Phil Cuzzi could win the Oscar for his role as a clown in Hollywood on Wednesday.
The umpire, who is known for this … made it about him in his bizarre decision to eject Max Scherzer in the fourth inning of the Mets-Dodgers series finale.
Scherzer said after the game that it was rosin and sweat, both of which are legal, that caused the stickiness Cuzzi may have felt.
He was forced to switch gloves the inning prior when Cuzzi felt some stickiness.
Nonetheless, the Mets prevailed with a 5-3 victory Wednesday to take two of three games from the Dodgers.
I broke down the series win and Cuzzi’s bafoonery on a new episode of the “Amazin’ But True” podcast.
We aired our interview with Kodai Senga’s interpreter Hiro Fujiwara on the second half of the pod.
Amazin’ But True Podcast with Jake Brown:
- CLOWN CUZZI: It was out of hand for him to eject Max Scherzer. He’s the only umpire that has done this since the crackdown began last season. There was no reason to eject Scherzer.
- HOLLYWOOD SWINGING: Mets still find a way to win Wednesday, 5-3, and take two out of three from the Dodgers. Both wins in Los Angeles were resilient ones. Monday, they came back multiple times to prevail 8-6. Wednesday, they overcame losing their ace after three innings, forced to get six frames from a gassed bullpen.
Hiro Fujiwara Interview: Kodai Senga’s interpreter
- ROAD TO THE METS: Senga’s 24 years old and played baseball growing up in Seattle. Still learning every day. Ghost forkball is a special pitch. He teaches me how to say “let’s go Mets” in Japanese.
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