You surely didn't think LaHawk would get away with saying what he said, did you?

Because he won't. Not from Cubs fans.

Yes, we all know the umpires are in the tank for the Cubs – that’s why they win the World Series every single year. That’s why LaTroy got nothing but strike calls back when he pitched for the Cubs (strange that he still managed to melt down in almost every pressure situation he faced).

Clearly, Hawkins is still bitter about the fans basically running him out of Chicago in 2005. LaTroy wanted Cubdom to have more patience with him while he worked out his issues. LaTroy didn’t deserve all that booing and jeering even though you could literally see him melting like an ice cream cone left on a hot dashboard, creating a sticky mess all over the mound.

You would think four years would be enough for LaTroy to finally get over all that. But I guess not.

And of course the Chicago Tribune ran it. What did the comments section have to say?

-No matter how well LaTroy Hawkins does, whenever he plays the Cubs he always reverts to the way he was while he pitched for the Cubs: A classless idiot who cannot get anyone out.

-If the ump truly wanted the Cubs to win, he would not have ejected Hawkins; he would have made him pitch to Aramis...

-This is coming from the same guy who told the Chicago media that he could do their job but they couldn't do his (2004). He has always complained about everything, no matter what team he is on. He has never been welcome in a clubhouse. He hasn't lasted more than two years on one team since leaving Minnesota. I hope he's fined. Pompous athletes like him deserve it.

Oh, and it's not solely focused on LaHawk. We Astros fans get a shot, too:
Check out the Houston Chronicle their stupid fans think Soriano was pointing at the Houstondugout after his walk-0ff GS. They're advocating drilling him in the ribs! Pretty funny stuff, what a bunch of LOSERS!!

Oh snap. LaHawk just went there

On getting tossed last night.

Allow JJO, who knows more than us, to set the scene:
What had been a splendid evening of baseball soured a bit in the bottom of the eighth. Shortly after Hawkins issued a two-out walk to Lee, home plate umpire Mike Everitt and Hawkins began exchanging words after Ramirez took a ball to put the count at 1-1.

Everitt yelled at Hawkins, who countered with a response that prompted Everitt to eject him.

LaHawk:
“I thought it was a strike. And I told (Everitt), ‘Come on, I need that pitch.’ He don’t need any help.’ He said, ‘Knock it off.’ I waved him off, and he threw me out of the game. Maybe he was having a bad day. I thought he had determined who he wanted to win the game anyway.”

So just in case you're not following, LaHawk said he thought Everitt had already decided who he wanted to win the game. And it wasn't the away team.