Ben Zobrist unleashed the perfect burn on an umpire to land his first-ever ejection

Firsts can be few and far between deep into MLB careers.

But Chicago Cubs utility player Ben Zobrist, a 16-year veteran of the League, managed to snag one. He had never been ejected, at any level of professional baseball, ever – that’s 1,562 game in the majors alone – until the ninth inning of the Cubs vs. Brewers game Tuesday afternoon.

The mild-mannered 37-year-old couldn’t hold his anger in any longer after home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi made a couple of questionable strike calls throughout the game. So in the ninth inning, he unleashed the most Ben Zobrist burn of all-time, getting him booted.

Zobrist told Cuzzi: “That’s why we want electronic strike zones.” And that was that.

Players usually throw a few expletives to get themselves tossed from a game, but Zobrist would never.

Manager Joe Maddon was tossed earlier in the game for arguing another strike call against Zobrist. Maddon, of course, gets ejected plenty.

That pitch is obviously borderline, but Zobrist will have to live with human umpires for the time being. He first voiced his support for the phenomenon a year ago, and the technology still does not exist.

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