Randy was struggling tonight, but the umpire gave him the hook way too fast. In the second inning, Randy was upset with an inside pitch and stared down the umpire. I couldn't tell if he was yelling at thim, but the ump jumped out from behind the plate and immediately tossed him. This is a pennant race and tensions are high. I thought the ump over reacted myself, and even if Johnson was out of line, this is too important a game for the ump to be the story. I've seen Pedro go ballistic on the umps before without getting kicked out...
I'll watch it again on ESPN and see if I'm off on this.
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