Close Call Sports & Umpire Ejection Fantasy League

An interference no-call when a runner collided with a fielder attempting to field a batted ball with 2 outs in the 9th allowed Double-A's Senators to tie its game with Eerie. 3B Umpire Brandon Spevak ejected SeaWolves manager Tony Cappuccilli for arguing. closecallsports.com/2026/07/milb-e…

3B Umpire Dan Iassogna ejected Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol (Replay Review decision that confirmed HP Umpire Adam Beck's HBP call to Michael Harris; QOCY) in the top of the 9th inning of the #Cardinals-#Braves game. Report: closecallsports.com/2026/07/mlb-ej…

3B Umpire Adam Hamari ejected Padres hitting coach Steven Souza (ABS challenge denial by HP Umpire Jen Pawol to Sung-Mun Song) in the #BlueJays-#Padres game. Pawol then called a balk on Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman for a Windup vs Set Position issue. closecallsports.com/2026/07/mlb-ej…

HP Umpire Lance Barksdale ejected Giants manager Tony Vitello (balk call; QOCY) in the top of the 3rd inning of the #Rockies-#Giants game. Pitcher Tyler Mahle failed to declare Windup position, making his 2nd step home illegal, scoring a run for Colorado. closecallsports.com/2026/07/mlb-ej…

HP Umpire Willie Traynor ejected Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo (step balk call on Jose Cabrera; QOCY) in the bottom of the 5th inning of the #Diamondbacks-#Padres game. The pitcher failed to step directly toward second base before throwing there. closecallsports.com/2026/07/mlb-ej…

HP Umpire Doug Eddings ejected Yankees manager Aaron Boone (Replay Review denial / New York took too long to challenge; QOCY) in the top of the 6th inning of the #Yankees-#Rays game because Eddings said Boone took too long to signal for the review. closecallsports.com/2026/07/mlb-ej…

HP Umpire Alan Porter ejected Phillies DH Kyle Schwarber (check swing strike three call by 3B Umpire Roberto Ortiz) in the top of the 6th inning of the #Phillies-#Royals game. Schwarber waved off Ortiz with a shoo-fly gesture. Report: closecallsports.com/2026/07/mlb-ej…

3B Umpire Lance Barrett ejected Phillies infield coach Bobby Dickerson & HP Umpire Malachi Moore ejected Caleb Cotham (Replay Review decision confirmed 2B Umpire Mike Estabrook's safe / no abandonment call; QOCY) in #Phillies-#Reds. Was this abandonment? closecallsports.com/2026/07/mlb-ej…

HP Umpire Nick Mahrley ejected Padres infield coach Ryan Goins & manager Craig Stammen (check swing strike two call by 1B Umpire Ben May on Fernando Tatis) in the top of the 1st inning of the #Padres-#Dodgers game. It was the 2nd pitch of the game. closecallsports.com/2026/07/mlb-ej…

1B Umpire Cory Blaser ejected Phillies infield coach Bobby Dickerson (Replay Review decision that benefited Philadelphia, overturned Blaser's safe call to out; QOCY) in the #Phillies-#Pirates game. Getting ejected for something that went your way is dumb. closecallsports.com/2026/06/mlb-ej…

2B Umpire Vic Carapazza ejected Red Sox 1B Willson Contreras, manager Chad Tracy, Nate Eaton & Nationals pitcher Miles Mikolas (fighting after strikeout/benches clearing incident) @ #Nationals-#RedSox. Nats pitcher Cade Cavalli yelled "sit down, boy" @ WC. closecallsports.com/2026/06/mlb-ej…

1B Umpire Nic Lentz ejected Red Sox 1B Willson Contreras (check swing strike three call) in the 2nning inning of the #Nationals-#RedSox game. MLB deems a helmet tap on a non-reviewable/challengeable call as action intended to ridicule, which is ejectable. closecallsports.com/2026/06/mlb-ej…

1B Umpire Todd Tichenor ejected Yankees 2B Jazz Chisholm (check swing strike three call by HP Umpire Adam Hamari) in the top of the 6th inning of the #Yankees-#RedSox game. Jazz spiked his helmet in the direction of home plate while arguing the strikeout. closecallsports.com/2026/06/mlb-ej…

3B Umpire Tripp Gibson ejected Angels manager Kurt Suzuki (catcher's interference call on Logan O'Hoppe by HP Umpire Dillon Wilson; QOCY) in the top of the 7th inning of the #Athletics-#Angels game. But didn't it happen after O'Hoppe caught the ball? closecallsports.com/2026/06/mlb-ej…

1B Umpire Tyler Jones ejected Red Sox pitching coach Andrew Bailey (check swing ball call to Anthony Volpe) in the top of the 9th inning of #Yankees-#RedSox game. New York & Boston broadcasters came to opposite conclusions as to whether the batter swung. closecallsports.com/2026/06/mlb-ej…

3B Umpire Jordan Baker ejected #Cubs manager Craig Counsell after Replay Review called Pete Crow-Armstrong out for oversliding 2B on a walk vs #Mets. We analyze the rules, finding a core base passing vs overslide conflict that complicates things. closecallsports.com/2026/06/mlb-ej…

An umpire crew's interference call ended a one-run Rockies-Pirates game when Pittsburgh runner R2 Billy Cook ran in front of Colorado 3B Kyle Karros and, in doing so, interfered with the fielder's ability to field the batted ball. Was this call correct? closecallsports.com/2026/06/interf…

1B Umpire John Bacon ejected Rangers bench coach Luis Urueta (check swing to Xander Bogaerts) in the top of the 1st inning of the #Padres-#Rangers game. With other umps stuck in traffic, this game started with a crew of just 2, leading to this call from 2B closecallsports.com/2026/06/mlb-ej…

HP Umpire Dan Merzel ejected Athletics manager Mark Kotsay (strike two call; QOCY) in the bottom of the 2nd inning of the #Angels-#Athletics game. The pitch clipped the strike zone at the front edge of home plate, but dipped below the ABS zone mid-depth. closecallsports.com/2026/06/mlb-ej…

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