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The Latest Breaking News from Dan Bellino

This Called Strike Might Be the Worst by an Umpire All MLB Season

Yikes.

Sports Illustrated

The Sticky Situation Behind Max Scherzer’s MLB Suspension

Until the next inevitable controversy, let’s—ahem—stick to the facts of Max Scherzer’s suspension and the league’s enforcement of sticky substances.

Sports Illustrated

An excellent video provided a word-for-word breakdown of Max Scherzer’s argument with the umpires

"I promise you on my (expletive) life!"

USA Today Sports Media Group

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Q&A: 'It was far more sticky than anything that we felt': Umpires discuss Max Scherzer's ejection

LOS ANGELES — When Max Scherzer was ejected for having what umpires deemed a foreign substance on his glove and pitching hand in the fourth inning of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers, the New York Mets right-hander claimed the sticky stuff was caused by a combination of legal rosin and…

Los Angeles Times

Bill Plaschke: Max Scherzer, who cheated the Dodgers in 2021, is at it again

LOS ANGELES — Two seasons ago, Max Scherzer walked out on the Dodgers.

Los Angeles Times

Mets' Max Scherzer ejected in 4th inning vs. Dodgers while being checked for sticky substance

LOS ANGELES — Max Scherzer made an early exit from his start Wednesday, being thrown out of the Mets’ game against the Los Angeles Dodgers after a heated argument with umpires.

Tribune News Service

Ben Frederickson: MLB umpires, you're out. It's time for an automated strike zone.

I feel bad for the good umps.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Umpire Apologizes for Ejection of D-Backs’ Madison Bumgarner

Dan Bellino: “While I can’t go back and change what happened, I take full accountability.”

Sports Illustrated

MLB needs to ban ump Dan Bellino for the clown move he pulled on Madison Bumgarner

Grow the heck up, Dan Bellino.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Fifty Shades of MadBum: An Ejection About an Ump’s Unrequited Love

Arizona’s ace could’ve avoided being ejected Wednesday by simply letting umpire Dan Bellino down softly. Instead, he broke his heart.

Sports Illustrated

Video Shows What Bumgarner Appeared to Say Before Ejection

The veteran pitcher did not take kindly to umpire Dan Bellino’s check for foreign substances, and said something that led to an ejection.

Sports Illustrated

Arizona’s Madison Bumgarner held back by teammates after first-inning ejection

Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner was ejected after the first inning Wednesday right after his hand was checked for a foreign substance

The Guardian - US

Madison Bumgarner Held Back From Umpire Following Ejection

The pitcher was ejected in the first inning after he got into a heated argument with the first-base umpire.

Sports Illustrated

Did an MLB umpire bait Madison Bumgarner into a first inning ejection?

This is a pretty bad look for umpire Dan Bellino

USA Today Sports Media Group

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