Tuesday night, Magglio Ordonez was called out on what he deemed to be a questionable call. As he expressed his frustration, in a respectable fashion, home plate umpire Paul Schrieber gently pushed Ordonez toward his dugout. Now, let's be careful to not go overboard here. He didn't shove Ordonez and there really didn't seem to be malicious intent. It was more of a just get outta my face nudge. The aftermath was phenomenal, as Tigers manager Jim Leyland went absolutely ballistic on Schrieber (you can view the video here), and rightfully so. Umpires are very protective about being touched by players and managers, even if the contact is accidental and lacks any malicious intent. As well they should be. Any contact could escalate matters into ugly territory. Thus, physically moving a player is a double-standard.
