http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky...s/14902881.htm
The Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAY0a...dspin%2Ecom%2F
So in case you haven't heard of him yet, the minor league manager who is now infamous for his raging antics...
In a tantrum of epic proportions, Manager Joe Mikulik turned Applebee's Park into a one-man show following a close call at second base in the bottom of the fifth inning.
This one had it all, including not only on-field antics, but quotes afterward, and the piling of two water coolers and a pitching screen to block the door of the umpires’ dressing room. You’ve got to get bonus points for that.
The fracas occurred during the fifth inning of the Tourists’ game with the Lexington Legends and involved Lexington’s Koby Clemens, of all people. Clemens had just doubled, and Asheville pitcher Brandon Durden tried to pick him off of second. Umpire Andy Russell called Clemens safe, and with that, let’s start the feud!
Key quote from our protagonist:
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I just wish the umpire’s association would train their young men to have a personality. I could get two mannequins at Sears and umpire better than what I saw this whole series.
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And right now Clemens is saying: “I thought my dad was nuts …”
How To Argue With An Umpire (Joe Mikulik)
