Give Sergio Romo all the time he needs! He’s retiring after this!
Sergio Romo — a three-time World Series champion and San Francisco Giants legend after years of dependable pitching out of the bullpen — is retiring.
But before he hung up his spikes, the pitcher got on the mound one last time at Oracle Park in the Giants’ last spring training game of 2023.
It was an emotional moment for all involved, especially Romo, who stepped on to the mound and probably had to gather himself as he pitched one last time.
Here’s the problem: He took too long before his first pitch … and was called for a pitch clock violation. His reaction? He could only laugh. And that’s really the only reaction you can have, even though I want the Giants to appeal this. Give the man all the time he needs!!!
Sergio Romo is playing in an exhibition game at Oracle Park tonight so he can retire as a member of the Giants.
After Romo entered to an ovation, his first batter was awarded a ball because he took too long to throw the pitch pic.twitter.com/sen7aSbBJk
The rest of his appearance, from beginning to end, was awesome. Here’s his entrance and when he was taken out of the game by his former teammate Hunter Pence:
Con 39 años de edad, ‘El Mechón’ fue llamado para sustituir a Casey Sadler en el bullpen de Seattle
Sergio Romo llegó a un acuerdo con los Seattle Mariners por un año y dos millones de dólares más un bono de 250 mil que estaría firmando al cumplir los exámenes médicos.
El méxicoamericano cumplirá su temporada 15 en Grandes Ligas y los Marineros serán su séptimo equipo en la gran carpa del beisbol de la MLB.
El Mechón is coming to the Emerald City! 🙌
We have signed RHP Sergio Romo to a 1-year contract. #SeaUsRise
Con 39 años de edad, ‘El Mechón’ fue llamado para sustituir a Casey Sadler en el bullpen de los de Emerald City quien se perderá la temporada tras ser operado de una lesión en el hombro.
Su último equipo fue Oakland Athletics donde tuvo efectividad de 4.67 en carreras limpias y un 23.3 por ciento de ponches con tan solo el 8.1 por ciento de bases por bolas.
Rob Manfred is making a mockery of the game of baseball. Again.
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In case you missed it, MLB announced that umps will be randomly searching pitchers during games for foreign sticky substances. It started two nights ago with Mets ace Jacob deGrom being the first pitcher to get searched while he made his way to the dugout after the first inning. deGrom could only smile as the process went on but fans in the stands let everyone know how they felt about it with a chorus of loud boos.
Last night, however, is when things got really out of control and made the game look silly.
Nationals ace Max Scherzer was searched three different times during his five innings of work against the Phillies. On the third time he was absolutely livid and almost ripped off his belt as umpires came up to him on the mound.
Max Scherzer has once again been checked for sticky substance, this time during an inning.
Things later escalated when he stared down the Phillies bench as he walked off the mound after the fifth inning. Phillies manager Joe Girardi exploded out of his dugout and looked like he wanted to fight Scherzer. Girardi was ejected from the game after that wild scene. It was nuts. All of it.
I mean, what. A. Mess.
But it didn’t stop there!
Later Tuesday night Oakland A’s reliever Sergio Romo angrily pulled down his pants when an ump asked to search him for foreign sticky substances. Pulled down his pants!
Pitchers are rightfully furious with Manfred for these new rules he has implemented in the middle of the season and for this new search process that is totally absurd. The league should have waited until after the season to figure out ways to deal with this but that’s now how Manfred works – he’s not too into deep thinking and being understanding of how abrupt changes can hurt his game.
Scherzer, meanwhile, ripped Manfred after Tuesday night’s game, saying: “These are [Rob] Manfred rules. Go ask him what he wants to do with this. I’ve said enough. Go ask Alec Bohm how he feels about 95 (miles per hour) at his face.”
And you know what? Good on these pitchers for making a mockery of the search process. I hope it only goes on and gets even more ridiculous because Manfred deserves to be embarrassed on a nightly basis by his players. Maybe that will lead to some change for the game and the person who is in charge of it.
And I’m not the only one who feels this way about Manfred. Far from it. Do a Twitter search with his name and you’ll see lots and lots of people ripping him and blaming him for making the game look stupid. It’s always wild when everyone on Twitter agrees on a topic and this is one of those topics that’s bringing everyone together.
Hopefully all of this will lead to a new boss of baseball because the current one continues to be an absolute joke.
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We’re just two days into Major League Baseball starting to randomly check pitchers for foreign sticky substances and it’s already a total mess of a process.
