So I saw an article that claimed Bay was, statistically, a terrible fielder. Would you agree with that? Visually he's seemed ok to me...works hard, runs fairly well, and at least doesn't appear "lazy" out there etc.
And...damn the Jays for tying the game.
True enough. I think what some are chattering about tho is how quick the ump was to make those calls. I've seen plenty of umps let players mouth off several lines and not toss them out. Tito didn't even have time to get there to try and protect Tek, tho it seemed he left the bench almost as soon as it started.
Just depends on the ump. Some give a bit more leeway, some don't, that's all.
I re-watched the 7th on FSNO instead of NESN, and yeah, Tek was protecting Beckett.
Ump calls a ball, Beckett hollered "God damn it" and something else towards the ump w/lots of head gesturing, ump reacts, Tek jumps up. Heh. Yup, entertaining.
imo, the ump was trigger happy about ejecting, but whatever. They didn't get that animated before the ump waved them out in like 3 seconds.
I think, too, that Tek jumped up largely because Becket was steaming on the mound, and Tek was trying to make sure the ump didn't focus on Beckett.