For the second time this year (his spring training rant on Cole Hamels was the first) we present Bill Hall as close to unfiltered as we can given our standards. Here’s his reaction to being tossed by home plate umpire Tom Hallion in the seventh inning with the “…” representing a follow-up question.

Q: Was it one of the called strikes that got you mad?

A: One of? He missed the first two. Weren’t strikes. I didn’t really say anything to him, and once I got out of the box, he was yelling at me, cussing me out, telling me to get the (expletive) in the box. You don’t rush anybody else to get in the box. Just because I disagree with the pitch, I still didn’t say anything to you about it, so there’s no reason to rush me into the box.

After I swung and missed at the third one, I cussed myself out. I didn’t look towards him. I said ‘dammit’ going back to the dugout, and he threw me out of the game. It was just ridiculous. The whole situation was ridiculous. You are mad at me because you’re missing pitches, but at the same time I’m not disrespecting you, but he felt the need to disrespect me.

It’s amazing how umpires can get away with so much stuff and nothing happens to them. It’s all about them trying to get something on ESPN punching someone out or getting their spot on ESPN. I have no idea. It’s getting ridiculous. It’s gotten worse over the last few years, and hopefully somehow some way it can be calmed down a little bit because it’s a little out of hand.

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He’s yelling at me to get in the (expletive) box, and I’m like ‘why, can’t I take my time between pitches?’

‘Get the (expletive) in the box.’

That’s the last thing he said. Then I said ‘(Expletive)’ after I struck out because I’m mad that I struck out, and he threw me out of the game.

It’s getting ridiculous. Umpires are obviously not getting punished enough because they feel like they can go out there and 30,000 people are out there to see them when they’re not. They’re out there to watch us. As long as we’re not disrespecting you and getting in your face and showing you up in ways where you need to throw people out of the game, then they just need to calm down. Because right now, it’s a joke the stuff they can say on the field and stuff they do on the field and when we get mad, we’re the one that gets tossed and gets fined and suspended for games. And most of the time they don’t get anything.

Something needs to happen. I don’t know what it is or how it can happen, but something needs to happen because it’s just ridiculous.