It Took Rich Eisen All of Two Days to Become Irate over MLB’s Foreign Substance Enforcement
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Rich Eisen reacts to the black eye MLB took last night after two embarrassing incidents involving umpires checking pitchers for foreign substances that resulted in a near brawl between the Nationals and Phillies after Max Scherzer was checked 3 times, along with A’s reliever Sergio Romo dropping his pants when he was checked by an ump.
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Imagine if baseball had been this hyper vigilant during the Astros scandal
I know it sucks.😂
“At least someone from philly is willing to take a shot” 😂😂😂
I didn't get that reference. Care to enlighten me?
@@anonymouscommenter7689 Ben Simmons
sunscreen and sweat coulda prevented that burn. too bad Manfred's banning both next week. lmfao
Good one!
That was dope. Hahahahahaha
“i’ve seen max for 10 years, i’ve never seen him touch his head before.” 😂😂😂
And?? Scherzer DID cop to going to his hair specifically for sweat, So Scherzer was obviously using something sticky for the last decade plus considering He was mad about having to use sweat, Oh poor poor Max, He has to pitch without foreign substances now.
@@pycellesbeard9728 yeah haha i don’t disagree with that. it’s just sad how poorly this is being handled. they need to get it together. you can’t slow the game down and check every pitcher who touches their head. guys fidget with their hats all the time.
but yeah im sure he’s been using something..i don’t think it’s been 10 years but either way they need to find a solution. they could literally just have pitchers do a bullpen for 5-10 minutes in front of someone from the league office that can monitor they aren’t using anything in a controlled setting, then maybe do that once a year and if guys spin rate starts spiking during games, suspend them
@@pycellesbeard9728 wait do you really think he's been using "foreign substances" for that long? He was great without it last night, and this whole spider tack thing is only a couple years old. The sunscreen thing has been around for some time it seems but not much more
@@thesportsapex1787 I don't know what He used only that given that he talked about why He was getting sweat from his hair is a give away that He used to use something else most likely for grip which would explain why Girardi thought it odd.
Girardi is a liar, he interupted the pitcher multiple times b/c he was beating his team, all this other talk is false. And Girardi wanted to fight, tells us everthing
This fiasco has devolved to players and coaches talking about sweat.
Asscrack sweat is stickier than head sweat. Thats next level.
I don't see any reason for them to check during an inning. Makes no sense. Just check them at the end of the inning or at the start of it.
Start would be the better option
MLB is once again turning their sport into a circus. Great job.
The pitchers are throwing tantrums because they can’t cheat… and you’re blaming the league
@@johnsolly5838 yup. It’s only cheating if the league doesn’t allow if. And nolan Ryan has said he used to use stuff. So they haven’t dine anything for 50 years. Then they tell them to stop in the middle of the season
Max had to put up with that, I died when be was ready to take his pants off just off the mound 🤣🤣😂
That was hysterical. He's dropping trout in the middle of a game.😂
The Oakland pitcher pretty much did drop his pants.
I saw that! Think they'll remove shirts next?
1:35 scherzer wipes his ear in a weird way. Check his ear for spider tac
It's a new substance, SpiderWax.
An Angels reliever was blasted for 7 runs against the Giants yesterday. And then the umps checked his glove AFTER that inning ended for a foreign substance lmao.
Baseball is gonna end up being less popular than hockey at this rate
hockey is the best of all 4 pro sports to be honest
Ok, _that's_ hyperbolic. It'll never get _that_ bad.
That’s the best thing that could happen to baseball. Media attention and attempts to chase casual fans are terrible for people that have been happily watching for decades
I haven’t watched an entire baseball game in a decade. I completely stopped watching after Astros cheating and not being stripped of the title. Baseball isn’t fun to watch to begin with, throw in cheating and politics and it’s not worth my time
@@xKillZone99 Fewer divas in hockey than other sports.
The MLB is getting ratings spikes from the controversy no need to do anything
Small spike now followed by a larger dip
Rob Manfred is a laughingstock.
