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[@_maza_2443]

Ichiro with the most respectful disrespect I've ever seen lmao. He was like "excuse me sir but this is where that ball was"

[@johncagnettajr344]

The players get angered when the umpire is inconsistent in his calls.

[@jckdnls9292]

Guy hits 280 and he's angered about inconsistencies

[@James-gk8ip]

@@jckdnls9292 Hey that's 30 points over average.

[@pullmyfinger336]

Many of these ballplayers are reacting to INCONSISTENT calls by the umpire. If the ump is calling a wide strike zone all game for both teams, no problem... they'll adjust. But if he's calling one pitcher tighter than the other, or if pitches that were strikes early in the game are now being called balls, that adds an extra level of uncertainty that neither the pitcher nor batter appreciates. If a ballplayer is making visible gestures or audible sounds about the calls, and he's not known to be a hothead, you can be sure the ump is not being consistent. Also, some of these umps are prima donnas and are jealous of the money the players make. They often are too quick to throw a player out of the game. Players should have to right to speak their peace about calls they disagree with so long as it is civil and not interrupting the flow of the game.

[@johnglue1744]

@derp derpin Umpires seem to be the most touchy.

[@laudanum669]

Former MLB Cacther A.J. Pierzynski was ejected from a game for saying this to the Home plate Ump "Give a me a new ball, preferably one you can see". He is/was one of my favorite ballplayers, he played like his life was on the line.

[@Fly-The-W]

Still gotta be one of the best passive aggressive lines ever to an ump!

[@jabbitt05]

Doc Ellis once threw a no hitter while high on LSD back in the 70’s

[@nancysexton4364]

There's a hilarious video about that. Pretty sure he didn't even remember he threw a no hitter -- had to watch the game films.

[@medarby3066]

There is a "30 for 30" documentary episode about this game.

[@NoNameForThisGuy]

Blokes: a no-hitter is one of the most celebrated feats possible for a pitcher, it means they threw an entire game without allowing a hit. Pleeeeeeeeaaaaaaase watch this video about Dock and the LSD No-No. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lae4mYaPgbeqZ5Y

[@alonenjersey]

That is so funny and yet so true. He described the Padres (the team he pitched against) as "purple headed melting demons."

[@conormacinnis7221]

Daz you're thinking of Mark McGuire on St. Louis. His record was broken by Barry Bonds a few years later in 2001. All of who used anabolic steroids. Great to hit mesmerizing home run balls, also great to shrink your own.

[@mfree80286]

@Kara Natoli That's the asterisk you take when you trade one set of balls for another.

[@b7grams]

@Kara Natoli Of the three - Sosa, McGwire, and Bonds - McGwire and Bonds were both players that were once-in-a-generation type of players even before they started juicing. McGwire hit 49 HR in his rookie season, so he was always a HR threat, but he only had three seasons of 50+ HR in 1996 (52 with the A's), 98 (then-record of 70), & 99 (65). Bonds was the son of another great major leaguer and while he always had power, the only season he hit more than 50 HR was when he hit 73 in 2001 and he was more of a good all-around player (he joined the 40 HR-40 SB club - of which there are only 4 members - in 1996). Sosa entered 1998 having hit 30 HR in 4 of the 5 previous seasons (the one season he didn't was when he hit 25 in the strike-shortened 1994 season), but only reached 40 once in 1996, so his jump from hitting around 34 home runs per year over a five-year span to averaging 58 HR per year over the following five seasons (66, 63, 50, 64, & 49) was too quite a noticeable leap. That's why my favorite player at the time and to this day is Ken Griffey Jr. He got a bit overshadowed by McGwire and Sosa when he was at his peak - Griffey averaged 52 HR per year (49, 56, 56, & 48) during his last four seasons in Seattle in 1996-99 - and did so without 'roids. It's a shame he caught the injury bug during his time in Cincinnati as he could have challenged Hank Aaron's mark for the legitimate HR king had he not.

[@johnwray393]

Now players are hitting the ball 500 feet without steroids. They have new advantages nowadays though as well.

[@facetiouslyinsolent8313]

If you truly believe anabolics allow any human to be a better hitter or hit the ball further you are a complete idiot. Talk to a real body builder about hitting a ball farther or becoming a better hitter and when they laugh at you get back to me...

[@SupremeJudge]

@@facetiouslyinsolent8313 Exactly, roids don't make you a better hitter, the batter still has to have a good eye and lifting swing.

[@blakerh]

Dave is correct. In the 70s through 90s, "Greenies" or speed was used by many players because they play so many games and don't get much time off.

[@THEQuantumBacon]

A HUGE part of this is the context of how the game is being called. For MOST players, it's not that the umpires need to be perfect (none are and, for the record, that box may be the official strikezone, but virtually no umpires call every part of that box a strike), but the players want the umpires to be CONSISTENT. So, a lot (not all) of these player freakouts are coming from their frustration in an opinion that one team is getting certain calls while another isn't. Teams have scouting reports on umpires like they do other players. They know (or should know) every umpire's tendencies. Still, the first few innings of every game tend to be pitchers and batters on both sides determining how the plate umpire is calling pitches THAT game (not because they're biased, but because they're human). I would suspect most of these "showing up" moments come late in games, in high pressure situations where the player believes the umpire has all the sudden changed how he's calling things (except Josh Donaldson. That guy is a douchewaffle). Great reaction as always.

[@88wildcat]

A huge part of this is that Angel Hernandez has no business calling a cab, never mind a baseball game. I'm 55 years old and he is the worst umpire I have ever seen.

[@imchilltrustmedawg526]

I always like it when people who aren't to familiar with baseball react to it to see what they think of it. I recommend reacting to Batters grtting hit by fastballs 97 mph+

[@sarahwolfe1154]

They did players getting hit in the head

[@joshblumer2624]

they already did

[@frasefra5297]

I do the same thing with cricket.

[@sherrijean03]

What’s crazy is those balls are being pitched at speeds of upwards 90-100mph! So even though as fans we get pissed when they are called wrong, it can’t be easy on the umpires to always call it right!

[@zachgeorge2254]

Mentioning recreational drugs, you guys need to watch Dock Ellis talk about pitching a game on LSD. I think your best bet is "No Mas presents Dock Ellis & the LSD no-no"

[@piercepcp]

Came to mention this as well

[@James-gk8ip]

He thought he was pitching the next day, so he took some chemical nutriment at noon.

[@Here4Years]

Compared to some of the umpires in MLB, the Office Blokes are more than qualified.

[@dillowman8]

@Christian Grant Angel, Joe West, Vic Carrapazza in my opinion

[@dillowman8]

I agree with you

[@justinswann5942]

Completely agree lol

[@bobd2659]

@@dillowman8 With those guys, and a few more, it's hard to tell whether they're working for MLB or the team. I wish MLB would publish the 'performance reviews' they claim they do...

[@dillowman8]

@@bobd2659 I would love to read them too, Bob. I am Canadian and the biggest Blue Jays fan on the planet. When I see Carrapazza doing our games, what goes through my head is “so how are we getting screwed tonight?”

[@nickrobinson5352]

Lol I love these " across the ponders" trying to understand

[@aontaithe-]

gotta see the office blokes do more MLB reactions in the future

[@GunnyRaps]

I love watching you guys try to figure out baseball just by watching highlights. It's hilarious... That's literally what I did with cricket in the 90s, but at least I was watching a game.

[@fanofauburn11]

So be fair a lot of the blowups were probably a result of several bad calls through the game and we only saw the one that made them explode

[@THEQuantumBacon]

Greatest baseball freakout was by the Kansas City Royals. Most people will assume I'm talking about the George Brett Pine Tar Game (which is in itself worth a reaction for the sheer insane drama of it), but the most "HOLY F*** did that just happen?" freakout ever, was Royals manager losing his shit at a reporter's question in his office after a loss, sweeping things off his desk, then clocking a reporter in the face with a phone (an big old desk phone) and ending with, "Put that in your pipe and smoke it!" And he kept his job lol

[@jeffburdick869]

9:30 you're thinking of Mark McGwire. He broke the record for home runs in a season with 70. The previous record was 61. And yeah, he was juicing like crazy. He gained like 40 pounds of muscle in his upper 30's. That doesn't happen naturally.

[@punkem733]

The first guy is ichiro maybe the greatest hitter in 150 year MLB history. He has one of the greatest eyes of all time where ever he says it went, it did.

[@trinidadjames203]

Is that Anthony Hopkins in the middle?!?! Haha more baseball!

