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Phillies manager Rob Thomson really let umpire Mike Estabrook have it Sunday.  The Phillies skipper was tossed from a game against the Orioles at Camden Park in the top of the sixth inning

after Estabrook reversed a call that was initially ruled a hit by pitch for Garrett Stubbs, who was hit on the foot and sent to first base.  Estabrook eventually called Stubbs back to the

plate after discussing the situation with his fellow umps and an angry Thomson came out to find out what had happened.  The conversation quickly devolved as Thomson, already upset over the

way the strike zone had been called Sunday, became angrier and angrier with each passing breath until the Phillies manager was in the face of the Estabrook — who tossed him. That only fired

up Thomson more, and enflaming the situation was Estabrook, who got right into the face of Thomson to yell right back at him.  The animated conversation continued briefly before Laz Diaz

eventually got in between the two and walked Thomson back to the Phillies dugout.  The play did eventually go to replay review, and it was ultimately ruled that Stubbs should continue the

at-bat.  EXPLORE MORE Orioles pitcher Corbin Burnes was able to get Stubbs to fly out to center field on the next pitch.  Baltimore took the game, 8-3, to close out the three-game set, and

it was the Phillies’ fourth loss in their last six games.  Sunday’s game was not the first time that a member of the Phillies had gotten tossed by Estabrook.  Last year, in a game against

the Mets, Estabrook tossed Bryce Harper after he yelled an expletive as he was walking to the dugout following a strikeout.  The Phillies had been ahead in that June 23, 2023 game 5-1 at the

time when Harper was ejected in the bottom of the seventh inning.