Altuve appeared to let his manager take over the argument, but it turned out he was just preparing a, er, visual aid for Miller, in the form of taking both the shoe and sock off his left foot.

The Astros' Jose Altuve went to unsual lengths to protest a call, removing his shoe and sock, and ended up getting ejected from Tuesday's game in San Diego.

Altuve removed his left cleat, tore off his sock and began to hobble toward the umpires, earning his ejection while pointing at his toes.