[@emmef7970]

Definitely a resemblance to a much younger Anthony Hopkins. Anthony Hopkins is in his eighties about 30 years older then Mike but was a pretty handsome guy when he was younger.

[@itsjohnnyr8560]

To keep it relatively simple, there’s 9 batters in the order, each player on that order could see the plate 3-5 times per game. If they’re out, they go back to the dugout until it’s their turn to field then they wait until it’s their turn to hit again. If they’re ejected, the are gone for the rest of the day and have to leave the field/dugout.

[@rallycapandstanding]

Not if you’re Bobby valentine 🥸

[@TX427LFC]

You're thinking of Mark McGwire. Y'all should react to the Astros cheating scandal

[@StateOfChaos]

2017 CHAMPS

[@stugotz986]

@@StateOfChaos Sit down Skippy!! The Astros are CHEATERS!!

[@Cmcoluch]

Trash cans and a “sticky situation”

[@StateOfChaos]

@@stugotz986 and still, CHAMPS

[@StateOfChaos]

@noblejun Official 2017 World Champs. Also Champs of livin' in your head!

[@phillabadboy05j26]

Best moments in baseball is clutch playoff hits to win games and when managers and players go off LOL

[@givepaddytheemmy4535]

9 players per team. 9 innings for the game. Three outs per inning. You can be out on the bases, out if you pop it up and they catch it, or out by striking out (three strikes). Four balls (not strikes) results in a walk and the batter gets to go to first base. That’s like the basics of the game. Touch home to score.

[@krcjayhawks]

"Do they have VAR?" You'd think they would by now. They probably should. I don't think it's a must, though. Thank goodness for the unofficial umpire scorecards - at least now we get a more transparent look at who is solid behind the plate.

[@eksortso]

They have video review now. They only allowed it a few years ago. The baseball purists railed against the change, but on the whole it's been a good addition. It certainly helped that the NFL, the NBA, and the NHL all did video replays first.

[@jlondon1441]

Baseball is a slow paced game. So the suspense and building emotions can lead to a lot of interesting situations.

[@kevinb314]

So glad you guys got back to some sports! Can't wait for more, especially NFL

[@Kronikman07]

the stl slugger was Mark McGwire

[@alanneel1369]

you guys would love old school baseball managers getting pissed at the umps

[@RickyT484]

A video I'm sure y'all would enjoy is called "Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No". It's an animated short with Dock telling the story of how he pitched a No-Hitter in 1970 while high on LSD. The animation is fantastic and Dock is hilarious. Cheers, blokes.

[@kcburns94]

For the record the box is soecifically over the plate BETWEEN the chest and knees of the player, while in his batting stance. The taller the stance the bigger the box vertically, the shorter the stance the smaller the box, etc.

[@williamchilders6363]

It’s called a strike zone, from the letters on the front of the jersey(chest area) to the knees, and covers outside to inside of home plate.

[@lisahumphries3898]

The little strike box is called the Strike Zone. It’s between the batter’s knees and his shoulders and as wide as home plate. Some of those pitches were obviously below the knees.

[@OXR1200]

Mark McGwire from the Cardinal's and Sammy Sosa for the Cubs had an epic Home Run chase in 1998. It was said to save baseball at the time, but it turned out later that there were both massive steroid and HGH users. Sammy Sosa also got caught with a corked bat.

[@jeffdetmer4681]

There is instant replay in baseball. Each team gets 1 challenge to start the game. Only certain types of things are challengeable. Balls and strikes are not, unless they are saying the batter was hit by the pitch as it went by or something like that. If a manager makes a challenge and is proven correct he gets another. Balls and strikes are really hard to call. The strike zone is supposed to be where the ball crosses home plate to a batter in a normal position to the plate. Then a strike is supposed to cross the plate between the height of the batters front knee and the letters on his jersey (basically they used to teach us knees to nipples), and within the width of home plate. However no hitters (practically) stand even with the plate. They all stand as far back toward the catcher as possible, to give themselves a longer look at the pitch which is travelling the 60 feet at near 100 mph often. By the 2nd or 3rd inning you will see that the back line of the batters box is gone. The batters dig at it while digging a foothold so once the line is erased they can cheat back a few extra inches. As far as pitches often looking low from that centerfield camera angle, you have to remember that most pitcher are very tall some as much as 6'7" to 6'10". They are pitching from an elevated mound and the ball is travelling downward toward the plate. The catcher is usually catching the ball several feet behind the plate so it looks even lower by the time we see it caught. Guys having less than a second to decide to swing or not, then actually swing not knowing if the ball is going to curve or drop. Not to mention hitting a round ball with a round bat. All while 50 or 60 thousand people are screaming. And yet a golfer can't hit a ball off a tee if someone is taking a picture nearby!!!!!

