Video emerges of Padres berating umps after blown call in season-ending loss

CHICAGO — In the moments after the final game of their National League Wild Card Series, members of the San Diego Padres engaged in a brief shouting match with members of the umpiring crew that, the players felt, had hastened the end of their season. During the top of the ninth, the Padres erupted in anger when home-plate umpire D.J. Reyburn rung up Xander Bogaerts on a low strike-three call. Bogaerts, instead of earning a walk, immediately slammed his bat and began yelling at Reyburn, prompting Padres manager Mike Shildt to rush out of the dugout to the shortstop’s defense. Minutes later,...

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