Houston Astros' Jose Altuve points at his foot after taking his sock and shoe off during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in San Diego. Altuve was ejected along with Astros manager Joe Espada after arguing a groundout by Altuve was fouled off his foot. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) AP

MLB players get ejected fairly often. It's something one can say they see almost everyday. But a player getting tossed after removing his cleat and sock on the

Houston 2B Jose Altuve got himself tossed from Tuesday's game for trying to show umpire Brennan Miller exactly where a batted ball hit him.

A slow motion replay shown on the Astros' broadcast made it clear that the ball did deflect off the toe area of Altuve's foot, validating his claim that the play should have been ruled dead and he should have been allowed to continue his at-bat.

Jose Altuve was ejected during a Tuesday night game against the San Diego Padres for showing an umpire his bare foot.

I bet you've never seen THIS happen before in baseball! Jose Altuve grounded out against the San Diego Padres to end the ninth inning on Tuesday night, but the Houston Astros second baseman alleged that he hit the ball off his foot for a foul ball.

Jose Altuve earned one of the more unique ejections you will ever see when he took off his shoe on Tuesday night.

The Houston Astros had their third ejection in three days, but this time was pure cinema. With two outs, a runner in scoring position and a tie ball game in the ninth inning against the San Diego Padres,

Umpire Brennan Miller was not amused or moved. He threw him out of the game. Jose Altuve has been ejected from the game pic.twitter.com/xIKbI2d1Iz The Astros went on to win without their superstar, 4-3,