re: An Umpire’s Take on Schnall

"At that point I said, 'because you missed three!' At that point, ejected. If that warrants an ejection, I'm the first one to stand here and take it like a man and apologize."

Rule 3.6.f. Notes 1 & 2- Ejections

Note 1:"Balls, strikes, half swings or decisions about hit-by-pitch situations are not to be argued. After a warning, any player or coach who continues to argue balls, strikes, half swings or a hit-by-pitch situation shall be ejected from the game. Umpires shall record the warning."

Note 2: "If a coach leaves the dugout or their position to argue a ball or strike call(including a half swing or hit-by-pitch), the coach may be ejected without warning."

Rule 5.15a.1- Game Misconduct

"Unsportsmanlike-Conduct Rule. No coach, player or team personnel shall
at any time, whether from the bench, the coaches’ box, the playing field or
elsewhere:
1) Incite or attempt to incite, by word, sign or actions that dispute an
umpire’s decision and potentially incites a demonstration by spectators"

PENALTY for (1)—The offender shall be ejected from the contest.

4)No team personnel may continue to argue or to continue to excessively
express themselves with prolonged actions or offensive language after an
ejection.

PENALTY for (4)—An additional two-game suspension is added to any other penalties (see 2-26-h).

He broke the rule in rule 3 for notes 1&2, then broke the rule in Rule 5 by his actions that could incite fans, THEN he continued arguing. After all that he sits in front of a microphone and says "If that warrants an ejection..."

What an absolute stupid person he must be.

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Obviously Schnall has a reputation but if he was talking to the HP ump about the warning given to his 1B coach then he probably at least should have the ability to talk about it with the HP umpire instead of being told to go back in the dugout

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In reality, he didn't have to give the 1B coach a warning at all. Only coach allowed to "discuss" calls with an umpire is the HC. He could've tossed the 1B coach right then and there without a warning being issued. It was Schnall's reaction to it all that got him tossed. The asking "for what" a couple times outside of the dugout would've been fine. It's the aggressive "because you missed 3" that he got tossed. Can't be doing that shite.

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he made it known that Schnall has a reputation for being a major douche to umpires and frequently argues about the strike zone.

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Not only did he take no responsibility in the presser, he quadrupled down and tried to insult the umpire for taking a tumble. Lets just say you would defend him through the pre series presser and his assholishness, then defend him through his ejection and his aggressiveness, you surely saw his true colors then. Said it before, it is a black mark on Johnson to even mention him as a friend.

he left out the part when he followed up a warning by saying "or fing what!?!?"

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the aggressive "because you missed 3" that he got tossed.

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Correct. Schnall yelled "you missed 3 pitches! You missed 3 pitches!"

At that point he had his explanation for the warning, ignored multiple additional warnings, and continued to argue balls and strikes. He wasn't asking about the warning when he got tossed.

I believe it. You only need about 10 seconds of him before you realize he's a massive douche.

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Obviously Schnall has a reputation but if he was talking to the HP ump about the warning given to his 1B coach then he probably at least should have the ability to talk about it with the HP umpire instead of being told to go back in the dugout

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Listen to Jay Johnson talk about the Dickinson HBP review. He says he asked the plate ump if he could come out “to ask a question” (his words, in an attempt to clarify that he didn’t want to argue the call) and was told no, stay in the dugout. Instead of continuing to walk toward the plate, he bit his tongue and went back to the dugout. Why? Because he knew that he might get ejected for continuing to press the issue.

Schnall received the same response after the warning to his 1B coach. He kept walking out. Umpire told him to go back again, he kept walking out. He finally hears that it’s because of arguing balls and strikes. At that point he’s already close to halfway to the plate. If he turns around right there and walks back, it’s over. Instead, he decides to double down with “you already missed on three pitches.” Twice.

There’s no fricking way he’s actually surprised that response got him tossed. He’s already on the field when the ump told him to go back. He’s already received a warning. He’s not even showing any sign of going back to the dugout. The rules don’t allow him to get a second warning for arguing balls and strikes. At that point the ump’s options are either ring him up or pretend he’s not standing on the field doing exactly what you just warned him for.

How does a team win 26 straight?

It does it by being able to have a different strike zone than its opponents.

That didn't happen in game 1. Despite the attempts of the catcher to "frame" the pitches, the umpire did a very good job of being consistent. The zone was small relative to other CWS games, but he consistently wouldn't give the outside pitches to RH.

I think he knew he needed a small zone on Sunday. And, when those high strikes were called, it set him off.

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I feel like overall media coverage of the CWS final is waaaay down this year due to NBA Game 7.

I’m not sure if SVP even mentioned it on his show last night.

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Let's be honest - in most of the country college baseball is not a blip on the radar. We love it here and you can thank Skip for that, it would be the same here now as it is in most of the country had he never come - no need to apologize for that, it's truly a unique and special passion.