I saw the replay of last night’s game where Jacoby Ellsbury earned himself his first career ejection. In the fifth inning, Ellsbury slid into home on a close play at the plate where he was called out. Replays indicated that he was indeed safe. Jacoby threw down his helmet violently in disgust. Although home plate umpire Derryl Cousins had his back turned during all of this, he must have overheard Jacoby’s angry reactions. In addition to that was Ellsbury’s helmet which was rolling around close to the on deck circle. After seeing all this, Cousins decided that Ellsbury would have to leave the game.
