Displeased by an umpire’s decision Thursday night, Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire turned 3-year-old, arguing until ejected, storming off the field, punting his cap high over his head.Thus inspired, the Twins faithful turned 2-year-old, throwing hats and baseballs onto the field, forcing the visiting White Sox to head for the dugout and leading the men in blue to halt the game for a few minutes.
"I don't like to see the game get stopped because of something like that," Gardenhire said. "I can't control it. What am I going to do? But my reaction out there led to something and I don't like it. I felt bad."
You ought to feel bad. As for what are you going to do? How about acting like an adult? No manager has to get ejected. Big league umps are pretty good about letting a manger blow off steam, and pretty good about letting them know when the line is about to be crossed.
Baseball has several, time-honored traditions that are great; managers throwing temper tantrums isn't one of them.
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