Nationals manager Dave Martinez LOST HIS DAMN MIND after an awful call in a game Wednesday … screaming, yelling, and even throwing and kicking a base!!!
The epic outburst all went down in the 7th inning of the Nats’ game against the Cubs at Wrigley Field … when after Trea Turner was inexplicably called out due to his route to first base, Martinez exploded.
Dave CLEARLY felt his star shortstop had taken a perfectly acceptable path … and then began a tirade for the ages.
He screamed at the home plate ump … demonstrated Turner’s run himself — and then pulled the base straight out of the ground and spiked it!!!
He wasn’t done there, though … ’cause then he kicked the hell out of the base so far that it nearly landed in the dugout!!
Martinez was then obviously ejected and he’s now subject to both a fine AND a suspension … but afterward, he really didn’t seem to care about any of it.
Martinez ripped the call — and implied he’d continue throwing temper tantrums if umps made similar rulings down the road.
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“Honestly, I am beside myself now with this whole out-of-the-baseline thing, I really am,” Martinez said, adding … “I’m over it. I really am over it.”
“I’m tired of it. I’m going to argue a thousand times when that happens. I really am. I’m sick of it. I mean, you guys saw it. It’s a brutal call. And I’m done hiding it.”
If this all sounds familiar … it’s because it is — Turner and Martinez were involved in a nearly identical situation back in the 2019 World Series!
In that game, Trea was also called out for running inside the baseline … and Martinez was also promptly ejected for arguing.
Seems all of the bitchin’ and moanin’ is working for Dave, though … his team went on to win the World Series that year — and the Nats won Wednesday night too!
Hey, if it ain’t broke …