E93 - Walk-Off Pitch Clock Violation = Rockies Win After Jesse Winker Ejected by Hunter Wendelstedt 

nats fan. he has. still working though😂

@@boerhae Bruh he literally only pitches for an inning, how is he leading the league in pitch clock violations

@@cepibanikovec I guess then he's literally that bad!

Always good to be the best at something

@@randallmarsh1187 he's having the season of his life. dude is an excellent closer. he just is ridiculously slow on the mound

Patient dies because they removed two kidneys, thinking the guy had a third one.

i am! 😢

So lets take the violation away... He threw a ball on a 3-2 count with the bases loaded... Game over anyway.

He’s going to be benched or demoted.

@@drewsummers7288 you forgot the /s

Or just pitch. It goes down as pitching to 4 batters in the 9th.

It's the Rockies we're talking about, I wouldn't put it past 'em

you don't know that

@@hendog5396 Well, given that the violation pitch was a ball on a 3-2 count anyway... I think we can be pretty certain.

I don't think we actually have enough numbers to go that high...

Just categorize it as "unofficial." Still thoroughly amusing.

And as I've said elsewhere, *ALL* pitches "framed" by a catcher.

@@paulpinball9952 Understand that dragging the pitch into the zone IS NOT framing. Look for a video of how to properly frame a pitch. There are several videos on it.

@@alanhess9306: I did, so I'll now call what *most* catchers do when the pitch is out of the strike zone, "bamboozling," and continue to insist that umpires consider them all, "balls."

Should be the official Third Party candidate.

Well Stated

I actually derived a great deal of enjoyment from it and dollars to donuts you did, too. That's the greatest thing about baseball...literally anything can happen and it's often something you've never seen before. In the middle of 2021, the Dodgers were robbed of a game agains the Giants on a checked swing call; they were separated at the end of the season by one game and for the past decade, it's the only division title they didn't win. A week later, the Dodgers eliminated the Giants from the playoffs on...wait for it...a checked swing call. Best. Sport. Ever.

Its literally higher than the pitch IN THE SAME AT BAT that was called a ball. Hunter Wendelstat is ass and was ass the whole game. It’s like how it was with Angel, the issue isnt the balls and strikes but the absolute inconsistency.

Actually he does have an argument, if strike 2 was called correctly he would've known the zone for the umpire. He's upset because he assumed ball 1 was called correctly, and using that as a guideline, he assumed strike 3 was high since it was even higher than ball 1.

Sometimes you just gotta figure it out for yourself, dog

Jomboy explains what he did in a video.

*was not a stop watch game. EVERY SPORT HAS HAD RULE CHANGES. Baseball fans are just stuck in their ways. Imagine watching your sport dwindle in popularity to dangerous monetary levels and you just want it to stay the same because you like it. Sorry sir, not how the world works.

yes i dont like it kits in the minors also the fans dont mind waiting and they wait for commercals of course

Willie Mays' death and the videos shown in various memorials of him refamiliarized many MLB die-hards with a game and players whose likes, sad to say, we may never see again.

@@rogerrosen2323 you need help

Games in the old days were played in well under 3 hours. It's too bad we have to have a pitch clock to make it the same as the old days.

yes used to be ridiculous when the pitcher batted and they used pitchers to hit and extended tied games and pitchers ran thats much better now clock is ridiculous and throws to base also timed out

@@rogerrosen2323 drinking doesn't mix well with posting.

Games in the old days were well under 3 hours. It's too bad they had to use a pitch clock to make baseball like it was.

Commissar Manfred will be remembered as worst poobah in MLB history--sooner the better.

And yet you watched this...me thinks you're lying...probably watching as much baseball as ever.

@@paulpinball9952 Is that why almost every metric in baseball is up after these rule changes?

Kicked the habit after 2019 season. Wouldn't'a heard diddly about this game if not for RU-vid, a better way for baseball fans to save their time *and* money.

@@metalfingers2129: New MLB anthem should be titled, "Take Me Home from the Ballgame."

...dude what? While that may be true, what does that have to do with anything?

So should we get rid of balks too?

@@stephenj9470 my answer to that is more of a personal opinion. I don’t see why a pitcher shouldn’t be able to fake throws to first and do other stuff that’s now considered a balk. Maybe don’t get rid of it entirely but let’s lighten up on the pitcher. I’m not sure if I’m missing any major ramifications of doing that but I can’t think of any.

