Kyle Isbel makes Simeon Woods-Richardson pay for trash talking, a breakdown

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Aaron Judge steps into the batter's box in the bottom of the ninth, Yankees trailing by one. He takes a deep breath and digs in, locking eyes with the opposing pitcher. The tension builds as the count reaches 3-2. Judge swings hard at the next pitch, driving it deep to center field. The crowd roars as the ball sails over the wall, giving the Yankees a dramatic walk-off victory. In the sixth inning of a close game between the Royals and Twins, Kansas City outfielder Kyle Isbel steps up to the plate against Twins pitcher Simeon Woods-Richardson. Earlier in the game, Woods-Richardson had blown a kiss towards Royals catcher MJ Melendez after a play, which left Melendez visibly confused. Now, Isbel steps in, and Woods-Richardson starts trash talking him, asking if he's going to bunt again. Isbel doesn't appreciate the comments and takes an aggressive swing, launching a towering home run over the wall. Woods-Richardson is left stunned, throwing his rosin bag in frustration after giving up the go-ahead run. Later in the same game, there's a heated exchange between the Twins' manager Rocco Baldelli and the home plate umpire. With a 3-2 count, Woods-Richardson steps off the mound, apparently unable to hear the catcher's sign. The umpire rules it a quick pitch violation, drawing the manager's ire. Baldelli argues passionately, claiming Woods-Richardson was simply trying to reset and shouldn't be penalized. The umpire stands firm, and eventually ejects Baldelli from the game. As the manager leaves the field, he jokingly asks his bench coach to retrieve his "book of secrets" before exiting. Throughout the sequence, the game's intensity and the players' emotions are palpable. Isbel's powerful response to Woods-Richardson's taunts sparks the Royals' comeback, while the heated debate between the Twins' manager and the umpire underscores the high stakes and competitive spirit of the rivalry. captures the drama and excitement of these pivotal moments, leaving fans on the edge of their seats.

We've got Royals versus Twins. We've got

a lot happening in this breakdown which

is brought to you by Direct TV. Melendez

is going to open us up with a double off

of Simeon Woods Richardson. It's

offthe-wall. He gets to second base.

Trust me, this breakdown has a lot. It

has stuff you've seen before. It has

stuff you've never seen before. It's

awesome. So, Melendez is on second base

and he's getting himself a lead and he's

looking in and the pitcher Simeon Woods

Richson is looking at him, staring at

him, staring at him. Takes a deep

breath, smiles, blows him a kiss. Wait,

what? Okay. Looks just a little kiss

blown his

way and then throws the pitch. It gets

hit for a single over the first

baseman's head. First and third now.

Melendez is over there thinking, "What?

He's blow a kiss at me? What? Why'd he

do that?" Later in that same inning,

Isbull's up and he hits a bouncer off

the plate, but he's fast, so he beats it

out. Isbel becomes the next talking

point of this video cuz him and Woods

Richardson have a lot going on in his

next at bat in the fourth inning. Now,

it's a two- count, which usually means

you're going to swing big, get a fast

ball, and swing big. But he, you can see

his eyes darting. He sees where the

third baseman's playing. They're shifted

a little bit at him. So he's like, I'll

lay down a two- bunt. Lays down the

bunt. Pitcher stumbles over himself kind

of like, you know, running downhill, but

the hill stopped basically. And he's

safe at first on the bunt. So you know,

just a fumble. Rooney hits the glove,

goes foul. Look, it hits his Yeah. So

it's just not a good time, right? Okay,

we're moving on to the sixth inning now

where Woods Richardson is still on the

mound and he got strike one and then

strike two and he's feeling good. Fast

ball to finish it. Doesn't get the call.

Does a little spinama twirl. Catches the

ball. Thinks to himself, "Ah, I don't

know. Think that was in there." Next

pitch, gets him swinging again. Says,

"Yep, got your ass." He's feeling good.

Even though his team's down, he's, you

know, been able to ride this out. He's

getting through the sixth inning.

Feeling great. Next batter comes up.

We're going to go curveball first pitch.

That's lined out to third. He's feeling

great. Now Isbel's the next batter. And

he says, "Oh, you going to bunt again?

Hey, what's up, dude? You going to bunt

again? Good to see you." And you can see

that Isbel sees this. His eyes kind of

like look towards the pitcher mount.

He's like, "What? You talking [ __ ] Are

you just making a joke because you don't

want to fall down again? What's that?

What's that about?" Okay, he steps in

and the first pitch of the at bat. Does

he bunt? No, he takes him deep for a

home run. Bunt. I already did that. Now

I'm going to prove I can hit a homer.

Simeon Woods Richardson looking up like

he wasn't bunting. Huh? Did I? Throws

the rosin down. Done with you. Bummer.

Home run. Blew a kiss. Immediately gave

up a single. Mock bunt immediately gave

up a home run. Now the next batter comes

up, Jonathan India. And we're going to

have a little bit of a battle here. And

that's a change up below the zone. A

fast ball top of the zone. One and one.

Curve ball on the outside, change up on

the inside. We're battling two and two.