[@GlassJAw413]

These guys get angry pretty quickly because it's arguably the hardest thing to do in sports is consistently hit a baseball and feel like they're not getting a fair at bat. Making it to base on 30% of your at bats would make you a Hall of Famer... failing at anything else in life 70% of the time would get you ridiculed.

[@dayra6425]

yeah that and the steroids, but yeah it is probably one of the most frustrating sports that there is to play..

[@wangchou9783]

@@dayra6425 I mean, the managers get the most animated and no one claims Joe Girardi used PEDs. It's just infuriating when you feel calls are going against you.

[@baileyobrien9749]

Safe to say umpires are the most hated officials in sports 😂 thank you for doing baseball by the way!!!

[@williambill5172]

I love muh daily bloke dose!

[@BlackHandMACK]

😂 😂 😂 😂 Drugs aren't why they snap at the Ump, that's hilarious tho 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@magarthur3420]

Many well-known baseball players were using cocaine and "uppers" in the 80s. The NBA had an even bigger drug problem during that time. There was also, as mentioned, the "steroid era" in baseball which was pretty much the 1990s through the early 2000s. There isn't a drug issue in baseball right now.

[@lelandc9763]

Years of the game. You can almost tell where the ball will go by the time its halfway to home plate

[@erickyoung8331]

You should look at old Lou Panella and Billy Martin temper tantrums. Pure comedy gold. They are funny. George Brett had one where he went ballistic too -- funny and a little scary too.

[@matthewgracey1894]

When I can't sleep, I imagine explaining baseball to someone who has never seen it.

[@timhefty504]

You'd love Earl Weaver and Wally Backman arguing with umpires

[@drewgamezzz8482]

@1:47 they’ve just brought in the reviewing of certain things in baseball, but for the longest time they didn’t have it where you could review anything, so whatever the ump called, no matter how bad the call was, it stuck. Which I still remember one call (I think it was against Detroit) where an imo ruined his perfect game on like the last batter of the game where the guy was clearly out at 1st and the imo called him safe for some reason when it was clear to even the blindest of people that he was out smh.

[@tomlornawestlake2393]

There are 3 outs in an inning and 9 innings so there are 27 outs in a game per team (unless the home team is ahead in the bottom of the ninth, the game is over since they don't need their last three outs). Generally a player gets 4 at bats per game. So if a player is thrown out of the game, he will not be able to play in the field and because he is no longer in the game, will lose at-bats he might have had if he had stayed in the game.

[@sirslice]

Plus when a player is called out on strikes, he's not out of the game. It just means his team had one less out... or attempt to score. 3 outs then the opposing team gets to bat and your team goes to the field. A team can only score when they're up to bat.

[@theb3654]

You really have to control your emotions in baseball because it will effect your technique. However when things start going bad you will see big explosions of rage.

[@melvinwren]

there was a dude (dock ellis) who threw a no hitter in 1970 while under influence of LSD. no hitter is a rare feat for a pitcher. it basically means, none of the opposing batters were able to land a ball on the field all nine innings.

[@jahnj2523]

Mike is a proper Good bloke

[@TheGLORY13]

