Kelly on ejection: 'I will always have Konnor's back'
Don Kelly was ejected for the second time in three days when a replay review declared that KonnorGriffin wasn't hit with this second-inning pitch from BenBrown:
Don Kelly immediately gets himself tossed after this call wasn't overturned
Following what ended up being a 2-1 Pirates win over the Cubs here today at PNC Park, Kelly was adamant that the call wasn't the correct one. In his eyes, if Griffin was so sure that the ball grazed the bill of his helmet, then that's what had to have been the case.
"Seeing the replay, felt like it definitely grazed his helmet," Kelly explained afterwards. "You've got a kid in Konnor Griffin that is not going to lie. Like, there is no way that Konnor Griffin is going to lie about that. The way that he reacted in the moment — he's didn't even look at the umpire. He turned around, took his stuff off and went down to first base. I will always have Konnor's back and all the guys' back. I think that getting to know Konnor over the short time that I have — we don't have anybody on the team that would lie in that type of situation, but especially Konnor."
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Kelly on ejection: 'I will always have Konnor's back'
Don Kelly was ejected for the second time in three days when a replay review declared that Konnor Griffin wasn't hit with this second-inning pitch from Ben Brown:
Following what ended up being a 2-1 Pirates win over the Cubs here today at PNC Park, Kelly was adamant that the call wasn't the correct one. In his eyes, if Griffin was so sure that the ball grazed the bill of his helmet, then that's what had to have been the case.
"Seeing the replay, felt like it definitely grazed his helmet," Kelly explained afterwards. "You've got a kid in Konnor Griffin that is not going to lie. Like, there is no way that Konnor Griffin is going to lie about that. The way that he reacted in the moment — he's didn't even look at the umpire. He turned around, took his stuff off and went down to first base. I will always have Konnor's back and all the guys' back. I think that getting to know Konnor over the short time that I have — we don't have anybody on the team that would lie in that type of situation, but especially Konnor."
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