True but today's umpires can get "ejection happy." Today if there's any chance a ball is intentionally thrown towards a better the umps throw them out (I think El Duque got ejected a couple of weeks ago for this, no?) 20 years ago is was more accepted and an unwritten rule in baseball. Whereas today, they'll just throw you a$$ out. True it would have gotten him out of the game, but maybe he thought he could bounce back and I'm sure he didn't plan on giving up the final 2 home runs either.