That Box that you see on the screen is really just.....the front of the plate. The technical rule for a strike is any part of the ball can touch a part of that 3D zone of the box and it's technically a strike. Where the catcher actually receives the ball is moot but the umpire(and fans and likely most people) Consider that to be what is used for the strike zone,it's WHY you see catchers try to frame pitches to be in the zone. Umpiring isn't easy no question about it, but the zone has been the zone are a pretty damn long time, I understand picking up 90+ MPH Pitches/Pitches the move a ton isn't and easy think to do when you have so little time to actually see the pitch you are relying on what amounts to....a really good eye+ a guess and the use of looking at the catches mitt. Obviously you can usually tell when it's really out of the zone, but umpires get it wrong....others more so, every umpire is different and most batters won't care as long as it's consistent for both sides and nothing insane. The ball just has to catch the black, so the can be 99% out of that zone and technically it's a strike. You don't always get a full ball off the plate in any direction but umpires tend to call certain things just depending on who they are. Pitchers/Catchers want to expand the zone as much as possible, the batters want the zone as small as possible (or at the very least....just the zone) they don't swing at pitches they don't like/can't hit well, but they don't like having to expand their own zone because the umpire is giving a pitcher a call that is....50/50 or worse. ---- As a catcher i've gotten calls....but i've also not gotten calls it's a frustrating game from time to time. I pitched too so the zone to me was something I felt I knew pretty well whether it was throwing/catching/hitting so when a call wasn't what I thought it was annoying especially when I KNEW it wasn't a strike. (or if it was a strike and it got called a ball)

[@SupremeJudge]

I agree with the last one, the running lane for the batter is on the outside but the base is on the inside.

[@SadBananaMusic]

The home plate umpire is behind the catcher, not just to call balls and strikes, but also calls plays at home plate, calls fair and foul balls, whether or not a ball was foul tipped (which can sometimes only be heard instead of seen), and catchers interference to name a few. All of which need an umpire behind the plate to make the best call. Now whether or not they make the right call is a different story.

[@paulbilger3782]

You can not argue balls and strikes with the umpires, even when their wrong.

[@franklinterrell9392]

The key thing to remember is, it's not where the catcher catches the ball, it's where the ball crosses home plate.

[@Guy_de_Loimbard]

Baseball is not like cricket in that a player is not out of the game if he's given out. They cycle through all 9 players, then after the 9th has batted, the first one comes back up again, until either they've gone through all nine innings (which is three outs per side) or until there is a winner if they have to go into extra innings to break a tie. A player who stays in the entire game will typically come up to bat four or five times in a game.

[@christophermckinney3924]

You can question an umpire's call on anything but balls and strikes.

[@Dud3itsj3ff]

Umpires are right up there with lawers and politicians lmao

[@1129BAMF]

Regarding replay, a manager can challenge whether a player is out on the basepath, but balls and strikes cannot be currently be challenged.

[@talkswithdave]

9 innings, visiting team bats first in the top half of each inning with the home team batting in the bottom half (home team advantage). 3 outs per team per inning. 3 strikes and you’re out whether the ump calls it as a strike or the batter swings and misses. 4 balls outside of the strike zone is a walk and the batter goes to first base. The first two balls hit foul count as strikes, after that you can foul off as many as you want (there’s an epic 18 pitch at bat by Alex Cora where he fouled off all of these consecutive pitches and then hit a home run on the 18th pitch). Any caught ball is and out, even in foul territory.

[@christophermckinney3924]

The hard part about calling balls and strikes is that the ball has to be in the strike zone OVER THE PLATE and the catcher is five feet or so behind the plate.

[@Anthony-sz4ms]

Yes! Finally more baseball reactions!

[@abenemon1181]

Baseball had a whole period called the "steroids era" where a whole bunch of star players were accusing of doping and home run records were deemed to be tainted, players kept out of the Hall of Fame because of it as well.

[@brianhall4182]

If they get a pitch wrong, it's more likely to be high/low pitches. From their angle of vision standing behind the batter they tend to see outside and inside fairly decently but have a harder time judging whether a pitch is below/above the strike zone. Couple that with the fact that pitchers can throw in a manner that 'widens' an umpire's perception of where the strike zone is and it's a tougher job than the computerized box on the screen makes it look.

[@jadenking4268]

Definitly check out Coaches losing their minds lol some wild characters

[@israymervalentin-arias6313]

In the 80s cocaine was a huge problem in Baseball and Basketball. People died in basketball over speedballs in baseball careers was derailed. In the 90s steroids was the huge problem which really helped the sport grow because fans were not watching or coming to the stadium to see the games after a player strike and a lockout 1994 season. The guy you were taking about is Mark McGwire him and Sammy Sosa basically saved baseball because they hit like 500 foot homers broke records and look like cartoon superheroes.

[@kyleekstrand3971]

baseball has always been a big proponent of doing things the old-fashioned way, hence no VAR for the strikezone.

