Derek Shelton had a bone to pick with the umpires and not even a pitcher’s windup could stop him.
With the Pittsburgh Pirates down 3-1 to the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday, Shelton took issue with the way the pitch clock was being operated and started arguing with home plate umpire Quinn Wolcott. The argument seemed to stem from the buzzer the umpires use to alert them when the pitch clock is winding down. Then, as Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan was in his windup, Shelton burst out of the Pirates dugout to take the heated argument up close and personal.
Shelton was then eventually ejected for his passionate tirade, but he sure got his full money’s worth before exiting the game.
Warning: NSFW language used in the videos below.
Pirates manager Derek Shelton was HEATED and ran out to the umpire while Shane McClanahan was pitching 😳
(via @BallyRays)pic.twitter.com/yyoI3g2roY
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) May 3, 2023
Quite the sequence here between the umpires and Pirates manager, Derek Shelton, who gets ejected. pic.twitter.com/44YKzMwrqJ
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) May 3, 2023
