Blake Snell and Manny Machado argue new rules, a breakdown 

I 100% came here to see an argument with Manny Machado and Blake Snell LOL. wouldn't be Machado's first time at that rodeo as far as a teammate.

@@jasoncramer6651 same im a padres fan and thought i blakced out and missed something hahaha i never clicked so fast

same here. i bait-clicked it so fast to come see Machado make a fool of himself...

same, pretty good clickbait ngl

Not me…I came to hear Biden blame Trump.

It’s probably because they are all massive disappointments

They notice all right

True story.

No, i am very much aware that the Padres suck this year

He needs to do a breakdown of the Yankees rays game today

What was the malfunction? 😂

I feel like half of the time pitchers/catchers just say pitch com issue just to buy time and reset. Like you implied, I really can't imagine this many pitch com issues in 2023

Exactly I dont understand how they've had so many comm malfunctions. Like the mlb has how much money and they can't afford good comms? Hell just give them some airpods and have them call each other at the start of the inning on their phone

They arent malfunctioning. They are using it as a way/excuse to subtly throw off the batter. Anything slightly considered as a balk is a "malfunctioning device" etc. No ways they are gonna straight up admit that they balked or not, and use the device as an excuse, even when its not or use it as a way to throw off the batter. In any high level competition, something new brought into the sport, they will analyze every aspect on both sides as an advantage or disadvantage

@@mugshotmarley Exactamundo. There’s also no way to prove when a pitcher has locked eyes with the batter, every single time. I’ve seen the pitcher just waiting, the hitter looks right at the mound, then does what happened here, acting like they will argue the pitch away, and don’t even try to hit it. Then they argue that they didn’t meet eyes. I do t even fully understand every rule around it. Like when can a runner steal a base. If the batter calls time, I’d think they can’t steal, but once they’re in the box, how does a runner know they’ve met eyes, or can they run whenever they want?

Yep. Everyone overreacted to the stros and other teams cheating by stealing signs but trying to figure out signs is also a part of baseball. Obv some teams took it too far with the help of tech but just abandoning it wholly was a mistake. This shit sucks ass

@@powertrip6426 If it only takes one guy and a computer to decode a team's sign, decryption is an issue. You would need to invent multiple systems (ring finger means fastball in one, and slider in the other) and then randomize which system is used on the day of the game to counteract the fact that your opponent knows which sign correlates with which pitch. Even then, your opponent has probably figured out the spiel after 10-20 pitches, if they want to. Meaning you really need a whole lot of systems and to change them every inning. Now imagine being the catcher having to remember all these systems. Otherwise you'd need to institute a ban on teams viewing footage of an ongoing game (which would interfere with replay challenges), but even then they would just look up the game on the next day to steal the signs.

Baseball has changes so drastically in the last few years, it's kinda sad

@@MicahRibbentroppostseason baseball will be more pure

If only the Astros and Red Sox didn't violate that tradition by being cheaters.

Eh, shaking off pitches with the pitch clock is more risky now, and it's not like the pitcher can give hand gestures to the catcher.

😂 pre WOKE GLORY DAYS

Nah! It’s much better now!

@@WilliamHELLHASEYIS You managed to work “woke” into a conversation about what to do when your baseball walkie talkie dies. Fascinating.

MLB is all hot and bothered to use any new technology without adequately investigating the potential hurdles, pitfalls and pratfalls. Thanks to Mook Manfred, MLB is dead.

That's Matt Williams - ex-manager of the Nats

@@jalexander2635I’d have said former 3rd baseman and power hitter

@@poker_dealer Giants legend

​@@maxrobson8642Diamondbacks legend/world series champion

@@sixohtwo12 even as a lifelong Dodger fan, I was a big Matt Williams fan, and it made me SO happy when he went to the D-backs and got a ring

This was excellently done.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

😂😂😂😂😂

He even has the facial expression of a little crybaby!

Bruh.

Which would make no sense

Good idea but wouldn’t pitch clock be running? So that malfunction would result in a strike

Yeah a lot of pitchers call their own game (at least some of the time) and don't have this issue. They can even step on the rubber, just don't come set...

@@j8van The pitch clock is running regardless of how the "Battery" decides to sequence their signs and pitch delivery. Just do the electronics part before stepping on the rubber so the prospect of committing a balk is removed.

why dont they have a physical box called the strike zone, that sits in between the batter and catcher? so if it hits or goes outside the box, its a ball. wouldnt that make it so much easier?

@@killjoy1056 not everybody is the same height

definitely a Nats manager of all time

@@saulgoodman.exe_ **Definitely a nats manager pre-World Series championship.

yOu CoMmEnT a LoT

He doesn't want people to notice he isn't doing one of the Yankees hitting a few guys and losing

Is it me or is it you that has the random watch list? I swear I've seen your comments in some unlikely places. I guess we're all just riding the algorithm

You gotta be looking at the pitcher, the pitcher can’t throw when the batters not looking. I mean Machado kinda was but he wasn’t entirely prepared so idk.

The quick pitch rule says only that the pitcher may not pitch while the batter is off balance. There is no mention of the batter looking at the pitcher.

@@MaydayAggro The hitter, however, must also be ready to go in the batter's box. He must be facing and looking at the pitcher with eight seconds left on the clock. If not, he gets charged with a strike. That was from google and it makes sense, no matter what the rules are, a pitcher throwing a pitch at a batter that’s not looking is not fair and shouldn’t count as a pitch.

