John Gibbons goes Back To Back

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Josh Inglis
Friday April 26th 2013



After giving ol' JG the gears yesterday about finally showing some emotion he did it again Thursday night in New York.  John Gibbons was tossed again, this time by 2B umpire Jeff Kellogg. 

He was tossed for arguing a trapped ball call at first base that was originally ruled an out but  shortly overturned by 2nd base umpire Kellogg. “My sense was that the ball was resting on the ground and his glove was around the top of the ball,” said Kellogg

There was no appeal from the Yankees on the first call.  This was what sent JG off his rocker.  Gibbons later said  “I asked (Kellogg) how could they overturn it if there is no appeal by the other side? I thought the rule was that there had to be an appeal by the other side for them to get together. That was my interpretation of the rule.”

Gibbons moves included some finger pointing, a hat removal, some pinkie pointing, spiking his hat into the dirt , getting ejected and then  talking to the man who had just ejected him in an odd but casual manner.  Just check it out on the link below.

Watch Video Here

Gibbons has a chance to make it a 3-peat on Friday in New York.  If he is shown the door for a 3rd time in a row I will never say a bad thing about the man who I thought had the heart beat of a hibernating bear.

quotes courtesy of  Howie Rumberg, The Associated Press

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John Gibbons has a pulse

Josh Inglis
@B2Bsportsinglis


John Gibbons is alive, finally.  All it took was an anemic 8-13 start to the season for his club to wake him up.  John was ejected Wednesday night arguing balls and strikes with home plate umpire Mike DiMuro in defense of 3rd baseman Brett Lawrie. It was Gibbons first ejection of the season and the first by any Blue Jay player this year.

Watch John G get tossed

I imagine most Blue Jay fans are quite disappointed with how things have gone so far considering the teams expectations.  Competitive is all Torontonians want from their Roger Center inhabitants.  That includes once removed skipper John Michael Gibbons.  If you've paid the money to see them or caught the games on TV or on MLB TV you will have surely noticed this character throughout the game.....

This lump of mash potatoes is in charge of an underachieving group of talented players who, after 22 games looks like this statistically:

• Tied for 2nd in the league for most runs against.  Trailing only the Chris Carter led Houston Astros
• Tied for the most unearned runs in the league
• Have allowed the most hits in the majors to date
• 3rd most hits allowed
• Has a 5.67 ERA between his first 4 starters in the rotation (I like JA Happ and not throwing him in with the group he sits at 3.68 ERA 1.14 WHIP and 7.77 K/9)
• Their 3 and 4 batters are hitting .190 and .210 respectively 

Maybe the team needed someone to kick the tires and get things going or maybe it was just from a frustrated manager whose job may be in jeopardy come July if things don't improve. Either way the pitching is bound to improve and Jose and Edwin will find their strokes, but I'm not sure if that is going to equal a winning formula.  It sure seems John Farrell has things figured out right now in Boston.

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