Nolan Ryan Strikes Out in Argument with Umpire
Nolan Ryan was ejected for apparently the second time in his career on Friday night when an umpire gave him the heave-ho for protesting a called strike in the ninth inning of the Rice-Texas Christian game.
Ryan, now a pitching coach for TCU, complained from the dugout when Tim Henderson called a strike on Ryan Dunn on a pitch that appeared to be outside.
The entire TCU dugout began yelling, but Henderson singled Ryan out for ejection. Ryan walked to the plate with TCU Manager Lance Brown and told Henderson he needed to be more consistent.
Trailing, 8-7, the Horned Frogs then rallied to tie the score and beat Rice, 9-8, on a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 10th.
In his 27-year major league career, Ryan said he could remember being ejected only once. He said he couldn’t remember the details.
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