Braves' Brian Snitker ejected following animated argument with umpires

Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker was ejected in the second inning of the team’s 10-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday and had a lot to say about the umpiring after the game.

Atlanta defeated Kansas City 10-3 thanks to home runs from Matt Olson and Austin Riley. But Snitker managed to find himself watching the rest of the game from the clubhouse after arguing a call. 

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Umpires had placed runners on first and second after a ball Olson hit off the left-field wall was ruled foul and then later ruled fair. With Ronald Acuna Jr. on first base, Snitker argued that the star outfielder would’ve been fast enough to reach third base. Instead, he was placed on second.

"They got the call right, but I don't think they placed the runners in the right spot," Snitker said after the game. "You have one of the fastest guys in Major League Baseball at first and you're going to put him at second base on a ball down the line off the wall? I would have been OK if they would have scored him. That’s judgment and I didn’t agree with it."

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Snitker was flailing his arms as he walked back to the dugout.

Atlanta was leading 5-1 at the time and later wrapped up the win.

The Braves also won on Saturday, 9-3, thanks to Sean Murphy and Ozzie Albies’ four-RBI game.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Cori Bush's campaign paid thousands to her husband for personal security services in recent months

FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Cori Bush's campaign funneled thousands of dollars to her new husband for private security services in recent months, records reviewed by Fox News Digital show.

The Missouri Democrat's committee pushed $12,500 to her spouse, Cortney Merritts, between January and the end of March, according to her campaign's newly released filings. During this time, the 'Squad' member also moved $26,000 to the St. Louis-based PEACE Security, which hires several "security operators" with military or law enforcement experience, despite her opposition to them, their website states.

Bush has been among Congress' top spenders on private security, which she said she needs because there have been attempts on her life. Since 2019, she's dropped more than a half million dollars into the personal detail, which primarily has gone to PEACE Security.

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Bush and Merritts, meanwhile, tied the knot in February of this year. When her office confirmed their marriage, they said they had been together before she took office in 2021 - more than a year before she added him to her campaign's payroll in January 2022. Last year, he collected $50,000 from her committee while it simultaneously paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to a private security firm.

And despite the security payments, Merritts did not have a private security license as of late February, Fox News Digital reported. Individuals must have a permit to perform security functions in St. Louis and its neighboring St. Louis County, which encompasses Bush's entire congressional district. 

Merritts also did not appear in a Washington, D.C. database of licensed security professionals. Bush's campaign did not respond to several prior emails on the matter.

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Bush's security payments became a point of contention after Fox News Digital first reported on them in July 2021, prompting CBS News to question her about the cash and whether hiring security was hypocritical while she advocated defunding the police.

"They would rather I die?" Bush asked. "You would rather me die? Is that what you want to see? You want to see me die? You know, because that could be the alternative."

The progressive lawmaker said she would ensure she has security because she has had attempts on her life and has "too much work to do."

"So suck it up, and defunding the police has to happen," she added.

St. Louis' KMOV4 later discovered that Bush had hired two sheriff's deputies, Tylance Jackson and Maurice Thompson, as part of her security. 

The discovery led to the termination of Jackson and Thompson, who had failed to get approval for the side gig, St. Louis Sheriff Vernon Betts said at the time.

Bush's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on her husband's new payments.

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