3-2 pitch is fouled down the third

baseline. 3-2 now. And he's on the

mound. And he's like, "What pitch am I

gonna throw? What pitch are you

calling?" Steps off. I can't hear you. I

can't Oh, okay. I got it now. I'm good.

Steps back on the mound. Pitch clock

winding down. Starts the pitch. thumb

says "No no no no no no no no.

That is a violation. That's an automatic

ball. You can't step off. You can't step

off." Yeah, you can't do it. Catcher's

looking at him like, "He step off? What

do you What? What?" And he says, "He

thought I stepped off." No. Rockco

Baldi, the manager's coming out. He's

saying, "No. [ __ ] no." Uh-uh. Now, I'm

going to pause it before we get into a a

ton of lip reading and arguing so I can

explain the miscommunication to you guys

so you understand where the manager and

the umpire are coming from when they

start yelling. It's not a pitch clock

violation. He starts his motion before

time winds down. See that right there?

We're at 3 seconds, 2 seconds, and then

he starts his motion there. It's not a

pitch clock violation. Uh Rockco Baldi,

I think, thinks that he might be calling

that. Uh but it's not. What the umpire

is calling is he's using the quick pitch

rule. And the quick pitch rule says

umpires will judge a quick pitch as one

delivered before the batter is

reasonably set in the batters box with

runners on base. The penalty is a B.

With no runner on base, it is a ball.

And basically the umpire is saying you

can't do that, man. Like you can't step

off. Say you're having pitch issues. The

batter is now not looking at you

anymore. See Jonathan India turns back

to the catcher. He's like, "What's going

on?" And then and then right away he's

like, "No, actually I'm good. I can hear

you now." And then Jonathan is talking

turning back and he's saying, "We can't

have that." Like, and I get that because

if it's not done in earnest and that is

something pitchers start doing and they

step off so the batter thinks something

is like a miss and then they step on

with 3 seconds left and throw the pitch,

that is not a product I think we want to

see. So that's what the umpire's calling

here. Uh he's saying that, you know, you

can't do that. But Rao Baldelli is

saying, "Hey, he can't hear pitch come.

So don't make him speed through his

delivery and race against the clock.

We're going to have injuries that way."

Like, you can call time and let him

figure this out cuz it's a technical

it's it's a technical issue. But I think

the umpire is saying like, "No, I don't

think he actually had pitch issues. I

think it's uh was like a a gimmick, you

know. So let's get into the argument.

Here's how they address that with each

other.

Nick. Hey. Nick. No. Wait a minute.

Vasy, I got it. What? What? What did you

just say? It's not at zero. Wait. Wait.

Hey, stop. We'll talk about it. All

right. I'm going to tell you there is

nothing that you can say that makes any

sense to me. There's no explaining that

[ __ ] under any circumstance.

First of all, when the clock is at 7,

he's telling you he can't hear anything.

You can give him time. It's fine. He's

trying to get back on the mound to pitch

with 3 seconds left. He can do that. You

can't get off the mountain. Batter isn't

ready. Then call timeout and tell the

[ __ ] batter. Call timeout. Who calls

timeout? You call timeout. Why do that?

[ __ ] that up, Nick. You totally [ __ ]

up. Stop.

No, I'm not going to [ __ ] stop. You

[ __ ] it up. You [ __ ] up the call and

you could make it right. So make the

[ __ ] call already. He can't step off.

Yes, he can. No, he can't. Yes, he can.

No, he can't. Then [ __ ] you call

timeout. You could [ __ ] let him

pitch.

Rocco.

Rocco. And you won't [ __ ] reverse it.

I don't know why it's the wrong call and

you [ __ ] it up. You can't do that and

you still have the ability to change it

and you refuse to and I don't know

why. Okay, just staring. Hey Vasque, it

was at six, right? The pitch clock is at

six. Fans are get him out. Get him out

of here. Boo. So he leaves and as he

leaves he has to tell his bench coach.

He says, "Hey, I I dropped my book of

secrets. Can you get it for me, please?"

And he's like, "Okay, sure." He walks

out there, big M on his thing. Looks

like the Marlins M to me. And he's like,

"Ah, I I'll get that." Go. Here you go.

Thank you. And then they're talking and

he's like, "So what's going on?" And

he's like, "No, the pitcher can step

off, but not if it's deemed a quick

pitch and throws the batter out of his

rhythm. We really don't want that to

happen." And he says, "Oh, why didn't

you guys just explain that? What was all

the yelling for?" And he says, "Well,

they just kind of put on a show and this

all could have been explained if anyone

let the other talk and listen." Oh,

okay. So, there you go. Lindsay from

Close Call Sports broke this down on her

video and she had a good proposal and it

was that once the pitcher is engaged on

the mound, they cannot step off after 5

seconds and step back on. That's pretty

simple because it would be bad in my

opinion if pitchers could step off, the

batter thinks that something's going on,

then they step back on and quick pitch.

You you don't want that. Whether this

was in earnest or another shenanigan by

Simeon Woods Richardson, shrug, but the

precedent being set that if it was

allowed would would I think lead to

manipulation of that rule. So, I

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