Lackey's Ejection Ridiculous

I have plenty of other things in the baseball world to catch up on and write about, but I couldn't wait to discuss this. On Saturday, Angels pitcher John Lackey returned from the DL, threw two pitches in his game and was ejected. Here's what happened...Lackey's first pitch went behind the Rangers Ian Kinsler, his second pitch hit Kinsler in the ribs and he was ejected.

Now I don't know what kind of person John Lackey is, but he was coming off a forearm strain and this was his first start of the season. He had not thrown a competitive pitch all season, so do you think that he was a bit rusty and might have problem with his control early on?

The ejection was absolutely ridiculous. I'm sure the whole time Lackey was rehabbing, he was just sitting there going, "Man, I can't wait to get out there and bean somebody...especially Ian Kinsler." Come on, I'm sure that's what was on his mind. There's no apparent bad blood between the two, so there was no background story that anyone was aware of.

What happened to warning the pitchers and benches? I've seen a ton of games where hitters were getting nailed all game and nobody gets even a warning. The umpires did warn both benches, but only after Lackey was tossed out. The guy already missed more than a month of action, don't punish him by tossing him after two pitches. If he hits three guys in the first two innings then you have a problem, but after two pitches, that's ridiculous. The ejection was completely unnecessary.