TCU Baseball Coach Kirk Saarloos Goes Viral After Over-the-Top Ejection
TCU Baseball Coach Kirk Saarloos Goes Viral After Over-the-Top Ejection
Anna Lazarus CaplanMon, May 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM UTC
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Kirk SaarloosCredit: Jeff Moreland/Icon Sportswire via Getty -
A college baseball coach went viral for his performance over the weekend
TCU head coach Kirk Saarloos was tossed from a game against Oklahoma State after arguing with umpires
Saarloos took his leather briefcase and then slowly trudged across the field
A college baseball coach took the long way home during a game against a conference rival over the weekend.TCU head coach Kirk Saarloos was tossed from the game against Oklahoma State on Saturday, May 2, after he lost his cool arguing with umpires about a call — but it was what he did afterwards that really had fans hypnotized.Footage from the seventh inning of the game shows Saarloos shouting at officials after a video review on a defensive out was upheld.
“What is he arguing about?” the announcer asked rhetorically as footage rolled of Saarloos screaming. After he was ejected, the coach then inexplicably gathered a personal item — a leather briefcase more suited for the office than a ballpark — and began to walk slowly off the field.Follow your favorite athletes on and off the field with PEOPLE's free sports newsletter — sign up now!Due to a quirk of the ballpark at O’Brate Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Saarloos had to walk all the way across the field to get to the clubhouse — which was concealed behind a wall in the outfield — and he seemingly milked his minute-long exit for all that it was worth.
Kirk SaarloosCredit: ESPN+
The scene left fans online impressed with the former MLB pitcher’s extreme loyalty to his team.
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"Briefcase energy > umpire energy" one commenter wrote.“My new favorite manager,” another added.
The Horned Frogs went on to lose, 9-2. Meanwhile, Saarloos was later suspended for two games (he served one on Sunday, May 3) and will miss a home game against Utah on Friday, May 8.Saarloos, who is in his fifth season at TCU, pitched for the Houston Astros, Oakland A’s and Cincinnati Reds before retiring in 2009.In 2002, he contributed to the Astros' six-pitcher, no-hitter of the New York Yankees on June 11, throwing the last out of the third inning and all of the fourth.
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