Insulting...to laughingstocks
I can not wait until someone makes a compilation video of Max rubbing his head over the years. LOL!
it's like they're trying to ice the kicker when they breakup the inning like that to check for substances
Except your actually helping the pitcher by giving more time between pitches at least if the pitcher isn't cheating
@@johnbush5347 the pitcher doesn't want more time between pitches. he wants to get in a rhythm
Guys are gonna start soaking their hair in water before each inning.
Former Indians closer Cody Allen did that every time he entered a game. He'd soak his cap with an entire bottle of water.
I wonder if you peeing your pants would count as cheating, or just be in poor taste
Maybe they’ll use hair gel
@@agp8677 that sounds probable
Baseball is honestly being ruined. They wanted to cut down game times? Well this ain’t it. 🤦🏻♀️
Joe knows max wasn’t using any substance he was just trying to throw him off his rhythm.
The MLB could adopt the Japanese tacky balls and all of this would go away.
I’d like to hear more about this
@@gxtmfa Nippon League introduced sticky baseballs in 2011 and permanently banned foreign substances.
@@lochnessmonster5149 interesting didn't know that
it's interesting to me that all of a sudden, no pitcher ever was able to grip a ball without rosin and moisture.
When was the last time you saw a game that didnt have a bag behind the mound? Its been that way forever. Its interesting that hitters changed their approach to their detriment and now MLBs answer is to f*** with the pitchers.
Well they are throwing it harder and more accurate than ever. Pitchers back in the day throw like high schoolers today.
Or it's interesting because you weren't aware of it
@@hirkballs Maybe I missed something, but I could have sworn they still have the rosin bag. Literally no one cares that pitchers use rosin bags. But now that people are like, "the sticky tack is going to far", pitchers are crying about not being able to grip the ball. "waaah, I can't grip the ball with just rosin!!!"
@delreydavid yeah, that's what it felt like they are saying when they complain about the rosin bag not giving them enough grip. I heard Pedro Martinez saying the other say and showing how he got all the grip he needed with rosin and friction - no moisture needed. He rubbed his fingers together with just rosin which allowed them to get tacky. And to my knowledge, they still have the rosin..so I'm beside myself trying to understand what the pitchers are saying or implying that they have no control of the ball with just rosin.
And when did they start needing the extra substance? Did they have no control in high school? Were they using extra tack there? Did they do fine in high school, but couldn't grip the ball anymore in college? I dunno. I can't figure out why anyone is complaining about fixing pitching and saying what they've been doing all season long is fine.
don't sweat the petty, pet the sweaty
This is an underrated comment.
Just use the balls from the Japanese and Korean leagues. They figured this out twenty years ago.
What happened?
MLB needs to come up with an officially approved substance that they determine allows enough grip for the pitcher, but not enough to give them a big advantage.
Sunscreen, sweat, and rosin should be legal imo. It’s kinda ridiculous how they banned that because all three of those things are legal
Still no bans for the Astros scandal, but god forbid a dude wipes his head while pitching
Whenever someone coughs
Joe: tHat’S sUSpiCioUS! 😷
I've watched him for 10 yrs. Never saw him cough before.
I don't remember any pitchers complaining about problems gripping the ball until after MLB had the seams flattened to try and generate more runs.
MLB pitchers have been doctoring the ball for years. But the strikeouts have been way up, and batting averages are way down. So the commissioner tells the umps to enforce the rules. Why is that even a debate? Play by the rules.
legalized "Icing the pitcher" tactic.
I pitched using dirt from the mound and whatever natural weather or the game helped it, and we didn't get to exchange more than 2 balls per inning. They should shut up and be happy they can even use a rosin bag in MLB. Grooming cheating is a bad look
The powers that be in MLB always find a way to push new,casual and potential viewers away.
This is so embarrassing for the MLB. how in the world does a multi billion dollar business not figure solutions for this. i can give you 12 right now
Just make something universal for every pitcher to use.
Scherzer has a good point. Its hard to control a 95 mph fast ball(i imagine). Raises a slight safety risk if you cant control it
If the pitcher comes up clean after the opposing manager requests a check, take their challenge away from them?
Funny how we call it a Apple Watch scandal instead of the fit bit scandal 😅
Max use to play for the Tigers he is good enough to beat them anyway. I wouldn’t want a 95 mph fastball in my head.
