St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina(notes) flipped his lid at umpire Rob Drake, topping off a weird and wonderful baseball game with a suspension-worthy tantrum.
After he disagreed with a strike three call in the 10th inning Tuesday night, Molina turned toward Drake and the two appeared to make contact three times. Molina said Drake made first contact, though the video doesn't prove that.
Molina also appeared to spit in Drake's direction as he raged against his umpiring performance.
The spitting appeared to be unintentional — the "say it, don't spray it" kind, rather than the Roberto Alomar kind, and it will matter once Molina gets punished.
Molina told reporters he would never intentionally spit on an umpire and thought perhaps he projected sweat onto Drake, who twice genuflected and wiped his face. Drake declined to speak with a pool reporter, so we don't have his side.
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