Oakland Athletics manager Mark Kotsay went ballistic Wednesday after a pitch clock violation cost his team an out.
A’s third baseman Aledmys Díaz got called for an automatic strike for a pitch clock violation, resulting in a strike out to lead off the fourth against the Chicago Cubs. Kotsay wasted no time vehemently protesting the call with home plate umpire Adam Hamari.
The furious Kotsay dropped a barrage of foul language, all of it quite audible on both the NBC Sports California and Marquee broadcasts. We won’t repeat it here, but you can check out the replay. Warning: This is as blatant an NSFW video as you will ever see from a baseball game.
Kotsay contended that Díaz had hurt himself on the previous swing and needed time to regroup. Hamari gave Kotsay about 30 seconds to vent then got tired of the outburst and ejected him. The Athletics manager pressed on for a while before finally leaving the field.
The Athletics ended up losing, 12-2, running their mark to 3-16. Fans must look back to almost the Civil War era to find an MLB team that has gotten off to such a horrendous statistical start.
Fans thought Kotsay went too far in his protest.
[Awful Announcing; Photo credit: NBC Sports California]
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