CLEARWATER, Fla. — Social media pages lit up following a questionable call that forced J.T. Realmuto from a spring training game.
Homeplate umpire Randy Rosenberg ejected Realmuto after he allegedly moved his glove too quickly when Rosenberg tried to give him the baseball.
Following the call, Twitter users quickly hopped onto the social media site to give their opinion.
"Randy Rosenberg just threw J.T. Realmuto out of the game. While Realmuto was catching behind the plate. In a spring training game. What in the world?" wrote Twitter user AlexCarrMLB.
Another user wrote, "No way J.T. Realmuto was thrown out for this," after watching the video.
"Looks like the umpire got his feelings hurt when J.T. Realmuto didn't take the ball from him," said another user.
Luckily, it was a spring training game, but the ejection still left baseball fans scratching their heads.
