Player
Max Scherzer
2 entries · 2021–2023
Umpire Controversies2021
The Check Swing
With the tying run on base in the ninth of a winner-take-all game, Wilmer Flores held up on an 0–2 slider. First-base umpire Gabe Morales ruled that he had swung. The Giants' season ended.
Los Angeles Dodgers · San Francisco Giants
Rules & Quirks2023
Scherzer's Hand
In the fourth inning at Dodger Stadium, the umpires checked Max Scherzer's hand and glove, ruled them too sticky, and threw him out. Major League Baseball suspended him ten games. He said it was rosin and sweat.
New York Mets · Los Angeles Dodgers