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Maddon says his ejection unfair to Hendricks
- Updated: September 14, 2016
ST. LOUIS — Cubs manager Joe Maddon had yet to hear from Major League Baseball officials regarding his ejection in the ninth inning on Monday and said on Tuesday he felt that his ejection by home-plate umpire Joe West detracted from pitcher Kyle Hendricks’ performance.
“It wasn’t necessary,” Maddon said of the argument with West. “St. Louis fans are real intelligent baseball fans, and the way they reacted to [Hendricks] coming to the plate, I’m certain had he pitched a no-hitter they would have given him a St. Louis reception, and even to the point if we had to take him out of the game properly, he would have left the field in the right manner. That was so unnecessary what occurred yesterday. There was a detraction to what the moment should have felt like for everybody.”
Hendricks had a no-hitter through eight innings against the Cardinals on Monday at Busch Stadium and served up a leadoff home run to Jeremy Hazelbaker in the ninth. Aroldis Chapman was getting loose in the Cubs’ bullpen but needed a little more time.
West told Cubs catcher Miguel Montero that if he …
