Domenic Vadala: Ol' blue needs more common sense, better grasp of unwritten rules

Domenic Vadala: Ol' blue needs more common sense, better grasp of unwritten rules
We all saw what occurred with Ubaldo Jimenez on Friday night in Boston. I'll be very honest - my initial thought was that I didn't recall the last time (if ever) I had seen a pitcher thrown out of a game totally cold. No warning, no history of trouble, nothing. When the reports of the hard slide at second base started circulating, my personal opinion was that was a copout. In saying that, I mean that any hit batsman by an Orioles pitcher might have culminated in an ejection. Having said that,...

Wrapping up a 3-2 loss and a controversial ejection

Wrapping up a 3-2 loss and a controversial ejection
BOSTON - Orioles manager Buck Showalter referred to tonight's ejection of starting pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez as "professionally a little embarrassing," and he hopes that Major League Baseball will take action to make certain that it never happens again. Plate umpire Jordan Baker tossed Jimenez after Pablo Sandoval was hit on the right shoulder with two outs in the fourth inning. It was Jimenez's first career ejection and it didn't sit well with the Orioles, who lost 3-2 on Xander Bogaerts'...