Stroman and Nogowski don't talk sh*t to each other, a breakdown
What Happened
The New York Mets' pitcher Marcus Stroman takes the mound against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the second half of the season. The Mets are trailing by one run with a runner on third base. Stroman strongly disagrees with the umpire's call, indicating the pitch was outside or high. The count is now 2-0 to Pirates first baseman John Nogowski, a player Stroman does not seem familiar with. Nogowski fouls off the next pitch, bringing the count to 2-1. Stroman takes his time on the next delivery, angering the umpire who grants Nogowski's request for time. Stroman expresses his frustration, saying he's trying to disrupt Nogowski's timing. The next pitch is a 90 mph strike, evening the count at 2-2. On the full-count pitch, Nogowski lines the ball hard, but Mets first baseman Pete Alonso makes the catch to end the inning. Stroman reacts with excitement, yelling "Keep talking shit! Keep talking shit!" Nogowski, however, remains calm and simply wipes the sweat from his face. Stroman continues to shout at Nogowski, saying "No one's fucking talking shit to you. Who's talking shit to you? Shut the fuck up." The two players then get into a brief confrontation, with teammates quickly intervening to separate them. Stroman appears to have some kind of physical issue, hunching over and needing assistance to get to the dugout. Later, Stroman can be seen leaning on the railing at the top of the dugout, still engaging with Nogowski. He questions why Nogowski "ran away" and tells him "I thought it was over. You're just talking shit, fuck to me." Nogowski calmly replies, "You talking shit, three, two, fuck, fuck. You running away, you running away, you running away, fuck boy." The heated exchange between the two players adds an extra layer of intensity to this close, late-season matchup between the Mets and Pirates. Despite the competitive tension, neither side appears willing to back down, ensuring this moment will be remembered as a fiery chapter in their teams' rivalry.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentthe second half of the season starts the
Mets are losing to the Pirates by one
run another run on third strowman really
likes that pitch wants to strike um says
no it was outside or high or something
that one's low so now it's two and0 to
John nagowski who I'm going to be honest
I don't really know who that is but he
fouls that one back and then on the 2-1
pitch strowman's taking a little bit of
time he says time time time time ump
grants it strowman doesn't really like
that he like come on dude I'm trying to
mess up your timing here don't mess up
my timing while I'm trying to mess up
your timing n it's all smiles no one
really cares two- one count
89 pitch 90th pitch is 90 miles per hour
and it's a strike so now we got a two2
count there's two outs in the inning one
more out and then this pitch the Full
Count is lined hard but Alonzo catches
it wo gets out of it and strowman reacts
because he gets out of the inning he's
all pumped up he's celebrating the
batter on the other godamn it he says
yeah keep talking [ __ ]
keep talking [ __ ] it's [ __ ] line out
keep talking [ __ ] and strowman says no
one's [ __ ] talking [ __ ] to you who's
talking [ __ ] to you shut the [ __ ] up
coming at me then he's like keep talking
[ __ ] keep talking [ __ ] so then they go
at each other and then nagowski kind of
just stands still as the pile takes
strowman way away and nski stays at the
backs number 69 nice and now strowman
he's going to laugh about it have some
fun why not but then something happen
happens I don't know what this is
stomach went sour swallowed some dip
spit like I don't know what happened
here but all of a sudden he was hunched
over and now they're like all right well
let's get to The Dugout and now he's
walking and now he's walking and now
he's like hold up let me get the [ __ ] to
the clubhouse something's happening here
meanwhile nagowski calm casual wiping
the sweat off his face but then later on
strowman's on the top row leaning on the
railing while this dude's playing first
base and he's got some more to say to
him hey why'd you run away he like huh
what' you say why'd you run away like I
thought it was over you're just talking
[ __ ] [ __ ] to me then I know you're the
[ __ ] and he says you talking [ __ ] three
two [ __ ] [ __ ] like you running away you
running away you running away he's like
talking [ __ ] talking [ __ ] you running
away [ __ ] [ __ ] boy