Contributed by: filbert Thursday, August 11 2005 @ 08:08 AM CST
Indians 6, Royals 1[*1] .
The game was winding toward a quiet conclusion in the top of the ninth when Bell got ejected for arguing balls and strikes with home-plate umpire Tim Tschida.
It was Bell’s fourth ejection in 63 games.
“I think it was more of a misunderstanding than anything,” he said. “Two long nights for both of us.”
Perhaps we could have the entire Royals team ejected and have the T-Bones[*2] put on the blues for a game or two. They’d still get beat but maybe at least the Lemonade Guy[*3] would come back to Kauffman Stadium. Royals need to go 43-6 to finish .500, 25-24 to avoid 100 losses, 1-48 to avoid losing all of their remaining games.