This was broadcast on ESPN last year but I thought it was worth seeing again. On June 1, 2007, Braves Double AA Manager Phillip Wellman gained international attention when he went "ballistic" against the umpires during a game against the Chattanooga Lookouts at AT&T Field.
He protested the umpire throwing his pitcher out of the game for using a foreign substance by covering home plate with dirt, then tracing in the dirt a new, significantly larger home plate. He then went on to uproot bases and throw them, crawl in a prone position across the infield like a soldier, and pretend to bite and hurl the rosin bag at an umpire as if it were a hand grenade. He concluded his tirade by pretending to eject the umpires themselves with a fist-pump and then blowing a farewell kiss to the crowd while taking a bow.
The episode was broadcast on sports shows across the United States and gained him widespread fame on the Internet. Wellman was given a three game suspension effective June 4, 2007.
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