I have a solution to all this. If the check comes back negative, an automatic ejection for that opposing manager.
I think the opposite team should be allowed to check twice the entire game, and it resets if the pitcher has something. Kinda like a challenge in basketball and football.
@delreydavid Then use it to check when you're team is sure to find something and not just every time there's a new pitcher. Like I said, it should reset if the pitcher has something.
the decline of baseball is directly related to the decline of American society
Go outside you weirdo
Ridiculous that Manfred doesn’t do anything and never has. Manfred is never gonna do anything as long as he’s getting payed off.
That was straight passion from a serious fan of baseball. Loved every minute of it. Great stuff.
Rich lost it, and I loved every second of his reaction ❤️💯
Rich is all of us baseball fans right now.
Love me some Rich Eisen. Started watching NFL network when I was 12 and I’ve always admired the guy.
I say managers should ask for checks every inning until the rule is lifted
Rich gotta chill he’s always so fired up
I only know one speed.
@@RichEisenShow ahahahah what an epic single one comment to reply to.
The pitchers are full of BS. "Let us cheat or we'll hit you in the face".
exactly
Cry me a river.
I died when the umpire palmed the pitcher’s head. Looked like he was copping a quick feel 🤣
I thought they wanted to shorten games.
Welcome to Rob Manfred’s Major League Baseball. You got all of this, and let’s not forget the super amazing awesome replay system that doesn’t work.
Would it be too hard to just say “If a pitcher gets busted using illegal substances, the pitcher and catcher are both ejected.”? It would definitely end the issue for a lot of clubs since they dont have the roster space for that multiple suspended pitchers and catchers.
Foreign substance = bad
Banging trash cans = World Series victory
baseball is the most complex but simple game ever.
I like the idea of adding strikes for false accusations
This commentary is more interesting than the game itself.
Just take away their challenge if they're wrong.
Not impactful enough.
Head massages should be extra $
Baseball is actually becoming unwatchable! Manfred has lost control. It's ridiculous. It was a perfect game. What a fool.
If a manager asks for a pitcher to be checked and he doesnt gave anything, that manager should lose his challenge.
4:24 great idea. Go farther. Make it an OUT to frisk the pitcher and find nothing.
Just love it! Absolutely love the passion :)
Adding a strike if they are wrong will end this bs reeeaaaal quick. Just like a football challenge.
Manfred should have been fired after calling The Commissioner’s Trophy a piece of metal, it showed the man does not care about baseball whatsoever.
not too long ago rich was calling for this..
Asking for proper procedures and acquiescing to the opposing coach mid-inning is entirely different.
Rich speaks out of both sides of his mouth. One day its "Baseball needs to do something about this blatant cheating. Now that pitchers are upset and have a point its "I agree, managers should be penalized for calling out suspicious behavior"
what does it say that you HAVE to doctor the baseball this much to make it useable? i mean yea make a substance and/or make baseballs not suck so much?
huge girardi fan...but that was bush-league
I haven’t watched a game since just before the strike in ‘94. Sad to see things are the same or worse with owners, management, and players today.
Major sports has become parts sad and parts embarrassing.
Jacob Degrom does it with dry clean hands. If the best pitcher in baseball can do it,everyone else can.
They need to check the pitchers and set a baseline spin rate. Monitor during the game for sudden increase and check then.
This is why they should have enforced everything before the season not in the middle of the season. The mlb knew or was a problem and didn't do anything about it until now
Don't get mad at Girardi for using the rules to his team's advantage. the problem is clearly, as Scherzer said, it's the commissioner's fault. He's wrecking the game.
The next thing will be challenge flags (rolling eyes). Penalty if the "challenge" fails they lose an out. That will stop managers using the challenge to break up a pitcher's momentum. If the manager is a habitual violater the team loses a run. Yeah, wishful thinking.
Love the passion RE! Go get em!
*calls out doctoring the grip for months
"why are we making a big show of it?"
Guys it's only gamesmanship. Girardi knows what he's doing: Get into Scherzer's head (a division foe separated by a mere 1.5 games). Until there are specific rules preventing managers from doing this, then some will do it to play mind games. Plus this will create additional tension between teams & perhaps make their games more fun to watch. Cheers.
