No one knew what this umpire's signal was, a breakdown 

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@@J.C...I doubt it.

Can we get a breakdown about the fan falling into the bullpen at the phillys and Red Sox game the other day??

If the pitcher didn't know what the umpire meant, he shouldn't use the signal of nodding the head, which the umpire translates as,"I understand you ump."

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Ya gotta make-uh uppa you mind-uh, pretty sure that's what my grandmother would have said.

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Oddly appropriate.

I can already hear the Italian accent behind that 😂

Right. Which Bieber seemed to understand. He just didn't understand that it counted as a disengagement.

I think they can rock if they do not lift their foot. Is that correct?

@@scsmith4604 correct

Neither his heel nor his toes ever left the ground which is the actual rule. That call was plain wrong and that hand gesture means nothing. It’s not the “official” hand gesture, no other ump has used it this year.

@jimbofischa wtf lmao

@jimbofischa better than someone shitting on your chest I guess….

I’m kinda surprised they don’t go over all these new things in depth with the players so everyone knows what’s going on

@jimbofischa pause

​@jimbofischa yo?

And also on them for not clarifying, if the pitcher has no clue what he’s talking about, then he should ask the ump

@@Jackson-cd3mv he could have asked the ump instead he was acting like he knew what it meant after the ump made the gesture

​@Jackson if he didn't know what was going on maybe he should ask and not just be like "oh ok"

@@deusvult6920 this

I'd probably disagree only slightly ... it's the players' responsibility to know what the rules are, not necessarily the coaching staff's job to teach it. For tens of millions of dollars per year, I think the pitchers can be bothered to actually pay attention to the rules themselves. It's not asking that much.

CCS does a great review of it if you're interested

Also confused from pa

why are you signing you name and where you live lol

I was confused as hell too!

You can’t believe Harper took the bait? Harper is one of the biggest psychos in the game..it’s way more surprising when he doesn’t

So Much Truth What the flying hell is "A football move"?

Every sport has 'em. In hockey, it's the goaltender interference.

But running could have gotten him thrown out at second. Faking the steal to draw the throw and making it safely back to first got him awarded second.

This had to do with the pitcher (Cobb, I think) stepping off and then the catcher (Bart, I think) calling time for a mound visit. The home-plate umpire negated the step-off, but the 1B umpire did not, so there were two disengagement counts going on among the umpire crew.

Considering the 1st base ump knew exactly what was happening, means the players gotta start earning their money by staying on top of the rules. Just sloppy…

That foot movement has never been legal. That is and always has been a balk. Once you come set, pretty much the only thing you are allowed to move is your head.

And perhaps I am wrong but I dont remember pitchers always doing this rocking motion it really feels like a newer kinda thing.

I agree. They let pitchers come set this way over the last few years and now tons of pitchers are taking advantage. The whole purpose of the set rule is to allow the baserunner to have a fair shot at stealing a bag or getting a decent jump.

Except it doesn't spend the same amount of time or games wouldn't be shorter.

Yeah, games are way faster now though, so

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I dont think it's an actual signal. I think the ump was just using his hands, and explaining. "Hey you rock back and forth but your foot comes up slightly," badadadada with the hands, "it counts as a disengagement..." Idk, I like the pitch clock, kind of. But not really a fan of only having 3 "engagements" to a baserunner. Do I hate it when the pitcher pays more attention to the runner, and sometimes just needs to worry about the batter...yes but like. Idk only three to the whole time that baserunner is on...what if you get a single, and said runner is now at 2nd, and the new batter on is at 1st...what's the rule then?

@@KDill29 The disengagements are per plate appearance, with the count also resetting if a runner advances during the plate appearance, rather than being for the entire time the baserunner is on. So I think Jomboy was wrong here, and the "0" signal was that the disengagements had reset to 0, not that he had 0 disengagements left.

He’s really developed his incredulous; “what the f**k are you talking about?”, stare. He didn’t have that as much when he was younger and in Boston.

IMHO its already there. I mean yes it's still obvious what game I'd being played, but I understand where you're coming from. The abundant amount of rules makes it feel like a different sport. I enjoyed Baseball when when strategy was more complicated than the rulebook, not vice-versa.

This is what happens when MLB tries to appease people who were never going to watch baseball anyway.

It's awful. I played my entire childhood and have no interest whatsoever in this garbage. This is not the same sport.

