David Ross Just Got Ejected from the Game

David Ross is absolutely right to be out of this game right now. This has been some of the worst, most frustrating strike zone umpiring I’ve seen all season. And it hasn’t even been particularly consistent (as in bad calls going both ways). There’s a lot of time left for the zone to be figured out, but right now, this is just absolute trash.

For example:

In any case, Ross started chirping the home plate umpire (Erich Bacchus, 30, who made his big league debut last season) around the third inning and by the time the fourth came around, he had enough. With Kris Bryant at the dish and yet another call going in favor of Yadi Molina and Adam Wainwright, Ross let the homeplate umpire have it.

That got him ejected and now he’ll catch the rest on a TV screen. Andy Green is now the acting manager in this game.

UPDATE: Still bad.

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Michael Cerami began covering the Chicago Cubs for Bleacher Nation as a part-time contributor in 2015. One year later, he joined Bleacher Nation full-time, covering the Chicago Cubs and Major League Baseball. Today, Michael runs Bleacher Nation, contributing as a writer (Cubs, MLB) and an editor for all sections of the site, including the Chicago Bears, Bulls, and Blackhawks, as well as MLB, NBA, NHL, and NFL. In 2019, Michael was the co-host of NBC Sports Chicago's Cubs Post-Game Show Outside the Ivy. You can find him on Twitter/X @Michael_Cerami

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