Umpire Ejects Baseball Team DJ for Playing ‘Three Blind Mice’
- Posted on August 2, 2012 at 8:46am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (The Blaze/AP) — The music stopped at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach after a minor league umpire ejected the music DJ for playing “Three Blind Mice” during the game.
The ejection came in the eighth inning of Wednesday’s game between the Daytona Cubs and the Fort Myers Miracle.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal (http://bit.ly/NLccRv ) reports Cubs manager Brian Harper was arguing a call at first base when he heard home plate umpire Mario Seneca bellow “you’re out.”
Harper says he thought he was being kicked out of the game. Instead, the umpire ejected the music man, intern Derek Dye.
The public address system at the stadium was shut down for the rest of the game. The newspaper reports fans took it upon themselves to announce players as they approached the plate. And the Cubs said as much on their Facebook page:
We’ve just entered the twilight zone at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. Our music man, Derek Dye, has been EJECTED from tonight’s game. The umpire, Mario Seneca, was apparently not happy when Derek played “Three Blind Mice” after a questionable call. With no music system, a fan has stepped up to call out player introductions from the stands.
BaseballAmerica.com points out that Dye isn’t the first PA worker to get thrown out of a game. Organist Lambert Bartak was thrown out of a minor league game in 1988 for playing the theme song to the “Mickey Mouse Club.” And in 1985, another organist named Wilbur Snapp was thrown out of a game for also playing “Three Blind Mice.”
By the way, the Cubs won Wednesday’s game 2-1.
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palmettopalflorida
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:30amI guess “blind mice” have very acute hearing, and fragile egos?
Report Post »TRK
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 6:31pmA few years back a ref working an Iowa State basketball game threatened to throw out the radio broacasters, telling them to “move on” from talking about him ejecting Iowa State’s coach. Apparently he over heard them as he was passing where they sit at courtside. Don’t these guys know they just make the situations worse and end up looking foolish?
Report Post »jscottkemp
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 5:20pmUmpire baiting is a revered tradition of the game.
If blue can’t stand the heat, then maybe he should get out from behind the plate (mixed metaphor, I know – but you get the idea).
Report Post »THX-1138
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 4:10pmHit a nerve there ump?
Report Post »OUT THE REGRESSIVES
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 2:08pmI have umpired kids through college ball and never worried about anything off the field unless it directly affected the game on the field. I would have found it hilarious if I had been umpiring. I probably would have used a bat as a “seeing eye cane”. There are too many umpires with “radar” ears. It sure sounds like this guy needs to find a new (a)vocation.
Report Post »red_white_blue2
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 1:50pmI guess umpires must be liberals-they can’t stand someone questioning their authority!
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 12:33pmThat’s awesome.
Report Post »RamonPreston
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 12:09pm“Three bling mice” The umpire at home plate probably felt left out. Why should the umps at 1st, 2nd and 3rd get all the glory?
Report Post »CuppaTea
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 11:10amFor what it worth…it’s also the theme song for “The Three Stooges”.
Report Post »FaithfulFriend
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 11:07amI was left waiting for the crowd to start singing it.
Report Post »BACKUPOFFMYLIBERTY
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 10:39amSo umps can eject anyone from the stadium they want??
Report Post »Fubar Frog
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 11:00amMy thoughts exactly, who died and annoited them “Queen”.
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 12:33pmYes, umps can eject anyone from the stadium.
Report Post »okredstate
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 1:36pmI would have done the same thing. PA guy announces names and postions. Anything else and he has gone to far and can be tossed. I umpired college and high school for 25 years. I recall tossing the PA guy once for being a cheerleader over the PA for the home team. Gave him one warning, and he kept on. Finally tossed him. No more PA guy.
Report Post »Griffin06
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 10:35amWaaah! The mean music man played a mean song about me! Waah!!
What a wimp. Pull up your panties and go home, ump. You’re a disgrace.
Report Post »avgconservative
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 10:09amI hate instant replay calls in sports… I like the human element… right or wrong. Just think if this were taken out of the equation! You wouldn’t have had such a laugh at a miserable excuse for an umpire. LOL!
Report Post »SgtBigO
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 10:03amWhile playing high school ball I have hummed that tune before after a bad call. I can’t stop laughing! That’s how funny I find this.
Report Post »JQuentinEvermann
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 10:00amHow can you be thrown out of a game that you aren’t in? I’m sure Congress will have hearings and spend a few million of our dollars to get to the bottom of this.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 10:22amRumor has it he was injected with musically juiced steroids before the game.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 9:47amHehehehehe!! THAT was funny!!! Take your ball and go home punk!
Report Post »randy
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 9:47amCan’t stand the heat? Get out of your umpire uniform you wuss!
Report Post »BlackCrow
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 9:31amI can remember when the Chicago Cubs had an organist. They would play “Three Blind Mice” and that was more years ago than I care to admit to.
GROW UP!!! It’s minor league ball not little league. If they can’t take that how are they going to take the booing at a New York stinking City ballgame?
Report Post »Zipit
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 9:27amC’mon Blue!
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 9:23amI hate all baseball umpires. With todays technology, we don’t even need them.
Report Post »Listen_then_think
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 9:21amSo umpires are taking cues from thin skin sissy Obama now huh? Has everyone forgotten the saying: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me? Bunch of panzies.
Report Post »Landon410
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 9:06ami think its hillarious, but i wouldn’t put it past the minor league team to set this up with the ump knowing ahead of time to throw the guy out.
Report Post »minor league teams do stupid PR stunts all the time.
docsmooth
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 9:05amPracticing to be a liberal judge
Report Post »RRFlyer
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 8:56amThat’s Funny.
We don’t have to change it to politics or hate or racism. Just enjoy it for being funny.
Report Post »OUTRIDER WRITER
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 12:16pmI agree! Humor like this is what life is all about. I’m grinning from ear to ear.
Way too funny!
Report Post »contkmi
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 8:50amAnother ump with a Napoleon complex. Those guys need to get a life and grow up.
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