Before heading to Tropicana Field to play the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday morning, Red Sox slugger Mike Napoli saw his grandfather, a Florida resident, and snapped a photo with him that he shared on Instagram. Napoli captioned the photo with some advice Tony Marucci gave him:

Got some wise words from gramps this morning!! #eyeontheball #relax #4isbetterthen1 #havefun

So much for the "#relax" part. Napoli just couldn't, not after plate umpire Tripp Gibson ejected him after this pitch in the second inning:

It might have caught the corner of the corner.

He sure was:

Grandpa said there'd be days like this, there'd be days like this, Mike Napoli's grandfather said. The key is: Listening to "gramps" and taking his advice. Arguing with umpires on balls and strikes, even a little, is a slippery slope. Especially when the umpire is new.

Oh, well. Mr. Marucci has been there for Napoli before. Literally. He resides in Ocala, Fla., and has been to the Trop to watch his grandson play ball, probably many times. Including this time in 2011, when Marucci brought a sign to let Napoli know he was in the stands, and Napoli responded with this:

What did Marucci advise that day? Must have been to swing and miss with no discipline whatsoever, because it had the opposite effect. Hey, if Napoli's not going to listen to his grandfather, perhaps he'll listen to Frankie: