Blue Jays manager John Schneider blames loss to Yankees on the umpire's strike zone, a breakdown

Game one of a double header in the Bronx between the Blue Jays and the Yankees. Kevin Gosman on the mound. Got through the first two innings rather easily. He's got a one- nothing lead to work with. This breakdown is brought to you by SeatGeek. He's looking for quick outs. Keep the lead. Keep it going. It's a double header day. One pitch center cut for seam fast. 91 miles per hour in the air in the leather. One pitch, one out. Like I said, double header. So, the starter needs to go deep in the games. He needs to keep his pitch count low. He needs to just fill the zone and get outs. What a good start thus far. Then next pitch, fast ball, strike, ball, strike, ball. So, that's okay. So, that's one that's upsetting him. He says that's at the knees. That's a strike. Wasn't called. Foul ball. Foul ball. Next batter is up because that was a walk. And we've got He wants that one. I think he doesn't get it. He says that's a strike. Give me a new ball. That's a strike. That's a strike. Come on. You stare at me, I'll stare at you. Huh? You stare at me, I'll stare at you. A little tear from the manager. He knows what's coming. Ball strike. One andone pitch hammered by Judge. There's two runners on. Is that a homer? No. Off the Bank of America sign. And everyone's going to hold up. Bases are now loaded. Still only one out. Gossman says, "Okay, well, I didn't walk those guys cuz those are strikes." What the hell? Another one. He wants a strike there. Bellinger's going to see the balls. He's going to foul them off. He's going to put one in play. That's the second out, but it's also a tie game. And again, a lot of pitches thrown in that at bat. Now Goldie's up. Ball, ball, strike, ball, strike, ball. Another walk. He's mad now, but none of those were close. None of those were missed, but we do have some missed before. Jazz is up 2 0 3 0. Oh no, he wants that one, too. Chris. Umpire's name is Chris, and he thinks that pitch call was The merrygoround is in motion. Another run scores. Yankees have the lead. Bases are still loaded. Manager thinking about it. Spits. Pitching coach thinking about it. Getting antsy. Getting antsy. Getting antsy. Getting antsy. Getting antsy. Yeah, should probably get someone up in the bullpen. Damn it, double header day. Need gossip in the pitch, but we'll get someone up. Okay, now Vulpi's up. Strike one. That's good. One out away from getting out of it. Ball. Ball. Ball. Fouled off. 3-2. Fouled off. Ball four. Pin wheels. Walks in. Another run. Three to one. Bases remain loaded. Two outs. And now Austin Wells is up. He gets a strike called him that Wells is like, "Really? Really?" Okay. I don't know about that. 0 and2 to him. Fouls some off. Doesn't swing at those. Fouls some off. Fast ball on the middle. Hammers it. Is that a grand slam? Is it? Is it? Is it? Could it? No, it's off the wall. Everyone scores 53 pitches in the inning now. Schneider is thinking, "Oh my goodness, this isn't good." Yeah, not good. I'm going to have to do something. I'm going to have to pull my pitcher. I can't have him throwing this many pitches. Can't have him giving him fast balls with no movement. Just right to the torpedo barrel. So Gossman is out of the game and he's mad because he thinks some of those should have been strikeouts and not walk. His pitch count should not have gone crazy. Looks at the umpire and he's going to say it's dog And then the umpire ejects him from the game and he says I'm walking off terrible. They're strikes They're strikes And then I could not figure out what he says when he gets into the dugout. umpire looks still barking and he's saying something like uh you know I can't wait till you take a look inside something like that you know oh you're gonna see when you get inside and then he falls down the steps right here yeah just straight down the steps falls I couldn't figure this one out but there's a lot of lip reading to come something something inside falls down the steps we go to the next inning and Max Freed pitcher for the Yankees he's going to get a call under the zone right there on the breaking All Schneider's not happy. Spits turn your head the other way. Spits, barks, yells, don't look at me, man. You know, I'm going to yell at you. Don't look at me. He's like, well, it's natural reaction for me to turn when I'm getting yelled at. And then we continue to the next inning. Vlatt's up and that's a strike. And Vlatty turns and looks and he's like, what are we doing? Oh, no. Didn't agree with that one. As he steps back in the box, get out of here. He's ejected. And Schneider says, good, great, grand, wonderful. I don't want to watch your anymore. You've been terrible. send our pitcher out of the game. And he's over here. You're calling all these three already against us. Yeah, he's playing up way up here. Yanked that out. had to pull Gossman right out of the game. My fault. Yeah, it's your fault. Okay. Your fault. I'm sure you got one job and you're it up. I'm glad I don't get to watch your anymore. Okay, great. Yep. You've been terrible today. terrible. Okay. All right. Right. You cost us the game and you're good with it. I got four guys that can throw today. Great. Let's go. I got you. So, yeah. Double header situation. Doesn't have a lot of guys available. He was upset about the calls and there was some lopsidedness to the lower part of the zone. And now this guy, the associate manager, he's like, "Hey, hey, get out of the way. Get out the way. I'm the manager now." That's right, baby. It's me. The game continues. Max Freed versus Vlatty continues. Another low strike called. Vlatty doesn't like that. He says, "Time, time. Is this because of everything my manager just said taking out on me now personally? Cuz that was lower than all the other ones. I didn't like that. One, two. Max Freed's like, let's exploit the lower part of the zone. Maybe low and away. Got that one earlier. Fast ball. Low and away. I think that does get the plate. Strike three. Vlatty doesn't like it. Oh, what's going on? Not happy at all. Not happy at all. Associate manager is like, "Oh, Maybe I don't want the top step." If you're going to a game soon when you're buying tickets, use code Johnboy 2025. You get 10% off any tickets at SeatGeek. Download the SeatGeek app. They make it really easy to tell if you're getting a good deal, a bad deal. Use code Johnboy 2025. What? I'm doing a presidential thumb here. Why am I doing that? Johnboy 2025. 10% off any