Scherzer gets mad after Kershaw gets an easy hit, a breakdown

Sep 21, 2021 1.3M views 2:06

What Happened

Jomboy breaks down a 2021 game between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks where two of baseball's best pitchers tried their luck at the plate. Max Scherzer, who entered the day hitless in something like 50-plus plate appearances despite putting plenty of balls in play, kept battling without anything to show for it. Then teammate Clayton Kershaw, fresh off the injured list, stepped in against Zac Gallen and dropped a soft tapper in front of the plate, beating it out for an infield single. The bit lands because Scherzer can be seen and heard losing it in the dugout, ranting that all you have to do is 'tap it' while Kershaw laughs at him.

Why This Matters

This is the 2021 National League MVP-caliber pitcher feud nobody asked for, and it works because both guys were genuinely elite that year. Scherzer was racking up Cy Young votes and chasing a title, yet the man couldn't buy a base hit no matter how hard he swung. Kershaw, just back from injury, barely tried and beat one out. The universal designated hitter arrived for good in 2022, so moments like this became relics almost overnight. That makes the clip a small time capsule of the pitcher-hitting era, where future Hall of Famers genuinely cared about their batting lines. The humor comes from real competitiveness between teammates who'd faced each other for years. Scherzer's profanity-filled 'just tap it' rant captures the frustration of a perfectionist who couldn't crack one of baseball's easiest-looking outcomes.

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Key Moments

Who / What Is Involved

Players: Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw.

Max Scherzer Clayton Kershaw

Max Scherzer is going to get cy young

votes this season he's been one of the

best pitchers in the national league but

he doesn't have a single hit at the

plate like 50 something played

appearances no hits he's put 32 or 30

something balls in play no hits speaking

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even got a couple good solid pieces of

contact he's taking swings up there he's

taking hacks he's putting the ball in

play got some exit velo on some of these

and one at bat kershaw's the pitcher and

he drills one to deep right field it's

going going it's gonna find a gap sure

it is it's caught damn bummer but then

kershaw's now his teammate and he's

coming up to the plate coming to take

his own hacks he steps into the batter's

box zach gallons pitching that's a ball

outside kirsh knew it the whole time

that's a strike right down the middle

he's seen it now he's seen it that's a

curveball a little tap job pitcher going

to get it no first baseman leaves

and Clayton Kershaw has a base hit

coming off the il look at this

a good piece of hitting lefty gets down

the line quick beats it out infield

single Max Scherzer ain't happy about it

bull [ __ ] [ __ ]

this [ __ ] just hits it super

softly and gets a [ __ ] hit and i'm

still batting offer

is that [ __ ] easy

just tap it

try turning just laughing at him like i

don't know what to tell you man you just

tap it you just tap it yeah that's what

you do tell them curse you just tap it

just give a little tap tap tap yes and

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