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Andrew Joseph

Mets pitcher Jimmy Yacabonis celebrated a strikeout by subtly mocking the umps after Max Scherzer’s ejection

Jimmy Yacabonis Max Scherzer Mets Freddie Freeman

You’re not going to find many teams that want to exhaust the bullpen in the middle of a long road trip, but the New York Mets didn’t exactly have a choice on Wednesday. And you could tell they were upset about it.

Just look at Mets pitcher Jimmy Yacabonis.

In what was initially supposed to be a matchup between current Mets ace Max Scherzer and former Mets ace Noah Syndergaard, those plans changed after the third inning when Scherzer was ejected for a sticky substance on his glove. Scherzer adamantly argued that it was rosin, but the umpiring crew led by Dan Bellino and Phil Cuzzi wasn’t buying it. Scherzer was ejected, and in came Yacabonis who ended the fifth inning with a strikeout of Freddie Freeman.

Check out how he celebrated the strikeout, though.

Yacabonis mockingly looked around for the umpires to do a sticky substance check. How’s that for confidence?

We’ll find out more about the crew’s decision after the game, but in the meantime, Mets fans loved Yacabonis’ subtle jab at the umpires.

This was how Twitter reacted

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