{"id":1464981,"date":"2022-05-05T11:59:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T15:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1464981"},"modified":"2022-05-05T11:59:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T15:59:52","slug":"watch-madison-bumgarner-held-back-by-teammates-after-bizarre-ejection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-madison-bumgarner-held-back-by-teammates-after-bizarre-ejection\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Madison Bumgarner Held Back By Teammates After Bizarre Ejection"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-madison-bumgarner-held-back-by-teammates-after-bizarre-ejection%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1464981&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1395377442.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Why anyone would mess with Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner is beyond comprehension.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bumgarner, who is well known throughout his career for not being one to put up with much on the diamond, was ejected after just one inning Wednesday afternoon and had to be restrained by teammates as he tried to go after first base umpire Dan Bellino.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the bottom of the first inning against the Miami Marlins, Bumgarner was not happy with the strike zone of the home plate umpire and gave up a leadoff home run to Jon Berti. As Bumgarner walked off the field to the dugout \u2014 angrily gesturing toward home plate \u2014 Bellino came over to check the pitcher\u2019s hand for foreign substances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last season, pitchers had their gloves and belts checked in between innings to ensure no nefarious activities were taking place and to protect the \u201cintegrity of the game.\u201d This season, pitchers\u2019 hands are checked for foreign substances, such as pine tar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bellino, taking an unusually long time to check <\/span><span>Bumgarner\u2019s hand, appeared to be staring at the pitcher as he checked for sticky substances, waiting for a reaction from Bumgarner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bellino got one, as Bumgarner said something to the umpire before being ejected. Bumgarner then had to be held back by his teammates as he continued to yell at Bellino.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Madison Bumgarner has been ejected. Lots happening here. \ud83e\uddd0 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SGl0tZIQZM\">pic.twitter.com\/SGl0tZIQZM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bally Sports Arizona (@BALLYSPORTSAZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BALLYSPORTSAZ\/status\/1521899347402702850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cYou guys have seen the video,\u201d Bumgarner <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/recap?gameId=401354603\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> after the Diamondbacks 8-7 win. \u201cI don\u2019t know if I could say anything that would make the situation better. What I am going to say is I\u2019m extremely proud of our team, coming back. Obviously, I didn\u2019t go into the game with the intention of throwing one inning. Everyone picked me up today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bellino was asked after the game whether he thought staring down Bumgarner while checking his hand contributed to the ejection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say he took exception to it. It was just a hand check,\u201d Bellino <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/33855451\/madison-bumgarner-ejected-arizona-diamondbacks-miami-marlins-game-awkward-exchange-umpire\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>, according to ESPN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bellino can say whatever he\u2019d like, but his check of Bumgarner was certainly unusual, especially compared to the one Marlins pitcher Elieser Hernandez went through earlier in the game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Baseball\u2019s \u201cforeign substance\u201d crackdown only creates more problems and increases the frequency of embarrassing situations for Major League Baseball. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why anyone would mess with Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner is beyond comprehension.\u00a0Bumgarner, who is well known throughout his career for not being one to put up with much on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":1481715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1464981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1464981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1481715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1464981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1464981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1464981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}