[@johncagnettajr344]

The strike zone is at the knees and about chest high, and the ball should pass any part of the home plate.. the ultimate decision as to wether the pitch is hittable is in “the strike zone” is the umpire. No arguing. Other plays in the field can be challenged and video reviewed.

[@erickyoung8331]

Yeah, there are just too many pitches in a game. They added video review for the occasional call on the field, but it'd make the game super slow (and people already complain it takes too long) if they could review lots of pitches, so they chose not to.

[@a_doog189]

speed was called "Greenies" and they were VERY popular in the 80s

[@James-gk8ip]

Speed, yes. I think Jim Bouton talks about all the players taking "greenies" in the 60s, in Ball Four.

[@thomasvinson9126]

Mark McQuire was steroids, bats are corked, and getting thrown out of the game may motivate the team. Look Earl Weaver for being thrown out.

[@Scott6794]

Hey, baseball player here.. the reason they get so angry is because umpires aren't always consistent with their strike zone. Every player is a different size and umpiring is subjective. If a guy gets called out on a bad pitch twice in the same game, that could easily decide who wins. It's extremely frustrating and makes you not want to play. Also, players build relationships with the umpires over time and sometimes they just dislike each other.

[@davemac146]

Look up Doc Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates who threw a no hitter against San Diego in 1970 while tripping on LSD. There's a great song by Todd Snider named "America's Favorite Pastime" about said incident. If you decide it's not worth your time I'll use the term "fair play" the rest of the year! Thanks Blokes, from the Buckeye State.

[@pierregibson6699]

Yes American Baseball’s at its core baseline is based on cricket….also term is strike zone you are looking for it is the width of home plate, from the knees to the letters of your jersey the ball has to cross over the plate in that zone also YES Speed, cocaine, were HUGE in Baseball in the 80-90’s along with roids up to the early mid 2000’s don’t know if they have cracked down it since the mid 2000’s

[@meanyvizzini8347]

Managers throwing tantrums are part of the culture of baseball. 162-game seasons are very long, and it’s easy to find yourself not really caring about whether you win Game #127. If a manager thinks his team isn’t focused enough and needs to play with more passion, he’ll throw a fit. Then his team has a reason to want to win this game in particular - to win it for the manager who stood up for them and got ejected for it. It’s very common, and it’s more for show than anything else.

[@bleachedbrother]

Each umpire working behind home plate has a reputation among the players. Some call low pitches for strikes. Some call high pitches for strikes. Some have wider strike zones. Players know this and accept it. What angers players is an INCONSISTENT strike zone. If the umpire has been calling low pitches as strikes for one team, he better be doing it for the other team too.

[@GrandRoyal44]

Teams are allowed to call for replay (VAR) to challenge certain things in baseball. But it is NOT allowed to be used to challenge ball/strike calls.

[@joecleland3016]

You're referring to the 1998 Mark McGwire vs Sammy Sosa home run race. They were trying to beat Roger Maris's 61 HR season that he set in 1961. It was an exciting time for baseball. McGwire finished with 70 HRs and Sosa had 66 HRs. Just three years later Barry Bonds hit 73 HRs.

[@tylerjavon7922]

A lot of these guys get mad because this isn't the first issue , rather in this game or a history of it. And sometimes there's personal stuff between players , managers and the umpires as well but they are only showing the blow up.

[@patrickstracener5329]

With today's technology, there should be microchips in each baseball and a hologram reader emanating from home plate projecting the strike zone. If the ball doesn't pass through the box, ball. If it does, strike. Sound impossible? It happens every time the grocer scans your food at the register. If the the bar code on the food, in this case, the Chips inside the ball, isn't passed directly in front of the reader, in this case, within the strike zone embedded in home plate, it must be scanned again until it does. This would not jeopardize the Umpire's job one bit because check swings and safe/out calls at home plate would still be necessary. One of you techie guys should get on this.

[@willyhyena]

its not where the catcher catches it, but where it crosses the plate. If even one percent of the baseball "touches" the invisible strike zone - its a strike. A batter may not argue balls and strikes or he is out of the game.

[@johanna0131]

Kicking dirt on home plate is done as an insult to the umpire, because it’s the ump’s job to dust off home plate when it gets too dirty to see clearly. It’s basically giving the Ump the middle finger. In baseball there are huge fines and consequences for fighting. You can’t physically touch the Umpire. That’s why you’ll see managers get right up in the ump’s face, pointing and screaming, but never actually touching him. I think it makes baseball fights the most entertaining, lol! Of course, bench clearing fights between the players do happen on occasion.

