Warren Schaeffer may just have a future on Broadway if the whole manager thing does not work out for him.
The Colorado Rockies interim manager produced an incredibly theatrical ejection during Sunday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers. In the third inning at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Rockies outfielder Tyler Freeman took an 0-2 pitch from Milwaukee’s Chad Patrick.
Freeman thought that the pitch was low, but home plate umpire Ramon De Jesus rang him up with the called third strike. After the strikeout call, Freeman turned and said something to De Jesus, who immediately ejected him.
That led to Schaeffer storming out of the Rockies dugout with smoke billowing out of his nostrils. He got into De Jesus’ face and emphatically threw down both his cap and the gum that was in his mouth. Schaeffer then got in a dramatic crouching position over the plate to demonstrate how seemingly low the pitch from Patrick was (also getting ejected himself over the display).
Here is the comical video:
