This collegiate summer league coach pretended to be the umpire after being ejected
Manager ejections are like summer blockbusters. Sure, they're always fun, but rarely do they elevate above the explosive bluster to become true art. Not so for Sean West, a coach for the Savannah Bananas in the collegiate Coastal Plain League.
After he was ejected on Thursday night, he decided to grab a mask and pantomime the umpire's strike zone. He got behind the catcher and, when the pitch was well off the plate, made an exaggerated and almost super heroic strike call:
Sean West, @TheSavBananas head coach Sean West just got thrown out. He responded by grabbing a catcher's mask and imitating the umpire pic.twitter.com/ICPLyMKbFt
— Nathan Deen - Author (@CleanCompelling) July 7, 2017
This is some hardcore commedia dell'arte:
Savannah Bananas coach gets ejected and thinks he has a better strike zone ? #GoBananas pic.twitter.com/b2ZmtRcioS
— Bryan Cruse (@B_CRUSEY_Baby) July 7, 2017
Given that the Bananas' Twitter bio ends with "entertain always," we'd say they're living up to that ethos.
(h/t Big League Stew)
