On June 1, , Wellman gained international attention when he went on a tirade against the umpires during a game against the Chattanooga Lookouts at AT&T Field. He protested the umpire throwing his pitcher out of the game for using a foreign substance by covering home plate with dirt, then tracing in the dirt a new, significantly larger home plate. He then went on to uproot bases and throw them, crawl in a prone position across the infield like a soldier, and pretend to bite and hurl the rosin bag at an umpire as if it were a hand grenade.
On June 1, , Wellman became infamous when he had a heated argument with the umpires during a game against the Chattanooga Lookouts at AT&T Field. He protested the umpire's decision to eject his pitcher for using a foreign substance by drawing a new home plate in the dirt and then began to destroy the bases and simulate an attack on the umpire.