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Texas Rangers Catcher Jonah Heim Trolls Umpires After Controversial Call vs. Chicago White Sox

Texas Rangers catcher Jonah Heim made sure to let the umpires know how he felt after he hit a home run against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. He was directing his celebration towards the umpires after a controversial call in a loss on Tuesday.
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Texas Rangers Catcher Jonah Heim Trolls Umpires After Controversial Call vs. Chicago White Sox
Texas Rangers Catcher Jonah Heim Trolls Umpires After Controversial Call vs. Chicago White Sox

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Texas Rangers catcher Jonah Heim made sure to troll the umpires after he hit a home run on Wednesday night against the Chicago White Sox.

You can see his home run - and celebration - here. His celebration was to put his hands to his ears like an umpire does when they are signaling for a review.

This is in reference to a very controversial play from a Rangers loss on Tuesday night in which, after review, it was determined that Heim had illegally blocked the plate as Elvis Andrus was trying to score.

The call made national headlines and got manager Bruce Bochy ejected and 24 hours later, the Rangers were still thinking about it.

For Heim, the three-run shot was his 10th of the season. At the time of this posting, he's 2-3 with two runs scored and three RBI. He's now hitting .277 and is putting himself in position to be an All-Star next month in Seattle.

The Rangers currently lead the White Sox, 6-1, in the bottom of the sixth inning. In addition to Heim's homer, they have scored on a double by Nathaniel Lowe and a homer by Ezequiel Duran.

If the Rangers win, they'll move to 46-28 on the year. They currently lead the American League West and are looking to make the playoffs for the first time since 2016.

The Rangers are off on Thursday before opening a big series with the New York Yankees on Friday at Yankee Stadium.

First pitch in that game is 7:05 p.m. ET.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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