{"id":571641,"date":"2021-06-23T12:22:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T16:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=571641"},"modified":"2021-06-23T12:22:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T16:22:16","slug":"watch-mlb-player-takes-pants-off-during-game-while-being-searched-for-foreign-substances-by-umpire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-mlb-player-takes-pants-off-during-game-while-being-searched-for-foreign-substances-by-umpire\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: MLB Player Takes Pants Off During Game While Being Searched For \u2018Foreign Substances\u2019 By Umpire"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-mlb-player-takes-pants-off-during-game-while-being-searched-for-foreign-substances-by-umpire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=571641&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233604205.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>We\u2019ve reached that time of the week where Major League Baseball has shown the world yet another example of their ineptitude.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Commissioner Rob Manfred has no idea what he\u2019s doing, aimlessly making decisions without any thought on the potential repercussions to a game that already has close to no ability to attract younger viewers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Major League Baseball has decided that the use of sticky substances on baseballs is their new \u201csteroid era.\u201d Unlike with steroids, foreign substances on baseballs don\u2019t increase offense, so Manfred and MLB had seen enough, feigning their desire to \u201cclean up the game\u201d when in fact they just see offensive numbers dipping and want to reverse course.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The decision to crackdown on pitchers using foreign substances on baseballs \u2014 a tradition that\u2019s as long as the game itself \u2014 is just two days into being enforced, and it\u2019s already a disaster.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Under the new rules, pitchers are to be checked by umpires at random throughout the game. Starting pitchers will be inspected at least twice a game and relievers will be inspected either between innings or after a pitching change. The inspections will supposedly be completed in a manner that avoids making the games any longer than they already are.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At least that was the idea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The new rules created an embarrassing situation for Major League Baseball on Tuesday, with one of the game\u2019s greatest pitchers being the focus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer was inspected three times during his five-inning outing against the Philadelphia Phillies. The first two inspections were supposedly part of MLB\u2019s new rules, but the third inspection was at the request of Phillies manager Joe Girardi, and that\u2019s when the fun started.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The third inspection came after Scherzer went high and tight on Alec Bohm in the fourth inning, buzzing a 95 mph fastball close to Bohm\u2019s head. After striking out Bohm, Girardi requested that Scherzer be checked for foreign substances, and the three-time CY Young winner didn\u2019t appreciate it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.3781512605042\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These pitcher checks in baseball are just absurd. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xZB9wXsa5W\">pic.twitter.com\/xZB9wXsa5W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1407506768918421505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>After the inning, Scherzer stared down Girardi and the Phillies dugout, before Girardi responded and was subsequently ejected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.485436893204\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After being checked for sticky substance 3 times tonight, Max Scherzer stared down Phillies Manager Joe Girardi while walking to the dugout. Girardi then left his dugout and had some words for Scherzer, which led to Girardi being ejected.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3laApv2YdR\">pic.twitter.com\/3laApv2YdR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBONFOX\/status\/1407513180755136513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>After the game, Scherzer was asked about the fiasco, and his comments were curt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThese are Manfred rules,\u201d Scherzer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/31690803\/washington-nationals-max-scherzer-miffed-umpires-inspect-3-s\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cGo ask him. I\u2019ve said enough.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have to be an absolute fool to actually use something tonight when everybody\u2019s antenna is so far high they\u2019d look for anything,\u201d Scherzer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/nationals-max-scherzer-unhappy-substance-checks\">continued<\/a>. \u201cI have absolutely zero on me. I have nothing on me. Check whatever you want. I\u2019ll take off all my clothes if you want to see me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>Scherzer discussed the pitch that caused the theatrics after the game, saying that he couldn\u2019t get a grip on the baseball all night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you watch the Bohm at-bat, I almost put a 95 mph fastball in his head because the ball slipped out of my hand,\u201d Scherzer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/31690803\/washington-nationals-max-scherzer-miffed-umpires-inspect-3-s\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThe whole night, I was sick of licking my fingers and tasting rosin. I couldn\u2019t even get sweat from the back of my head, because it really wasn\u2019t a warm night. So the only part that was sweaty on me was actually my hair, so I had to take off my hat to get any kind of moisture on my hand, to try and mix with the rosin. For me, that\u2019s the confusing part, because I\u2019m just trying to get a grip of the ball.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Later on in the night of baseball, Oakland A\u2019s reliever Sergio Romo was checked for foreign substances, and put on more of a show than Scherzer, taking his pants off on the field.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2091836734694\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oakland A\u2019s reliever Sergio Romo was checked for \u201csticky stuff\u201d and might have upstaged Max Scherzer in the process. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wL1jqt4CgE\">pic.twitter.com\/wL1jqt4CgE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Halicke (@ChrisHalicke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisHalicke\/status\/1407531679636496384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Welcome to the new baseball, folks. Where players are frisked like they\u2019re shuffling through the TSA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Manfred and Major League Baseball have made it so that pitchers are the fall guys, forcing them to be publicly shamed by umpires who have no interest in actually enforcing the new rules.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The use of sticky substances by pitchers is universal. It was only until baseball realized that offensive numbers were down \u2014 maybe they shouldn\u2019t have deadened the ball in the offseason? \u2014 that Manfred decided to take action.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Just like in every other aspect of his tenure, Manfred has no idea how to run the league. The season is too long, the games take forever, and MLB\u2019s social media presence is next to nothing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Baseball has embarrassed themselves once again, and it all falls on the incompetent leader \u2014 Rob Manfred.<\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to <\/i><i>sports@dailywire.com<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve reached that time of the week where Major League Baseball has shown the world yet another example of their ineptitude.\u00a0Commissioner Rob Manfred has no idea what he\u2019s doing, aimlessly &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281095,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233604205.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: MLB Player Takes Pants Off During Game While Being Searched For \u2018Foreign Substances\u2019 By Umpire","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-571641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233604205.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: MLB Player Takes Pants Off During Game While Being Searched For \u2018Foreign Substances\u2019 By Umpire","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}