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NCAA Releases Statement After Louisville Pitcher's Ejection During Indiana Game

by Larry Leo

June 3, 201949 Comments

Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports

Louisville closer Michael McAvene was ejected from his team's 9-7 win over Indiana on Sunday with two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning. McAvane appeared to say “that’s horrible” after a call by the home plate umpire, who then tossed him out of the game...

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NCAA then releases this statement on the controversial ejection...

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Filed Under: NCAA Baseball

Originally published on TigerDroppings.com

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km•59 months

Dollar worth of authority, nickel worth of sense. Pussy.

Flashback•59 months

Ump needs a snicker bar.

pellietigersaint•59 months

so he will miss the super regional in its entirety and perhaps one or two CWS games? thats harsh for a mild gesture

hogminer•59 months

He'll miss the 2 games today against Ill. St. and the 1st 2 of the Supers.

hogminer•59 months

Sorry, 1 today and 3 in Supers.

Bulldogblitz•59 months

Ump needs to take pamprin

tigerman03•59 months

Ump needs thicker skin.

TampaTiger22•59 months

Or... when the plate meeting happens before the game. Teams are warned they will not argue balls and strikes. If he kept his mouth shut he wouldn't have been tossed. He is a pompous douche.

stratman•59 months

Really. He wasn't arguing balls and strikes. He never called the umpire a name. He never even said that the call was horrible. Ump needs to go get a massage or something. This is BS, the NCAA knows it but they have to back up their umpire. Welcome to the fight against the Man, kid.

BowDownToLSU•59 months

Come on Tampa. Most pitchers are gonna be upset over not getting that call. That’s a horrible call then this kid has to miss games ... I’m sure this kid and his family have their arse off to get to this level and then have it took away because that ump is blind and has thin skin.... total BS

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ScaryClown•59 months

that's horrible

lynxcat•59 months

NCAA is such an archaic beast. Excited for the day that it ceases to exist.

SaintInBham•59 months

I honestly don't even know what purpose they serve anymore

CGSC Lobotomy•59 months

Looks like that ump needs to take a 98 mph fastball straight to the nuts with the catcher pulling the glove away and ducking at the last minute. Then the catcher should say, "man, that's HORRIBLE."

BowDownToLSU•59 months

fricking bull shite. That was a strike you blind vagina

UGATiger26•59 months

Yeah, that's bad. And I'm someone who's usually very big on players keeping their cool and respecting umps/refs. It would be one thing if the pitcher had made some sort of gesture at the ump, or used some colorful language. But just to express some frustration in a very heated and pivotal point of the game...and get ejected and tossed for four games is bonkers. The only way I could defend the ump's actions is if he had given a warning to that same player earlier in the game.

TDFreak•59 months

Wow. So he won’t be active for four game. Harsh rule. Probably ended his playing days for 2019.

tgerb8•59 months

I'm ok with booting him for "unsportsmanlike conduct" even though the call does seem horrible to me. I definitely think a 4 game suspension is ridiculously harsh.

AustinKnight•59 months

I’ve never heard of anything as dumb as four games for something like this. They may get to Omaha anyway with their weak Matchup in the Supers but to lose him for a couple games in Omaha might kill their season. Not cool and that rule needs to be looked at by someone no doubt.

OweO•59 months

That was weak. In that situation, it could have impacted the game. Emotions come out during competition and for the ump to call it in that situation is bush league.

RidiculousHype•59 months

A suspension of 2 games per word seems harsh... wonder if the NCAA will overturn/shorten the suspension

CDawson•59 months

Of course they want. The NCAA cover self first, worries about athletes last.

Erin Go Bragh•59 months

NCAA umpires are really bad. Some worse than others. Many lack a consistent strike zone while others look to make overly dramatic gestures even it means making a wrong call. The difference between a Major League umpire and a college umpire is like night and day.

Tigers eyes•59 months

The NCAA is ruing college athletics. The officials in all sports are horrible.

TigerstuckinMS•59 months

The four games is brutal. Once again, the NCAA shows why they're the best in college athletics.

Drizzt•59 months

NCAA sucks. SEC, ACC, and Big 10 should form their own league and keep all the money.

CDawson•59 months

Agree, the days of the P5 conference needing the NCAA are long gone. The NCAA needs the P5 much worse. The NCAA should continue to govern the smaller divisions and lesser D1 conferences while the P5 flips them the double bird and moves on.

El Magnifico•59 months

Dude kinda looks like Larry Bird

GetCocky11•59 months

Could you imagine if that happened at a SEC stadium in the same situation?

ConwayGamecock•59 months

If the rule is there, you play with fire if you choose to step over the line. The rule doesn't allow for interpretations regarding how far you can question an umpire's calls. Also, we have no context of how this all came down: did the umpire get an earful from Louisville all game long, and he had had enough? Who knows....

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