NEW VIDEO: Asheville Manager Ejected After Incredible Temper Tantrum

Thanks to Purple Row, I just saw this bit from last night’s Asheville Tourists game (The Tourists are the Rockies’ South Atlantic League Single-A affiliate). It all started when Asheville pitcher Brandon Durden tried to pickoff Lexington Legends player Koby Clemens (son of Roger) at second base during the fifth inning of the game. Clemens was called safe, and apparently Tourist’s manager Joe Mikulik was not happy with the call. Here’s the video of the pickoff move (in super-slow-mo!):

After that play, Mikulik came rushing out of the dugout and proceeded to re-enact the play with a slide into second base, pickup the base and throw it into the outfield, fling bats onto the field, cover home plate with dirt, poor water on said dirt, and probably exhaust his voicebox in the process. Here’s the complete video of his tirade, with the commentary from, I think it’s the Lexington play-by-play people. As an added bonus, you can clearly hear Abbot and Costello’s ‘Who’s On First’ before Mikulik gets ejected, and Ray Charles classic, ‘Hit the Road, Jack’ being played as he walks off the field. Take a look:

After the game, Mikulik had a few words for all of his new fans and admirers:

“I thought the strike was over. When will the real umpires show up? That’s what I want to know…I just wish the umpire’s association would train their young men to have a personality. I could get two mannequins at Sears and umpire better than what I saw this whole series.”
- Asheville Tourists Manager Joe Mikulik

ESPN has a fairly good article on the incident:
http://sports.espn.go.com/minorlbb/news/story?id=2500470