Fans throw trash on the field because obstruction was called on the catcher, a breakdown

controversial play. We've got an

ejection, a great ejection, and we got a

bizarre benches clearing. It's brought

to you by DraftKings. One runner on

first and that ball is smoked to left

field. It's going to be over the

fielder's head. He's going to gather it

on the hop, toss it in, relay it. He's

going home. The ball beats him. He's

tagged out. Umpire has the call. He's

out. Yes. Catcher's like, "What are you

doing, dude? You can't dive into me.

That's illegal now. No more collisions

in the game." And the other team is

like, "Well, maybe we collided cuz you

were cheating." So, they go to review

it. The man with the backpack comes out

and he gets on the headset and they're

going to look at it. Are they going to

look at safer out? Let's see. He rounds

third. The ball beats him by a good

amount and he's tagged. His right hand

does hit the plate. Clearly tagged.

Watch again the pitcher. He rings him up

early. Look at this. Right. Bam. He

beats the amp BY A LOT. OW. RIGHT behind

the going crazy. And then on the other

angle, let's see. Yeah, he's got control

of the ball. It's in the glove. And then

he puts a little left arm shiver into

his chest there, but he's out. He's out.

Now,

this rule about blocking the plate is

kind of a frustrating one. The rule says

the catcher cannot block the plate until

he has the ball or if he is moving into

the path of the thrown ball.

This catcher is set up

per the rule. He's blocking the plate

before the ball was even really thrown.

The ball was thrown right to him. How

they want the catcher to be set up is

that foot to be in fair territory like

this. And that's legal. Technically, per

the rule, that's not legal. I don't

agree with the interpretation of the

rule. I agree with the end result

they're trying to create, but that ball

beat him by a lot. And I don't think the

runner

was slowed down or his run was altered

because of the situation. He tried to

dive into him and cause him to miss the

play. But what happens is they look at

where he was set up before the ball

comes and they say he's safe because he

was blocking the plate. Now the manager

of the other team is yelling right away

and the umpire is going to run over and

says and you're gone. I don't even want

to hear it at all. And this is our

friend Pipe or Pipe. He's been with the

Diamondbacks, the Marlins. He's been all

He's a good friend of John Boy Media and

he gets his money's worth in this

ejection. Now he's frustrated because of

they went up to review and they

overturned it. So he can't really be

frustrated with him right here, but he

is frustrated with him right here. Even

though that guy he called out, you know,

they said out, but he's frustrated

because they went up to review and he

said it's a dumb rule. The rule doesn't

make sense because as soon as he has the

ball, he can block at the plate and the

ball's coming right to him and the guy's

over there. He's not in his way. I think

I'm I would guess he's saying that by

the time the catcher caught the ball,

the guy was so far away, it didn't even

matter. You know, it's not a bang bang

play. He's actually going to form a

peaceful protest here. He's going to

have a sit in on home plate. I'm not

leaving. I'm not leaving. No. What I

what I gather he's saying is once he has

the ball, the catcher can sit on the

damn plate. Who cares? He's got the

ball. And now he's yelling at that guy

cuz he made the call. And the home plate

umpire, he was at third base and that

that guy made the call that he wanted.

He's just mad.

That's a great move. He Look at this

spin move. Work it. Watch this. I'm

leaving. Oh, one more thing. Actually, a

lot more things. I'm still mad. First

and foremost, big important game. I

don't know if you guys are noticing the

camera work that's going on. We've got a

damn film set. Watch this. This guy on

this camera, I sped it up. He runs out

and he's going to do a full 360 of this

action. And the the truck stays with him

the whole time. I mean, are we watching

a baseball fight or an art piece? And

then he's screaming some more. He's

saying, "Why am I ejected? Eject the

replay guy. Get him out of here." And

then he's going to kick dirt over home

plate. Home plate. I'm like, "Oh god."

Okay. And he's going to draw plate over

there. So that's where home plate has to

be in the example I showed. That's where

they want the catcher to stand. I don't

know if that's what he's saying, so I

can't translate, but you know, you can

just infer here. And he's mad. That

should be out in my opinion. I

understand the rule. I understand rules

have caveats if you want them enforced,

right? Because it's got to be letter of

the law and all that stuff, but uh he's

review you. You're out. The fans got

upset. It's a big important game. Only

the top two advance. He's cleaning up

the garbage. Purdomo is cleaning up the

garbage. We got It's everywhere. It's

just don't throw stuff on the field.

Come on. It stinks. It delays the game.

It serves no purpose. But the crew got

to clean it up. Then they got the dap up

third baseman. So they're pumped about

it. Anyway, this is where things get

even more odd, I guess. The game

continues. You've got a runner on

second. Catcher calls the pitch. We're

going to get an 85 mph like slider or

something here. And the batter thinks

he's throwing at him and gives him a

death stare.

And the umpire is actually going to talk

to him like, "Come on, dude. You really

going to start stuff? Everyone's heated

enough. We just had a delay." And the

catcher's like, "Yo, he's not throwing

at you, man. Come on." The whole office

was like, "This catcher looks like a

player.

This catcher looks like JD Martinez."

There was other people saying looks like

a kind of a MLB guy that did the rounds

as a utility infielder. We looked it up.

He's not any of those players. Now,

they're talking and he's saying, "It's

okay. We're fine." And then the catcher,

this is my guess because I don't really

understand it. Looks like the catcher

might be talking to the pitcher a little

bit, saying like, "Let's go. Let's go.

Come on. Cuz the batter turns his head

right there.

Like really, dude? Really? And then the

umpire calls time cuz he wants to stop

all this from happening. And catcher's

like, "No, I'm talking to him." Like,

"No, I'm talking to him." And the

umpire's like, "Yo, I told you not to

start anything." And you're starting

stuff, so you're gone. That's a weird

sequence of events. And then we got is

that the third baseman runs in to get

him out of there which leads to the

benches and our camera guy coming out.

Now he's got the camera up over his

head. He got a lot of people and he's

circling. He's getting good shots and

they cut to the drone and everyone's

just going to clear out. That was weird.

Someone in the know tell me what the

hell that was all about. Umpire's like,

"Yeah, I I I don't want this to be

anything." We got heated moments already

got ejections. pitcher's like, "Did I do

anything wrong? Am I at fault?" And then

and then it looks like the the other

team comes out and they're like, "Yo,

are you gonna give us warnings? Everyone

should have warnings, right? Otherwise,

they're they might just they might hit

us." I don't know. It looks like he

tells them to warn everyone. He says,

"You know what? That's a good call.

That's a good call. You're warned. And

you guys over there, you're warned.

Now you've both been warned.

Let's cut the Everyone in the

crowd, you're warned.

They go and get this out and then they

go and get the next out and then they go

and they lose the game. Thank you very

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video. Thank you to you guys for

watching. Thank you to baseball for

existing. Thank you to

um Winter Break for being over. is way

too long.