
Effectively Wild Episode 1987: The 2023 Preseason Predictions Game
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
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The Importance of Trusting the Umpire
There was a pitch clock violation, right, and then there was another throw that was shortly before that. But the other thing is, that's like a young minor lead gump, right, rookie ump? And so in his case, maybe it was more of an insecurity kind of behavior than like a power mad kind of behavior. He feels like he has to assert himself because he doesn't have the status and he might think that someone is disrespecting him. So it's sort of a sign of his own lack of status or discomfort in that situation more so than just lording it over someone.
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