Brad Ausmus Gets Ejected, Retaliates by Placing Sweatshirt on Home Plate

Well, this is a new one. 

Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus has faced a lot of pressure lately, with his team below .500 (17-21) and his job anything but stable. 

That might explain some of his heated frustration during Monday's home game against the Minnesota Twins at Comerica Park. The Tigers jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the first inning before the Twins scored seven unanswered runs over the next three innings. When Tigers third baseman Nick Castellanos struck out looking for the third out of the fourth, Ausmus clearly disagreed with the call.

He was tossed from the game after a spirited exchange with home plate umpire Doug Eddings and subsequently placed his sweatshirt over home plate before departing the field.

Perhaps it was a symbolic gesture intended to indicate just how effectively he thought Eddings had used the plate to call balls and strikes.

For what it's worth, the Tigers went on to win the game, 10-8. 

[h/t the Big Lead]