Tim Anderson got rung up on a pitch clock violation, but the call looks wrong on replay. Giants pitcher Logan Webb was working fast, and after one timeout, Anderson stepped in and tried to reset. The rule says the batter must be “reasonably set” and make eye contact with the pitcher before the throw. But Webb started his delivery before Anderson looked up or got fully set. That should’ve been a violation on the pitcher, not the batter. Instead, the ump called Anderson out for stepping out again without another timeout, which wasn’t the issue at all.
Anderson didn’t take it quietly. He chirped at Webb during his next at-bat, blaming him for the quick pitch. Webb fired back. The back-and-forth confused the ump so much he called an outside pitch a strike. Tensions kept rising until the umpire ejected Anderson, thinking he was yelling at him. Turns out, Anderson was directing it at the pitcher. The ejection looked like a misunderstanding, but the dugout lit up, and things boiled over fast. It ended with Anderson calling Webb soft while walking off the field. The whole thing showed how the new pitch clock rules are still getting smoothed out and how fragile communication is between players and umps under the new system.