I was angry but I also wonder if this is his way of trying to rally the troops?
Bad calls happen. It's part of the game. But that was malicious, and with intent. He was ready to get the game over with, and it showed last night.
It's pretty understandable to be fed up when there have been multiple punchouts in the last week on just atrocious calls. The umpires have to be held accountable by someone, since the umpire union's only job is to defend fat pieces of shit like Joe West who should've retired 5 years ago.