At least once a minor-league season, we can count on minor-league manager Joe Mikulik to blow his top at an umpire's bad call. More specifically, he transforms, like a werewolf under a full moon, into a 3-year-old at bedtime. He doesn't want to go, and you can't make him. All other Mikulik tantrums will be measured against the one from August a season ago, but he still had a doozy Tuesday night against umpires Ron Teague, Clay Park and Clayton Hamm.

Mikulik, in his first season managing the Frisco RoughRiders, the Double-A squad of the Rangers, enhanced his reputation for outlandish tantrums by melting down after an egregiously bad call at the plate in the fifth inning. Midland catcher Bruce Maxwell dropped the ball before he could tag a runner who was trying to score, but Teague somehow did not see it that way. After making the "out" call, the plate ump conferred with Park and Hamm, and still nobody appeared to see what happened. Still out.

You know the phrase, "Hey, ump, what are ya' -- blind?" Well, we might have to allow for the possibility in this case:

As you watch the video, play along at home with the Joe Mikulik Tantrum Checklist, via the Outside Corner: 

Helmet getting spiked? Check.
Dirt kicked all over home plate? Check.
Shoes removed and spiked? Check.
Shoe punted? Check.
Shoe thrown once again? Check.
Helmet getting kicked? Check.
Trash can thrown onto the field? Check.

Who throws a shoe? Joe Mikulik, that's who. Making his night a complete washout, Midland rallied with three runs in the ninth and one in the 10th for a victory.

Joe Mikulik socks
(MiLB.com)

And there he goes, in his stocking feet.