Padres News: Bob Melvin's Wednesday Ejection Placed Him in History Books
MLB games can become some of the most emotionally draining ones out there, especially if you are managing a roster with sky-high expectations that has yet to reach close to full-form.
Ever since he broke onto the scene in a management position for the Seattle Mariners back in 2003, Bob Melvin already recorded three ejections in just his first season. He has always been known as someone who sticks up for his guys and he's made it clear that he would rather be the one thrown out than one of his players.
Fast forward to 2023 and his second season with the San Diego Padres and not much has changed. We are just 38 games into the year and he has already recorded his first ejection.
He was visibly upset with the officiating amidst a time game in the Friars' final game of their series against the Minnesota Twins and he let the umpire hear it at the bottom of the seventh inning.
It's safe to say the conversation did not go too well.
San Diego did go on to lose the match and Melvin was very vocal in postgame interview about aspects of the team ranging far beyond just him having to get tossed before the eighth inning.
However, the 61-year-old former MLB player actually made history when the umpire elected to kick him out of the game. Melvin became 19th all-time in career managerial ejections with a total of 55, passing up Gene Mauch.
"Melvin’s 55th career ejection and second this season came in the eighth inning, after several innings of he and others in the Padres dugout riding home plate umpire Brock Ballou about his strike zone. Melvin was tossed after Ballou had heard enough following a strike call on Tatis on a pitch below the zone."
(Via The San Diego-Union Tribune)
We love to see Melvin sticking up for everybody but we also hope this number doesn't grow too much larger in the process as he is very important to have present for the entirety of games.
