{"id":427363,"date":"2023-06-20T18:17:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T18:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=427363"},"modified":"2023-06-20T18:17:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T18:17:58","slug":"spencer-torkelson-loses-his-temper-at-the-umpire-the-f-k-are-you-looking-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/spencer-torkelson-loses-his-temper-at-the-umpire-the-f-k-are-you-looking-at\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencer Torkelson Loses His Temper At The Umpire: &#8220;The f\u2014k are you looking at?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First baseman Spencer Torkelson of the Detroit Tigers had a difficult game against the Kansas City Royals, and on Monday night, he made headlines when he yelled at a home plate umpire.<\/p>\n<h2>Spencer Torkelson Loses His Temper At The Umpire: &#8220;The f\u2014k are you looking at?&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Torkelson went 0 for 4 while striking out twice as the Tigers defeated them 6-4. However, in the bottom of the seventh inning, Torkelson seemed to take issue with umpire Will Little&#8217;s strike zone. Torkelson was down one run when Taylor Clarke of the Royals&#8217; pitching called him out on strikes with a changeup.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spencer Torkelson was not happy \ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oNyH2pLwSN\">pic.twitter.com\/oNyH2pLwSN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Talkin\u2019 Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkinBaseball_\/status\/1670954878447779840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Spencer voiced his disapproval of the call right away.<\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;Oh my f\u2014king god,&#8221; as the field microphone captured his annoyance with Will Little, the home plate umpire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe f\u2014k are you looking at?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SPENCER TORKELSON OUT HERE HITTING ABSOLUTE TANKS!!<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5lB1EWe7rA\">pic.twitter.com\/5lB1EWe7rA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenVerlander\/status\/1669031659650564098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The pitch seemed to be a strike according to the strike zone on the broadcast, and MLB&#8217;s pitch chart confirmed this.<\/p>\n<p>Torkelson had a discouraging evening overall, going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>Torkelson&#8217;s at-bat was followed by a three-run home run by outfielder Kerry Carpenter, who helped Detroit win the game 6-4.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spencer Torkelson already has four home runs this month \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WWuR9eQhmt\">pic.twitter.com\/WWuR9eQhmt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Motor City Metrics (@mcmbaseballpod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcmbaseballpod\/status\/1670516026176421892?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite umpires appearing to be willing to eject anyone who raises their voice at them this season, Spenser strolled back to the bench in amazement and wasn&#8217;t sent out.<\/p>\n<p>Torkelson was taken by Detroit as the first overall choice in the 2020 draft. In 2022, he made his major league debut, and in 2023, he started at first base.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spencer Torkelson now has on OPS of .825 in the month of June \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H8U322ucMj\">pic.twitter.com\/H8U322ucMj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Motor City Metrics (@mcmbaseballpod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcmbaseballpod\/status\/1669726280852307969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Torkelson has batted in 70 games.with eight home runs and a.700 OPS, 231 runs. 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Spencer Torkelson Loses His Temper At The Umpire: &#8220;The f\u2014k are you looking at?&#8221; Torkelson went 0 for 4 while striking out twice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":427368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,54],"tags":[2221,9740,9741,9742],"class_list":["post-427363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-tigers","category-mlb","tag-mlb-news","tag-spencer-torkelson","tag-tigers-news","tag-tigers-spencer-torkelson"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}