Love that a couple people noticed it

​@@jomboy_and color coding the captions!

@@gw163 raising the bar for sports journalism! :D

@@jomboy_ honestly you've (whoever the editor is) been so good at CCing when I saw it I just assumed you always did it or at least did it for a long time...

@@cptmiller132 I do it. Just been getting a lot of practice in making these over time

baseball has a long track record of folks stretching the rules as far as they can.. "if you're not cheating, you're not trying"

A balk requires intent to deceive according to the rulebook. No balk called in the past 20 years has been a balk per the rulebook, just per the stupid ways MLB umps have “determined” it should be interpreted.

@@MyBiPolarBearMax No it doesn't. There are multiple reasons a balk can be called, including some accidental. Deceptive movement is one type of balk but not the only.

That was such an awesome yet unnecessary wipe vfx, I love it

3:51

I'd pay to see (laugh at) that.

what inning was that? i wanna see it LMAO

@@andiiramii2775 Top of the 7th, 1 out. Infield fly not far from the plate, he tries to hang around and break their concentration but fails. Bonus points: His teammates are ignoring him and/or rolling their eyes as he repeatedly beats the cooler then throws his helmet. XD

Man he is obnoxious. Even when he is right, you want him to be wrong because he is so obnoxious.

@@bradrum1 Yeah, he was caught in the act of being himself.

He definitely could have, but he'd much rather complain.

MLB wants to change the rules the umps need to stick to the new rules..there was no eye contact before the pitcher went.. this back and forth crap is nonsense

New rules suck takes away the gamesmanship

Let's just have a machine for the ump , the strike zine always be the same , we can have computer 🖥 for the managers that access risk and audio the decision through a speaker , heck let's play robots , why risk getting hurt .

@@paulclancy2404Agreed.

Manny's always been a slow to the box type batter lmaoo. Really major league about it. Not "Johnny Hustle."

I don’t think he was interested in complaining That’s just how he plays. Nothing new

cant say that when the pitcher was already in his motion.

​@gotlumpia was he really in his motion though? Like to me it seems like it could be argued that he just brought the ball to his glove and waited, then when Machado looked up and made eye contact he started to throw, but then Machado started pointing. That's how it looked to me anyway but I also wouldn't be surprised if I was wrong

That is not the rule. Sure he could have been but not sure what you are saying. Are you saying MLB should change the rule, or that the rule is dumb, or that you are dumb?

@@nintendoughhh its called setting, both have to look at each other in the set position. i mean Jomboy even called it out

From the pitchers POV, seemed kinda like Mannie was saying "Hurry the fuck up."

If only someone would give you a sign, you'd be able to figure it out. If you do find out, let me know because I could have sworn there was a manual method, too.

If only the mlb would have made an example out of the Asstros, which would deter teams from cheating and we wouldnt have to deal with this bs 🤔 But naw mlb just slapped a bandaid on the problem

Hear me out. What if we give Popsicle sticks to the catchers so that they can use them in case the comms don’t work. So for example, a catcher can relay to the pitcher what kind of pitch to throw by holding them in between his legs so the batter and his team can’t see. Maybe devise a system like one popsicle stick equals a fastball and 2 popsicle sticks equal some kind of off-speed pitch. I mean I don’t know just throwing things out there guys

only OGs will remember when several breakdowns per day wasn't outta the norm

@@CreamerMusic the days long before “The Weekly Dumb”, and before the sign stealing came to light.

I miss the good old days. Just awesome content..... Now not so much

Eh, when guys say bro/brah it typically carries some weight behind it and gets everyone to pay attention. When women start saying 'like' everyone with an IQ over 80 just tunes out.

Strategery, seen it a Brazilian times 😂

Yeah Manny was expecting him to keep his hands far apart until they made eye contact, then go into the set. So he was surprised when he looked up and saw Brusdar was almost in the set position. He just was able to quickly get set and pitch. But the rule is he can pitch anytime after they make eye contact if the batter has both feet in the box in the hitting position.

@@jefflewis4 They cant come set until the batter is ready. He was in the set position when Manny looked up. Should definitely not been allowed.

​@@Fly-The-WI feel like pitcher didn't come out of set early. It looks like he gets eye contact and then he sets him self. He pauses long enough to not balk imo and I think its legit. Unless the rule is the pitcher has to bet set the entire time, which I imagine isn't the case. I feel like people are saying him placing the ball was coming out of set. This looks like actually going into set. Tbf I don't really know what this pitchers normal rhythm is, but it looked legit to me.

@@sluggy1 he started coming set before Machado was ready. With the clock rules you can't do that. It's to prevent pitchers from being set and waiting before the batter is ready and immediately pitching when they look up. As jimmy pointed out, the pitcher starts coming set before Machado even looks up. It's not legal

Balk requires intent to deceive as stated in the rulebook. No balk in the last 20 years has been a real balk, just an umpire's interpretation.

Man, technology sure makes all our lives so much easier!

@@saulspeaks2557for real. Like there are places it’s needed to help but this does not seem like the place we need it

Balk call is really based on opinion nowadays more than anything else, but if the catcher didn't get the call, someone needs to step out

I’ve been disappointed all year in our boys

🤣🤣🤣🤣no one is trying to trick anyone. You are out of your mind.