Reaction to Jeffrey Macias ejecting Arizona head coach Chip Hale one week following Vols’ series
Jeffrey Macias served on the officiating staff for the Arizona-Arizona State baseball series April 22-24 in Tucson, Arizona.
Macias was the second base umpire for game No. 1, the first base umpire in game No. 2 and home plate umpire in the series finale.
During the Arizona-Arizona State series finale on April 24, Wildcats’ head coach Chip Hale was ejected by Macias due to Chase Davis deemed to not make an attempt in avoiding a pitch from the Sun Devils’ Jacob Walker.
In the Tennessee-Alabama series, Macias served as home plate umpire during game No. 1, third base umpire in game two and second base umpire for the series finale.
Vitello bumped into Macias in game No. 2 and was suspended for four games.
Below is reaction of Macias ejecting Hale from the Arizona-Arizona State game.
This is the same ump (Jeffrey Macias) who ejected Chip Hale today. Vitello should not have chest-bumped him but it shows Macias might have a quick trigger. I didn't realize umps work in different conferences. https://t.co/daLwGkSChK
— Javier Morales (@JavierJMorales) April 25, 2022
Chip Hale, ejected in the fifth inning, ran out of the clubhouse to the field to shake the hands of ASU's coaches and talk with his team in RF. https://t.co/Bn7l29qCHc
— Javier Morales (@JavierJMorales) April 24, 2022
Arizona coach Chip Hale talks about one benefit of being ejected and watching the game on TV from the clubhouse. pic.twitter.com/aMkbBX6Xbc
— Javier Morales (@JavierJMorales) April 24, 2022
Chip Hale just got ejected after arguing with the home plate umpire about him NOT awarding first base to Chase Davis despite him getting hit by a pitch on the leg.
It's hard to have a worse call than that.
— Brian Pedersen (@realBJP) April 24, 2022
Daniel Susac said he got “riled up” when Chip Hale was ejected in the fifth inning. Believes the ejection motivated the team. pic.twitter.com/gFNmIn8wBk
— Javier Morales (@JavierJMorales) April 24, 2022
#Gary set the tone.
The rest of the Wildcats followed his lead.
The lowdown from a big @ArizonaBaseball game and series win over ASU (including Chip Hale getting ejected after a missed call):https://t.co/bSFzsEvu3J
— Michael Lev (@MichaelJLev) April 25, 2022
Chip Hale Kyle Schwarber
🤝
Getting ejected for arguing trash calls
— AZ Desert Swarm (@AZDesertSwarm) April 25, 2022
Arizona baseball blew out ASU to clinch the weekend series, but Chip Hale had to watch the second half from the clubhouse after getting tossed arguing a pretty bad call https://t.co/1FcCyVlFnt
— AZ Desert Swarm (@AZDesertSwarm) April 25, 2022
Now the 1B umpire, who bodied up Chip Hale to try and keep him from talking to the home plate ump who ejected him, just called Tommy Splaine off the bag stretching for a throw from Garen Caulfield after a great play up the middle.
This has not been a great weekend for the crew.
— Brian Pedersen (@realBJP) April 24, 2022
Chip Hale tossed by umpire today v. ASU for arguing HBP call. Hale was ejected from 5 MLB games in seasons as D'backs mgr. Terry Francona: 44 ejections over 22 years as MLB mgr.
— Greg Hansen (@ghansen711) April 24, 2022
In case you're wondering, Chip Hale was ejected five times as Diamondbacks manager (twice in 2015 and three times in 2016). He was also ejected as the Washington Nationals bench coach in 2018 for arguing balls/strikes from the dugout. https://t.co/knnm5GZvei
— Javier Morales (@JavierJMorales) April 24, 2022
Chip Hale just got tossed from the game by home plate ump Jeffrey Macias after Macias ruled that Chase Davis did not try to avoid getting hit by a pitch. Terrible call. In college, the batter doesn’t have to avoid getting hit. He can’t move in to a pitch. pic.twitter.com/qxzfiOf1s3
— Javier Morales (@JavierJMorales) April 24, 2022
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