's face is probably a large reason why both managers got tossed.
Tumpane has really great hair
All I can say in this game is WOW! The only thing that could be worse is the next night at the plate conference either of the managers bringing this up then getting run before a pitch is thrown.
If they brought it up at plate meeting on next game, they should get tossed immediately. 😂😂
@@tannobrand I agree 110% with you, sad thing is this happens all the time and very seldom a MLB umpire will run anyone prior to the first pitch.
To quote Dan + Keith on Sportscenter back in the day...
"I could read his lips, and he's not praying."
Doesn't take a genius to figure out the two words Tito kept telling the blue on his way out.
Knowing Jomboy breakdowns, it was "horse sh**" 😂
@@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli Pretty sure it was "f**k you"
Can't wait for the new clock rules for pitchers and batters next year!!!!!
Stassi holding back Kulpa at the start of the warmup thing is a horrible look for Kulpa.
Kulpa definitely let this one get away from him, but everyone has a bad day from time to time...
Why umpire thew out at los angles pitcher do not allow
Maybe team psychologists can work with the umpires too
Do we have to have the managers throw a red flag on the field then?
Kulpa is the definition of power trip for umpiress
Usually I'm impressed by the umpiring that's highlighted on this channel, but this was just a circus from the start
This was...not even good enough for a blooper reel.
John Tumpane showing once again why he is one of the best umpires in the league. Great behind the plate (from the publicly available data, at least) and calm under pressure. That's the type of guy I want making game changing decisions.
Kulpa has always been a ego maniac. One of the most arrogant umps in the league. And that’s saying something
Says who? You? What credibility do you have? Zero
@@bradt7451 why are you so upset about that?
@@bradt7451 my opinion don’t like it too bad. Piss off
All I remember is that guy calling David Ortiz out on a clear ball because David thought the pitch before was a ball. Not only did he call him out he stared him down all the way to the bench. This guy looks for conflict when he is questioned on everything. That’s ego
Another one this year I believe based loaded full count the pitch comes in and he starts to call a strike, the batter leans into it so it gets his elbow. This guy gives him the base and the game. I believe it was the Mets but not sure. Everyone going insane and he stands there with that little smirk staring down the manager. Again that’s ego.
Bad umpiring all around.
Tito claimed Kulpa told him it wasn't a question of Tito being timely with the request for a review. He said Kulpa told him no review would take place because Gimenez re-engaged the pitcher for the next delivery. So evidently that means the next play has started and no review?
Where did he say this?
@@AliceYobby
Post game press conference
Anytime you have a strong union and employees can not be held accountable, well,nuf said!
Ball don't lie
Nice to see the baseball gods get one in for us at the end there. 👍👍
Such a mature comment by a joke of a person and so called fan. As usual🙄. You ARE the problem. In all of sports. Youth up to professional. Pretty much, in life. You suck.
Let me get this straight, the challenge was timely and the manager gets tossed. Then the pitcher wants a warm up toss after sitting for five minutes and the ump says no. I am sure Kulpa will be disciplined for clearly escalating the situation e messed up or not. Well done.
Kulpa himself left the game after being hit by a foul ball. BALL DON'T LIE!
Pitcher could have thrown during entire delay
Who are you kidding? MLB is not going to discipline him
@@mijkosnook7787 playoff games taken away is the discipline
@@rayray4192 ...and could have tired himself out. A pitcher has every right to request a warmup after a delay of the game he didn't cause, especially when the outcome of the challenge might have bearing on how he'll pitch (from windup if no runners on vs. from the stretch with the runner on 1st from the HBP).
Too many of these umps think the game is about them.
Tito has never got that mad.
Ron Kulpa should be suspended for making contact with a team manager.
"I've never seen (fill in the blank player/manager/announcer) lose their cool like this"
Yeah, but I’m this case it’s accurate. This was only Tito’s 5th ejection in the last 5 seasons, and none of them looked like this.
When you see a manager throw out four "F-you's" in a row, it's probably true
Nice. Bingo! 👍👊👏
Ron Kulpa is a terrible umpire. He escalated a situation here into 2 managers being ejected. A complete and utter disgrace to the profession. But then again he’s the guy who said “I can do anything I want!” Worse umpire in baseball
Typical viewpoint from an uneducated bias-filled fan. 🙄