Umpire makes a perfect call and ejects the manager for arguing, a breakdown
What Happened
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Why This Matters
Gossman gets walked to first, triggering the new runner deception rules that force pitchers into the set position. But here's the thing: the ump makes a textbook call on a balk, and John Schneider absolutely loses it arguing a correct decision, which somehow gets him tossed. It's a masterclass in both perfect umpiring and terrible manager decisions.
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Who / What Is Involved
Players: John Schneider.
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Gossman walks the first batter in the
fifth inning. So now a runner's on
first. Now he has to change his delivery
as a pitcher and there's new rules so
you don't deceive the runner. You can't
go from the wind up. You have to go from
the set which means basically has to
start sideways if you're new to
baseball. And he can't do anything
deceptive. So here is Gossman coming to
a set position and the first pitch of
the next at bat. He gets ready. He
throws it. UMPIRE HAS A BUCK. THAT'S a
buck. You boked runner. You go to
second. I protected you from the
deception of this pitcher. Manager of
the Blue Jays, John Schneider comes out
and he's like, "Whoa. Hey Dan,
he didn't stop. He does it every time.
Not that time. He does it every time.
Not that he doesn't. He did stop. He has
to come to a complete stop. He does it
every single time.
No, he doesn't. I would have called it
before. Yes, he does. And all of your
[ __ ] partners saw nothing. Well, no,
but I'm looking at it and I called it.
They should be [ __ ] looking at him,
too. Don't tell us what to do, John. I'm
not telling you what to do. But the guy
who's been in the [ __ ] league for 10
years does it every time.
>> Okay. Well,
>> every [ __ ] time.
>> He didn't stop that time. He [ __ ]
stopped that time.
>> He [ __ ] stopped that time. That's
enough. All right. Yeah. And you saw it
and they [ __ ] didn't. Boom. Ejected.
GONE. YEAH, [ __ ]
YEAH. YOU REALLY [ __ ] THREW that [ __ ]
in the game? You really threw that [ __ ]
in the game?
YOU THINK YOU [ __ ] KNOW BETTER THAN
YOUR [ __ ] PARTNERS? THAT'S [ __ ]
>> IT'S NOT FAIR to do that [ __ ]
>> Know that
>> you're making [ __ ] up, [ __ ]
You're making [ __ ] up is what YOU'RE
DOING. AND THAT'S WHAT THE [ __ ] YOU'RE
DOING.
>> YOU ARE MAKING [ __ ] UP.
>> ALL RIGHT, JOHN.
>> YOUR [ __ ] CREW CHIEF doesn't see
[ __ ] They don't see [ __ ] Well, why
does that matter? I'm just doing my job,
[ __ ] YOU MADE THAT [ __ ] UP.
IT'S [ __ ]
All right. IT'S [ __ ] [ __ ]
ALL RIGHT. Now you're touching me. Don't
do that.
>> I'M NOT TOUCHING YOU. I'M NOT [ __ ]
TOUCHING YOU. YOU just hit me in the
head.
>> I DIDN'T [ __ ] touch you. You need to
go NOW. I AIN'T [ __ ] TOUCH YOU TO GO
NOW. I don't need to do [ __ ] right now.
You need TO [ __ ] CALL THE GAME.
>> Walks off. Spits right in the face.
Umpire kind of smug in the face. Feeling
good about himself. John Schneider has
to leave. He's got to walk through the
dugout down some more steps into the
clubhouse and he's got to check the
footage and make sure was I correct? Was
I not correct? Well, let's see. Now,
this is what we're looking at. His feet.
See that rocking motion? One, two,
three. He rocks three times. The stops
on those rocks are what we're paying
attention to. One, two, three. And then
he pitches. Now, that third one has to
be a longer stop than the first two. The
runner has to know
he's about to throw the pitch. It has to
come to a complete stop. It can't be the
same time as the first two, and it can't
be shorter than the first two. That's
one thing we're looking at that that
final pause has to be a complete stop
and has to be longer than the first two.
So I've read so I watched when I was
reading up on this a second ago. So what
I've done is I have taken the first time
is heel touches the second time and the
third I've separated them and let's take
a look at it.
And look at that. It's not only not
longer, it's not even the same, it's way
shorter. So the third time he comes to a
stopping motion which is supposed to be
the longest. You have to come to a
complete stop. He actually it's a
shorter pause than the first two in that
same delivery. So that's that's not a
good sign for like is this a balk? Did
the umpire get it correct? That's
deceptive. Now we took a look at all the
other times a runner was on base and he
did this motion. This one center frame
is the one that got called to balk. All
of these did not get called box. Let's
see if they're the same. Does he do it
every time uh that like John Schneider
said or was the umpire right? Not that
time. Let's take a look.
And how about that eagle eyes umpire
Dan? That foot does not pause as long as
all of his other deliveries. It does
come up earlier.
That's wild that he saw that. Now, we
did find one other delivery that was the
same pause. So, one other time he went
quicker and it was the same, but an
umpire might see it the first time and
kind of, you know, use what the kids say
now, clock it and be like, now I'm going
to watch for it. I think that was that,
but I'm not positive and now I'm going
to make sure that I watch it closer uh
moving forward. The one in green is the
one that is quick but didn't get called.
The one in red is the one that got
called. And you see both of them are
faster than the rest. There's also
another big difference. And for those
that don't know a lot about baseball,
we've got a slide step versus the full
delivery and leg kick. And that also ma
highlights this a lot. So now we've
synced this up
from when the foot comes up after the
final pause when the foot raises. And
you can see the difference between a
slide step and a full leg kick. And that
also just makes this stand out. You see
the one that got called a block, he does
a slide step. All the others, the knee
comes up. So that is a legal way to
deceive the runner. You can do a slide
step as long as the stop is a complete
stop and similar to all your other
motions. But I do think it also helped
highlight to the umpire this that was a
different motion and it felt quicker and
it didn't feel like as much of a stop as
the rocking motion earlier. So for all
those reasons, I'm going to call a b.
And then you fight me. I tell you
enough, you don't. And then you get
ejected. And then we get an immediate
hat throw. AND YEAH, [ __ ] YEAH.
WHICH IS just crazy. Now, another thing
we're going to review is, "Was there
contact?" He says, "You just touched
me." It wasn't on purpose. Let's see.
I've got it zoomed in. And I think right
Oh, yeah. Right there. The nose scrapes
the brim. See right there? You see the
umpire's eyes closed cuz his brim got
scraped by Snider's nose. And then go a
little forward. Right there we get a
little push the nose into the brim
right. Oh yeah. Yep. Not good. So I
stand with umpire Dan. It was a balk.
There was contact. Great job doing your
job. That's what he said. I'm just doing
my job. Now did the balk affect the
inning? The answer yes because the
runner got to second which is scoring
position and the outfielder bobbled that
ball. Uh probably because he had more
urgency to throw it in. He didn't. And
the run scores. That run doesn't score
if he doesn't get moved over to second.
So,
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