Padres manager Craig Stammen had mentioned earlier in the season that he would cover his mouth during arguments in order to avoid ending up on a Jomboy lip-reading breakdown video.
Well, he deployed that strategy on Saturday, and it didn’t matter. Jomboy got him anyway. But the real star of the show was umpire Chris Conroy who basically mocked Stammen for his disingenuous argument.
The entire saga started after Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts took a 93 mph sinker to the head in the fifth inning against Orioles pitcher Trey Gibson. Bogaerts left the game but would return to the lineup Sunday. But after seeing a star player take a pitch like that to the head, it was obvious that the Padres would attempt some payback.
The problem: They were really bad at it.
San Diego needed three attempts over two at-bats to hit Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson. And when Ron Marinaccio finally hit Henderson in the ninth inning, the Padres pitcher was ejected after a quick conference.
That was what brought Stammen out of the dugout, and really, Conroy saw through the entire charade. (Warning: Video contains NSFW language)
Conroy said something to the effect of, “Do something a little more, and I’ll get ya.” He knew Stammen wanted to get ejected for show, but he needed to make it more convincing than that.
Stammen obliged and ramped up the intensity. That drew this response from Conroy: “All right. That’s good. A little passion. I like it.”
Conroy was too funny for that. More umpires should get in on the joke when managers are being performative.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Umpire urged Padres manager to show more passion in argument breakdown video
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