Yet again an umpire shows why he has the best job in the world. Penny gets to first and is then thrown out for"trying to run to first". Had the umpire actually been paying attention, he would have noticed that all Penny did was turn around to look for the ball, and he had to make a step to towards second to do so. Of course, he didn't notice that, and I sensed trouble as soon as the first base umpire started running towards the bag.
So, Penny gets thrown out on a B.S. call, fine, whatever. He managed to show remarkable restraint for a man who got thrown out because he turned his head. Fox then shows the replay and I turn my head for the second, the next thing I know Brad Penny is livid. Thanks to the wonders of a DVR, I can see that Penny managed to get himself ejected by throwing his helmet. Not at an umpire, but just a flip towards the dugout like any player would do after he made an out.
This was an amazingly bush league call, but, thankfully, I got an explanation thanks to Bob Timmerman at Dodger Thoughts (see comment 207). It turns out, the umpire is, quite literally, a bush league umpire. That's good to now.
The sad thing is that nothing will come of this. Maybe if they consider promoting this guy to the Bigs this incident will come up. I doubt it though. The umpires in baseball simply have no accountability, and even if they drastically alter the outcome of a game, nothing will come of it.
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