I'm watching the Yankees game and cursing out home plate umpire Paul Emmel for throwing out Brett Gardner in the bottom of the 7th. Gardner took a called strike two, didn't like the call, had a minor beef and then was tossed by the overly sensitive Emmel. Gardner wasn't showing up Emmel and when he was tossed he stretched his arms outward and said, "For what?" That leads me to believe that Gardner didn't curse out the ump. But how dare he question Emmel? I mean, all those people in the stands came to see Emmel umpire, not the players play.
So rookie Colin Curtis takes Gardner's spot and inherits an 0-2 count. Tough spot, right? Sure is. So what does Curtis do? He works the count to 3-2 then hits a rocket line drive off Angels veteran pitcher Scott Shields into the right field seats, a 3-run homer, the first circuit clout of his big league career.
So while a lot of people, including me, are annoyed at the horrible umpiring of Paul Emmel, one guy who is pretty pumped up that Gardner got tossed is Colin Curtis.
Here is also something very strange. Rookie Juan Miranda homered earlier in the 7th inning for New York. It was the first time since 1929 that two rookies homered in the same inning for the Yankees, when Samuel Byrd and Lyn Lary did it. Baseball is a crazy sport, no?
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