Manny Ramirez served his 50 game suspension. He did everything that he was supposed to do. On Friday July 3rd, he returned to baseball and everything was supposed to be normal. However; he was called out on strikes twice in last night’s game on pitches that were nowhere near the strike zone. He argued after the first strikeout and was visibly disgusted after the second one where he threw his helmet and bat towards the dugout then flipped his elbow guard in the direction of home plate umpire John Hirschbeck.

Ramirez was ejected and although he played it off like it was no big deal because he was leaving after the 5th inning anyways, it is a big deal because it appeared as if Hirschbeck had a vendetta against Ramirez. Hirschbeck is a seasoned umpire and has a lot of experience, he