Top 10 Most Awesome Ejections in Sports History (with Video)

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Player ejections are often a sight to behold. Very few go quietly, opting instead to make as much of scene as possible. When fans get ejected, the same is true.

It's a shame we haven't had digital recording devices and cell phones with video for decades, but at least we do now.

At least we have a great bastion of hilarity like Youtube to serve as our video historian.

Here are some classic ejections.

No. 10: Serena Williams

Serena met Kim Clijsters in the semi-finals of the 2009 US Open. It was supposed to be an epic battle between of former US Open champions.

But the match ended a bit prematurely when Serena was tossed for threatening the umpire after what she deemed a bad call.

Even John McEnroe has to cringe when he sees this video. Dick Enberg handles this one quite nicely, however.

No. 9: Lou Piniella

Piniella is the modern-day Earl Weaver and employed all sorts of adventurous post-ejection tools: the base throwing, dirt kicking, crazy-face screaming.

But his hat-kicking episode in 1998 was as original as they come.

No. 8: Tim Duncan

Apparently, Duncan earned a technical fall for his sideline chatter. That’s weird enough. But the ref, Joey Crawford, tosses him another T and he is ejected.

The utter disbelief on the phlegmatic Duncan’s face is priceless. He’s fairly dull even when he get’s ejected for laughing.

No. 7: Rasheed Wallace

Sheed is a master of being ejected; he can do it in his sleep. This one is funny for a few reasons.

a) the commentary from the ref…“WHACK! Get out!”

b) Steve Smith trying to defend him

c) Sheed does nothing after he’s tossed: he’s used to it by now.

No. 6: Confused Indians Fan Matthew Bellamy

Sure this guy has the right to wear whatever he wants to a ball game. But he was clearly looking for a fight.

If he was really a LeBron fan he would remember how angry fans were when LeBron wore a Yankee hat to an Indians game.

Although this was long before James bolted for Miami, Cleveland fans crucified him for it.

No. 5: Woody Hayes

This one is pretty sad because it marked the end of a great career.

But a 65-year-old man sucker punching a college athlete in a bowl game is something we’ll probably never see again.

I don’t think JoePa is apt to do that anytime soon.

No. 4: Ron Artest and Co.

Everything about the 2004 brawl among the Pistons, the Pacers, and the fans was great

Whether it was Artest laying on the scorer’s table or going into the stands to punch the wrong fan, or the Turtle-from-Entourage-look-alike mixing it up with Artest, the “Malice at the Palace” was special.

In all, 10 players were suspended, totaling 146 missed games. But we all pretty much remember it as Ron-Ron’s fight.

No. 3: George Brett

What makes this so classic—aside from the absurdity of the ruling—is how Brett responds. Everything is fairly calm while the umpires inspect everything with Billy Martin.

He observes at first but doesn’t seem overly concerned, sits down and relaxes on the bench.

When he explodes after being ruled out, he looks like a maniac. There’s a Mel Gibson kind of lunacy on his face.

No. 2: Earl Weaver

As the Baltimore Orioles skipper for nearly two full decades, Weaver was the patron saint of ejections.

It’s hard to choose one, especially since he was ejected from 97 games, a record that lasted until Bobby Cox came along.

This is one of his more animated and paranoid rants: the ump provides some nice language in response.

No. 1: Phil Wellman

No. 1: Phil Wellman

Baseball managers will always lead the way when it comes to showboating ejections. And there have been some great ones on this list.

But when Mississippi Braves manager Phil  Wellman came out to argue with an umpire he set a new standard. 

Miraculously the stunt did not cost him his job: just a three-game suspension. Miming a grenade launching with the rosin back was the topper.

It’s like watching a three-year-old throw a temper tantrum for not getting what he wants at Toys-R-Us.