Making The Fox Sports Saturday Afternoon Highlights

Evidently Asheville Tourists Manager Joe Mikulik had another meltdown during a game against Charleston the other night. It made the Fox Sports Saturday afternoon telecasts highlight reel before the Dodgers-Giants game. If you are going to have a meltdown, do it with style and that he did. It had a hat throwing segment that Lou Piniella would have been proud of, a base presentation to a fan in the front row that Earl Weaver would have loved, and he had the dignity to bow at the end of his act. I loved it and I have never been more proud to be an Asheville Tourists and a Joe Mikulik fan. He has probably put more players in the pro's than any other minor league manager. If I was to guess I would say this one was long overdue. The officiating in baseball, no matter what level you are watching, has reached an all time low. The strike zone has always been one of the most disputed issues in baseball but it goes way beyond that now. Joe Mikulik's probably wouldn't even make the top ten for this year much less any other time. I wonder if that fan got to keep the third base that Joe Mikulik presented him?