Tim Anderson ejected after botched pitch clock violation, a breakdown

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What Happened

In the bottom of the ninth inning, the score is tight as the Chicago White Sox's star shortstop Tim Anderson steps up to the plate against San Francisco Giants pitcher Logan Webb. The game is close, with the stakes high as the two teams battle it out. Anderson quickly finds himself in an 0-2 count, but he remains focused and ready to make his next move. Webb is working quickly, keeping the pace of the game brisk. Anderson steps into the box, his eyes locked on Webb as the pitcher prepares to deliver the next pitch. The count moves to 1-2, and Anderson fouls off the next pitch. As he steps out of the box to take a breather, the umpire rules that Anderson has used his one allotted time-out, a new rule change in Major League Baseball's attempt to speed up the game. Anderson argues, explaining that he and Webb needed to make eye contact before the next pitch, as per the updated "Max Scherzer rule." The umpire, however, is firm in his decision, ejecting Anderson from the game. A visibly frustrated Anderson expresses his disagreement, believing the umpire has made the wrong call. The dugouts erupt as the tension escalates, with players and coaches voicing their displeasure with the umpire's handling of the situation. "I thought I didn't have to make eye contact," Anderson says, clearly confused by the new rule. The umpire stands by his decision, despite Anderson's insistence that he was within his rights to take the additional time to get set in the batter's box. As the argument continues, the umpire ejects Anderson, much to the dismay of the White Sox dugout. "How can you throw him out?" a teammate asks, perplexed by the ruling. The umpire explains that Anderson continued to engage him, leading to the ejection. The incident highlights the challenges MLB teams and umpires face in adapting to the new pitch clock and related rules. The game hangs in the balance, with the White Sox trying to mount a comeback in the late innings against their NL West rivals, the Giants.

pitch clock violation and ejection both

calls I think are wrong so let's get

into this breakdown which is brought to

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missed the first pitch of the inning

because Logan Webb's going too fast for

him and they're not used to the new

rules spring training I guess some

broadcast took it off oh and one that's

Owen two now on a foul ball and Webb is

working fast Anderson's getting into the

box he's ready he's set now that's

pretty legal but it's at the 12 second

Mark we're working fast even with the

clock still working fast keeping the

pace the count is one and two Anderson

steps in they look at each other they

have a little moment everyone's ready

and that's hit down the line drops drops

Anderson talks to the UMP says I'm good

he says I'm good right now I'm good no

time out he says yep you're good okay

steps back in

Webb's waiting for him Anderson set they

meet eyes throws the pitch another foul

ball now he's getting out of the box a

little bit so he's like time I'm gonna

take a breather three thousand last four

pitches um says that's his one time out

the clock is not running the clock is

not running I'm the UMP and that's his

one time out oh my God that guy's hair

behind him

wow is he like doing that is he like

spiking that down onto his forehead I

used to do that in my hockey pictures

as a joke

that's

okay moving on I didn't notice that when

I was editing this just just caught my

eye as I'm recording the audio now

wild hair out of that guy one and two

count and Anderson oh he steps out Webb

throws the pitch the UMP says you're out

you're out you already took your time

out you don't get another one and he's

like it's not about the timeout and it's

not about timeout we got to make eye

contact that's the new rule we gotta

look at each other he's like I didn't we

got to make icon he's like I thought I

don't know well Anderson's like well

all right it's [ __ ] he's supposed to

make eye contact with me and he's right

this is the Max Scherzer update to the

rule so watch when Webb starts his

delivery Anderson is not quote unquote

reasonably set

and they haven't made eye contact and

said like all right let's play now watch

Anderson his front foot is he's still

getting comfy his Bat isn't up and he's

well within his right to use this time

to get set he's not like waiting till

eight seconds and then doing this

that's the rule and Webb starts his

motion see see Webb's left foot

he starts his motion and Anderson is not

his feet aren't set his bat's not up so

Tim Anderson's in the right here this

isn't about a timeout this is about this

is the rule we have to kind of like nod

to each other and be like all right

let's go within the time and the Umpire

botched this one now the umpires are on

high alert for people tricking the clock

and game in the system so they're they

got a tough go of it it's not a fun job

for them but yeah this is uh a wrong

call he should have docked Webb for

starting his motion before

both batter and pitcher kind of looked

at each other and says I'm ready to go

you're ready to go now you see how when

he starts the pitcher starts his motion

Anderson's you know he doesn't even have

both hands on his Bat right and his left

foot's up now if you go back to a

previous pitch Anderson's still doing

you know the little hip thrust thing and

then both hands are on the bat

and both feet are set when Webb's foot

comes up right there that looks a lot

different that looks like a batter

that's reasonably set and ready to hit

unlike

that where he's in the middle of his

delivery so yeah I do believe the Umpire

got that one wrong but I'm not trying to

harp on that because the umpires are

learning a bunch of new rules and trying

to protect this system that everyone

seems to be messing with anyway Anderson

also

wasn't mad at the Umpire he was mad at

Webb for kind of quick pitching him and

he's jawn at him the whole next at bat

and it's confusing everyone confusing

the UMP so much that he called that

incredibly outside pitch a strike and

Webb is like come on man stop yelling at

me and he says I wasn't looking at you

shut the [ __ ] up

and the Umpire is going to turn the dog

and say knock it off Tim and everyone in

the dugout's like what he wasn't talking

to you he said you're a dad you're gone

how can you throw him out

DJ what the [ __ ] you looking at

I'm not talking to you I'm talking to

that [ __ ] right there

come on he's like okay so he wasn't

talking to you though so why are you

talking to him not you and he says yeah

I told him to knock it off and he kept

coming back to me he's like I can talk

to him if I want to how the [ __ ] you

gonna tell me what to do Webb's like oh

boy this is a whole thing now huh

[ __ ] too weak

that motherfucker's too weak so [ __ ]

weak

I'm gonna step back and collect his

things he's gonna be mad he thinks

they're weak he thinks they're soft

[ __ ] soft as hell

that motherfucker's too soft

oh yeah [ __ ] soft

yep I'm talking to you nice hair on that

one guy huh

and you soft soft all right good stuff

taking it in thank you to DraftKings for

sponsoring this breakdown appreciate

them as always and uh yeah thanks to the

new rules for giving us some of this

weird stuff it is speeding up the game I

like that but I don't like all the

violations and dumb stuff that's

happening

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