Milwaukee Brewers catcher Yasmani Grandal took extreme issue with a called third strike from home plate umpire Jordan Baker on Monday night. He was ejected before manager Craig Counsell could intervene.
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While Grandal was livid, the pitch from Atlanta Braves right-hander Josh Tomlin looked like it caught the zone.
This was Grandal's first ejection as a member of the Brewers, and he made the most of it.
Yasmani Grandal, not a fan of this ump pic.twitter.com/GwukufWZWt
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After the game, Grandal apologized for his outburst.
"It was nothing against him," Grandal said, according to Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "It's been building up for the last three weeks and it just so happened to set me off with him. Obviously, that's not the way I want to be acting."
The Brewers have been struggling of late; Monday's loss to the Braves was their eighth in their last 10 games.
