Brandon Tierney was run from his son’s 10U Little League baseball sport and apparently did his greatest Billy Martin impression.
The WFAN radio host, who had simply returned from trip, dove into the small print after a caller offered an alleged first-hand account of Tierney, an assistant coach of his son’s staff, being ejected after arguing with a feminine umpire.
“When the game ended, there was a play at third base,” Tierney mentioned per Terrible Asserting, whereas admitting that this was not “a great moment.”
“We have the video. Unfortunately, there is no replay, he was safe, they called him out…my manager walks on the field to protest the call, he was safe. That was the end of the game. Automatically, aggressive ejection.”
A caller had beforehand referred to as in on July 17 to Boomer Esiason and Gregg Giannotti on the pair’s WFAN morning present, saying Tierney “came out charging” whereas arguing a play at third base and utilizing language that he mustn’t have used round children.
The caller added that the staff appealed the ejection of Tierney, and the supervisor was additionally ejected from the sport, leaving the staff shorthanded.
“The one thing that did bother me about the way it was reported,” Tierney mentioned, “it made it seem like I treated a female ump differently. I didn’t. She wasn’t even the one who threw me out.”
“Ridiculous level of aggression,” Tierney claimed of the umpire. “So, I got thrown out on a technicality. I’m exonerated. I didn’t do anything wrong. In the court of public opinion, honestly, I think I’m guilt free. I think I should be set free. It was not waiting in the parking lot to fight an umpire or in his face like Billy Martin, screaming at him with spit flying out. It was, ‘Ah, Blue, you missed that.’ That was really it. I know you probably want a funnier, sexier version. I didn’t even really do anything wrong.”
The unique caller who instructed the story added that Tierney’s son is a “hell of a ball player” for his staff in Fort Lee.