[@mysonandme8424]

Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa were going back and forth for the homerun title and both were on steroids and other PEDs with McGuire beating Sosa out that year. Then Barry Bonds got heavily steroided up and beat Mark McGuire's record. Though, those three, Jose Canseco, Alex Rodriguez, and maybe Roger Clemons were just the most notorious cases as lots of players were on PEDs of some sort. Jose Canseco came out with a book and "spilled the beans" on other players and MLB steroid use.

[@EEVOL]

In baseball there are 3 opposing teams: The away team, the home team, and the umpires.

[@m_i_s_t_a_h__j_]

Would love to see you react to some Randy Johnson highlights. The Big Unit had some great moments on the mound.

[@ericjorgensen3911]

Baseball tradition, umpire calls are final! Then like 10 years ago they allow some Instant Re-Plays, but balls and strikes nope!

[@DTex]

Being called out (on the base pads) or striking out (in an at-bat)…is not the same as being thrown out of the game, completely. Once an ump tosses you…that’s the showers for you, til the next game

[@alicecourtney9117]

The video I’ve been waiting for finally

[@jackfeliciano8114]

Just remember guys, it where the ball crosses home plate, not where the catcher catches it

[@PerthTowne]

It's not necessarily drugs that creates some of the bizarre behavior. Some people are just hotheads. I remember Lou Piniella, the rightfielder for the New York Yankees back in the 1970s and early 1980s. Everyone loved Piniella, because he was a great player. But the fans used to love to see Piniella go totally nuts on the field when he thought an umpire made a bad call on him. Ripping the bases out of the field, kicking dirt on the umpires, screaming like crazy person. Definitely bad sportsmanship, but really hilarious to watch. Oh, and baseball is NOT boring. :)

[@thehillbillychasidchronicles07]

I know it seems by the highlights that they get pissed off quickly, but the season is 162 games, and they see a lot of teams/umpires multiple times. A lot of situations can get carried over from other things that happened previously in the season.

[@chrisbloomfield3350]

There were 3 players that broke the home run record within a span of about 15 years (maybe even less...not so great with Baseball dates). The first was Mark Mcgwire (sp?) who Daz was referring to from the St. Louis Cardinals. He broke Hank Aaron's previous record from nearly half a century before. Then was Sammy Sosa with the Chicago Cubs. He took it from Mark. Then came Barry Bonds for the San Francisco Giants. He was kinda primed to win the title for a good bit of his later career and eventually came through. However, to my knowledge, all 3 men were busted for using performance enhancing drugs so I'm not sure who really holds the title to be honest.

[@crimsonknight7011]

I remember there was also the basketball ref that instead of watching the game kept staring at one player sitting on the sidelines and after a good while he then threw him out for laughing while on the sidelines.

[@drewgamezzz8482]

@5:55 as bad as some calls are, I’d never wanna take the umps out of the game and replace them with some robotic/AI type stuff cause for one arguing with the ump is one of the most entertaining things about baseball and two, I mean really each ump has their own strike zone so it makes it I guess more challenging to find where they call balls and strikes lol. Either way, I’d never wanna get rid of the umps, other than Angel Hernandez, he’s an absolute bum lol.

[@twizzsmoke420]

the umps need alternate reality screens in their helmets so they can see the strike box.

[@salsonny]

Thrike zone is from the batters lower chest to the knees and the width of the plate

[@chrisbloomfield3350]

Al Bundy once threw for four touchdowns in a single game for Polk High, giving them the record for most touchdown passes in a game.

[@betsyduane3461]

The strike zone supposedly changes for each player, it will always be 17 inches wide, but the height of the batter comes into play. 6ft 7in Arron Judge of the Yankees has a horrible time with umps because they have no idea how to call him.

[@justinpeterson3219]

The cardinals player who broke the record for the most homeruns in a season was Mark McGuire with 70

[@allieren]

Kicking dirt in baseball is super disrespectful, especially if you kick dirt over home plate. It’s basically akin to saying the umpire is blind. That’s why you often see managers kicking dirt after they’ve been ejected.

[@cookiemadison8529]

Really enjoy you guys trying to figure out baseball. Makes me feel better about not knowing what the hell is going on in cricket