Hot Mic Picked Up MLB Manager’s Profane Message to Ump That Led to Instant Ejection

Andy Nesbitt | Aug 17, 2025

Rays manager Kevin Cash was rightfully not a fan of this call in Saturday night's win over the Giants. / @MLB

The Tampa Bay Rays rallied back to beat the San Francisco Giants, 2-1, on Saturday night but their manager, Kevin Cash, wasn't around to see the team score their winning runs as he was tossed from the game in the eighth inning after yelling a profane message at the home plate umpire.

Tampa's Chandler Simpson thought he had drawn a key walk in the eighth inning when a 3-1 pitch by Jose Butto appeared to be a bit low. Simpson made a move to first, but had to quickly stop after home plate umpire Dan Iassogna called it a strike.

Cash didn't love that call at all and let Iassogna know about it.

"That's f------ down and you know it's down!," Cash yelled from the Rays' dugout. He was quickly ejected and ran out on the field to yell at Iassogna a little more before heading back to the locker room.

Here's how that played out:

"That's fucking down and you know it's down!"

Rays manager Kevin Cash was ejected after this low strike call to Chandler Simpson pic.twitter.com/CwpSlndflV

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Simpson would go on to hit a single in that at-bat and he later scored the Rays' winning run.

Cash must have loved seeing that while watching on TV from the Rays' clubhouse.

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