@@Ryyder64 They've turned the sport into a gimmick. It's unwatchable.

Are you sure? I mean they've shaved off like 10 minutes. That's a HUGE selling point of the generation that only has an attention span of a Tik Tok video. /s #FuckManfred

It was a blatant Strike, and an awful start from Weineski (spelling I’m sure is incorrect) and Hosmer is slumping harder my grandmothers tits. That was a perfect strike to hit a grand slam on too, the one and only thing everyone in the stadium was thinking could and maybe should happen, given the previous foul ball. As a cubs fan, what a game to forget, as a Eric Hosmer, seriously snap the eff out of whatever you are in. This cubs team is made up of pieces that can get white hot at any moment, but are colder than ice without an above average comfort zone to just chill and play in. How was that?

Maybe only when they advance "naturally", not by the previous violation?

I think its per at bat

No I was thinking the same thing, poocrafter. Like why isn’t he just gonna have a lead the size of Mount Rushmore and steal 3rd now on first movement? If Shane tries to throw over he’s safe and the catcher has a 0% chance of getting him at that point.

It was mistake. It was suppose to reset with the runner advancing.

@@StevenG14 It is. Unless the runner advances. It was a mistake.

It could have been a positive interaction between player and umpire - but we're not allowed to have those.

Bieber understood the gesture as a reference as disengagement. The issue was he didn't realize it had been counted as a pick off move because that's not what that signal means. So after the confusion, he simply confirmed he had no more attempts left and carried on. He wasn't standing there whining about it. This really isn't anyone's fault. MLB is just finding itself some unusual situations by rolling out new rules. Not a big deal, just figure out how to make it clear if something counts as a pick off.

People give shit to umps including the players, I think there is very poor communications skills, honestly I think baseball players are naturally mean people who like fighting or dislike authority or something.

Other sports figured out good official rules early on so they didn't need to change them, baseball on the other hand had makeshift rules that were meant for purely casual play before being made into a professional sport. Personally I think that pitchers not batting is stupid, the idea of a designated hitter is just so damn dumb (same thing with pinch runners) because teams don't have to be well rounded. You just get guys that are good at the single thing they do and that's it. The ghost runner rule in extra innings is fine, offense in Baseball has always been at a disadvantage and games need to not be going well over 3 hours. Pitch clocks are something that should have been a thing forever. Pitchers don't need all the fucking time in the world to throw their pitch. Like I said before, defense already has the advantage inherently... they don't ALSO need the pitcher to sit there waiting while the batter is trying to stay ready for a pitch for a minute because they can throw their pitch at any moment. Pick off attempt limits are the same thing, it's wasting time and another advantage defense didn't need.

Yes. Unless you get the runner out on one of the 3 throws.

I don't really like that rule if I'm being honest. Not big into Baseball, besides the breakdowns, but I feel it takes away from actual base steals. It's a skill, not really something you should be handed. I get why they're doing it, so the pitcher isn't trying to pick off every pitch but I think just giving someone a base is a bit dumb.

@@TheMichaelmyth This is necessary to make the pitch clock work. "Oh, the pitcher is running out of time just step off and reset it." That's why there are only 3 disengagements allowed.

@@TheMichaelmyth Yep. It really should have just been like a clock violation, where it costs the pitcher a ball.

@@TheMichaelmyth yeah it seems like lots of free bases

Yeah I thought that was going to be a balk. A lot of pitchers try to push the envelope on how much they can move around after coming set to throw off a runner's jump.

I believe they’re tracking these on baseball reference

@@whyy__it Really? I really want to know over time the impact this will have on historic stats.

If they can kick a star player out of the game for moving his glove an inch the wrong way or chuckling or darting his eyes than they already had that authority. This isn’t a sport anymore.

@@ekothesilent9456 Right on! I can't believe the nonsense in 'policing' the games this year. The owners, coaches, and players need to get the umpire unions ear before post-season.

Yeah the first disengagement was because the catcher called timeout

No it isnt. What a dumb take lol

If bro didn't known what the signal meant, why'd he nod? 100% on the pitcher.

@@strange-universe - If it's an official signal, then the team needs to coach better. If it's an unofficial signal, then MLB needs to make an official one, and the pitcher/catcher should have asked what the ump meant.

No one cares what his standard motion is. Its against the rules.