@@MrConverse And you're entitled to your opinion, and honestly more consistent on it than many others I've seen, who are completely fine with a balk ending (because it's an older rule), but not this. I don't understand the balk well enough to know when it's used well and misused. I don't love the way the pitch clock was implemented either, but to me it's no different than ending a football game on a penalty or a basketball game on a travel. It's a weird taste, but it's part of the game.

@@stephenj9470 I’m not a big fan of deciding a game without the whole team involved. I don’t like the way they end hockey and soccer games with shootouts. I like playoff hockey! They just keep going until someone scores. I recognize that that’s impractical during the regular season. Ya know what I do like that so many people seem not to? An occasional tie.

We should definitely get rid of game-ending, series-ending, bogus check-swing third strikes in post-season play. I got Wilmer Flores (2021) on my side.

You don't like more offense? Theres nothing exciting about watching a ball get hit directly to three players covering the same side of the field... I would rather see the athleticism of the players on display than just watch them stand in one place and catch a ball...

I like it. Keeps pace of play up

I love the pitch clock rule. Keeps the game moving so less time is wasted on pitchers stepping off six or seven times per batter, or walking around the mound looking at his glove, screwing around with his hair, etc. And also keeps the Seager types from putting one foot in the box and holding his hand up for time for 2 minutes at a shot to make the pitcher wait on him, or calling time six or seven times per at bat so he can go to the on deck circle and rub his bat down with a towel in between pitches, and starting at the label, etc. Games are MUCH shorter now because they actually have to play and not screw around in some sort of stupid "I dominate the game" peepee measuring contest every damned pitch.

@@mrthingy9072 I can't disagree with what the results are. Sadly needed because players abused a system and the umpires who had rule support to push the game along in most cases (pickoffs not included in that)... chose the path of least resistance.. which I find kind of funny with how people say they have a thin skin when back then.. they chose to ignore rules to just not deal with the fall out. Rules have always been in place to stop the Hargroves from delaying the game (among others ) and when bases empty.. pitchers too.. but nobody ever enforced them. The pitch clock rule only takes them to a new level.. I'm a purest and make no bones about that. Do I like the rule? Hell no... then again, I was never asked about any rule. Just charged to enforce them. Does it have the effect.. Yes.. but at what cost? That's the problem.. You have to give something.. to get something.. in this case, you see a team lose a game on technicality... that's a tough pill to swallow... yet a team lost a game a few weeks ago due to a doubleplay that many said was wrong.. but just as per the rules as this here.. again, nothing is free.. and I don't think the good out weighs the bad myself. It may make it faster.. but games were faster before they added time to the between innings changover for TV to air commercials.. that's MLB own fault.. 1.5 minutes X 17 sideouts.. it adds up..

betttors can get lucky on that players dont care there paid alot anyway wh ever wins

I do like this idea. I always advocated for it because the pitch clock was to speed up the game not rush to a final.

@@mbdg6810 Exactly. By that point in the game, the pitch clock has done its job. When the game's on the line and the crowd's on their feet at a climactic point of the end of games, there's no need to rush the pitcher or end the game on a violation.

In what way has it been ruined?

It’s not. The pitch clock is a very old rule. It’s just being enforced now

So ruined. More people attended a ballgame in 2023 since 2017 just to express their dislike. And even more are coming to the ballpark in 2024 because apparently all those protests in 2023 weren't enough.

@@skinflutey Correct. Fun fact: the modern pitch clock is slower and more lenient than the old 12-second rule which was on the books but went unenforced.

Calling a game over without an out. More players and managers getting thrown out of a game. Let the game go on without putting pressure on players. They are just trying to speed things up.Bigger bases,why? Starting are runner at second after 9 innings in a tie. Too many rule changes. The integrity of the game is lost.

??? The pitch clock is NOT a judgement call. A buzzer goes off alerting the umpire; can you imagine him purposely letting it go? And for how long would you suggest he let it go? You're literally arguing that there are situations where a ball/strike call shouldn't be made! Sorry, but Finnegan leads MLB in pitch clock violations...he's loaded the bases and gifted the batter three balls. He's got eight seconds to throw the damned pitch, can't do it, and you're blaming Wendelstedt? Wow.

@@popgunandy: I was unclear. My objection with Wendelstedt in this video was his inconsistent strike zone in the Jesse Winker at-bat. However, this pitch-timer rule is a pain, worse than having to sit in a beautiful, multibillion-dollar stadium for an extra half-hour, only part of which is due to fidgety pitchers and batters. I say the umpire challenges in an average game take more time. Why is MLB kowtowing to fans itching to leave the venue ASAP?