This isn't a sport, it's a show like WWE.
@@TonsOfFunk That's cool, but I disagree. Cheers.
The best way to get rid of a bad rule, is to enforce it.
What a finish to that clip!
What ever happened to "You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball"?
Rich needs a hug
Here are my ideas to improve MLB:
1) Reduce regular season games to 142 or 132
2) 16 team playoffs, 8 each league, 7 game series in each round
3) Reduce the amount of innings from 9 to 7
No, No, and No
@@TheBjoe83 Yes, Yes.......and Yes
The ump rubbed his head! Hahaha
If a foreign substance is approved by the league the umpire could apply it.
The substance could be applied inside the pack the umpire wears to replace balls put out of play
The baseball would naturally rub against substance inside the pack until being put into play after foul ball/homerun etc.
It Avoids having players applying an approved substance themselves so it removes risks of mixture of other substances. Also keeps play moving because the substance is applied naturally and not by the by hand by the umpire
If they are going to allow a manager to "call for a check" then it needs to be either at the beginning (before the first pitch) or end of an inning. They should also set a max number, say 2 if nothing is found and adding one if something is. Sort of like NFL review where they get two reviews plus one if both are right.
A free strike if a manager is wrong? Add a stupid rule, and then try to fix it by adding more stupid rules? Why not just admit the initial rule change was idiotic and scrap it instead?
If the pitchers are as good as they say they are then they should be just fine without foreign substances.
Take a close look at who is complaining. The ones whose spin rates are down. It's not about grip. It's about artificial movement
If mlb just punished gerrit cole like Bauer said to 2 years ago than 70% of pitchers wouldn’t have gotten used to this crap
@@joecoolberry911
Bauer has to get punished as well. He stole a Cy Young with industrial adhesive. The fact he called out other pitchers doesn't quite give him immunity. In fact, it just makes this whole mess even weirder.
@@joecoolberry911 So 30 percent don't. Why wouldn't they all do it? Because it's cheating. Bauer cheated because he ain't that good
@@toddferguson6369 none of them are that good. That's the point bauer was trying to make. He cheated just to show that anyone can be a cy young winner while using foreign substance. The guys that don't cheat. Don't get paid and possibly lose their jobs to guys that are cheating
@@taylora8325 you just said 30 percent don't do it. Degrom doesn't and he throws harder than any of them. Gotta love adults today. Sure kids, cheating is ok
Manfred needs to go and be fired.
My theory is this is the only way the MLB knows how to up viewer count/public participation.
Once again, everyone is talking baseball. Just like they wanted.
They couldn't care less who looks like what.
It's made baseball unwatchable. I'm out until they remember they're an entertainment outlet before all else..
Pitchers have been using Grip as an excuse to use stuff but the stuff actually creates more dramatic movement and it's movement that creates hitters who are hit by a pitch.
If you call a pitcher out and your wrong it should be a 3 run ding.
The problem with penalizing the manager for a failed check is pitchers will start doing things trying to provoke it.
Just get rid of the problem. Don't add to it.
Yup n then they'll cheat the next inning
New promo: *MLB...It's unwatchable!*
As a former pitcher you need some moisture , a new ball and Rosen is like a bar of soap !!!
“The Manfred Rules”….man they fucking hate that guy 😂💀⚰️
There has to be a consequence after accusing a pitcher of cheating and not being able to find anything! Specially if you get the pitcher down to his underwear in the middle of a game!!
I bet the checks stop real fast if the pitcher just starts dropping his pants everytime the refs approach to check for substances.
I like the penalty for the other team. We had a coach in our league that would do this regularly to break the rhythm of the opposing pitcher. He would call a time and bring the ump to the mound to talk about the pitchers mechanics in a way to say he was doing something illegal. It was different every time. He would claim the pitcher is holding his glove to high or covering his face. It became ridiculous. This needs to have a repercussion for both teams.
Just passing through ... thanks for validating why I don't watch baseball anymore.
All I can say is WOW!
I say let the batters juice and the pitchers use whatever they want. It will level out the playing field.