Max Mad

[kcmets]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37776091/mlb-strict-pitch-clock-enforcement-frustrating-max-scherzerMLB's strict pitch clock enforcement is 'frustrating' Max Scherzer

[Edgy MD]

If there isn't somebody (Nido?) available to warm him up while Álvarez gets his gear on, his issue mebbe should be with his own team.



I agree that umpires should have more discretion, but they didn't fumble the ball there.

[ashie62]

I would think this would be for Max and the coaching staff to nail down



It's problematic to grant more discretion to the umps. You could end up straying too far away from what the clock was intended to do which as of now seems to be working quite well as a whole



Changes can be made to the clock, in the office season

[kcmets]

Edgy MD wrote: If there isn't somebody (Nido?) available to warm him up while Álvarez gets his gear on, his issue mebbe should be with his own team.

Sure, he could throw to anyone. Couldn't pass up starting a Mad/Max thread

on an otherwise kinda slow baseball night. .

[metirish]

It seems a bit whiny

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: If there isn't somebody (Nido?) available to warm him up while Álvarez gets his gear on, his issue mebbe should be with his own team.

I remember when somebody would run out to warm up the pitcher while the catcher put his gear on. Didn't have to be a catcher, sometimes it was the utility infielder. And it happened quite regularly. I haven't noticed whether teams do that these days.

Later

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

=metirish post_id=127256 time=1685708195 user_id=72]
It seems a bit whiny

[kcmets]

=MFS62 post_id=127280 time=1685726107 user_id=60]I remember when somebody would run out to warm up the pitcher while the catcher put his gear on. Didn't have to be a catcher, sometimes it was the utility infielder. And it happened quite regularly. I haven't noticed whether teams do that these days.

[Frayed Knot]

Hell, pull some guy out of the stands and give him a mitt! (and maybe even a mask too)