Paul Skenes gets yelled at by the umpire, a breakdown
What Happened
Pittsburgh Pirates rookie pitcher Paul Skenes takes the mound against the Chicago Cubs in the bottom of the first inning. With two outs, Skenes opens the at-bat against Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki with a 95 mph sinker that has heavy movement. He follows it up with a blazing 100 mph four-seam fastball that rises at the top of the zone. Skenes gets ahead 0-2 on Suzuki and then goes back to the four-seam, which has tremendous run on it. On the 1-2 pitch, Skenes throws a slider away that Suzuki takes for a good at-bat. After the strong sequence, Skenes dances off the mound, thinking he has recorded strike three. However, the umpire has not made a call yet, and he admonishes the young pitcher, telling him to wait for the umpire's decision. Pirates manager Derek Shelton immediately comes out to defend Skenes, yelling at the umpire not to yell at his player. The umpire stands his ground, saying Skenes can't assume the call before he makes it. Skenes listens intently, realizing his mistake, and the umpire and manager continue their heated discussion. On the next pitch, Skenes jams Suzuki with a 3-2 fastball, but the Cubs outfielder pokes it into center field for a single. Despite the earlier incident, Skenes maintains his composure and continues competing. The exchange between Skenes, the umpire, and Shelton highlights the intensity and passion of baseball, with each side standing up for their respective positions. Skenes, a highly touted prospect, learns an important lesson about deferring to the umpire's authority, while Shelton demonstrates his unwavering support for his young player. This competitive yet respectful back-and-forth is a microcosm of the sport's enduring allure.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentrookie Phenom Paul skin is on the bump
against the Cubs I feel like he's faced
them five times this year bottom of the
first inning two outs this one's brought
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Skin's pitch it is awesome so he's going
to open Suzuki up here with the Sinker
95 milph and it's got crazy movement
follows that up with the four seam fast
ball 100 mph this is how those pitches
look when you overlay them uh okay and
one's 95 and is going to drop on you and
the other's 100 and it's going to just
buzz up top he's got him 02 now he's
going to go back to the foring fast ball
he throws it so hard it has run on it
now the one two he goes slider away
which is what he was setting up the
entire time Suzuki doesn't Flinch which
is rather impressive because look at
this overlay look at this this is the
Sinker and the slider oh my goodness
that's nice at this point the batter
just has to read the spin on the ball or
hope he guessed right is that going to
come into me or go away from me CU they
go their own way after that good take by
Suzuki so he says all right I've been
playing on that outside edge that one
went away okay let's go fast ball on the
outside now again it's a four seam but
it's got so much run it looks like a two
seam thinks he has strike three dances
off the mound now the Umpire does not
like that he danced off the mound as if
it was strike three you wait for my call
Rook you wait for me to tell you what
the pitch is you know and SK is laughing
like man you didn't call that a strike
and then he hears the Umpire you don't
do that outside he's like oh whoa oh oh
oh my bad you're mad at me he's like you
got it m m not here wait for my call and
SK is like oh oh all right lesson
learned kind of here and like all right
how about it Shelty Pirates manager he's
like yo Doug don't be yelling at my guy
like that screams at the Umpire and the
Umpire says he's not going to walk off
the mound like he thinks it's a
strike you talk to him then you talk to
him I'm talking to you yeah ah get him
Shelty and then watch this SK is just
like oh yeah all right I dig all of this
I like what you're about Doug I like
what shelt's about sticking up for me
hell yeah some good oldfashioned sports
ball talk you know just a bunch of men
sharing a field getting mad 3-2 pitch
goes inside with the fast ball jams him
but he puts into Center little dink
single and Al sk's got to keep going
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