Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider shared his opinion on the missed call in World Series Game 3 at Dodger Stadium, following the confusion on a 3-1 pitch that led to Bo Bichette being picked off at first base in the top of the second inning.
Schneider was interviewed mid-game and revealed what he said to home plate umpire Mark Wegner for the call.
“I think just to be a little bit quicker with his call. Mark’s a great umpire, been doing it a long time. Very delayed call, pretty deliberate,” Schneider said to Fox’s Ken Rosenthal. “Just didn’t say anything, so (Daulton Varsho) assumed it was a ball, and Bo (Bichette) assumed. I just asked him, in this environment, can he be a little bit quicker or give a little bit more clarity so everyone kind of knows what’s going on.”
Schneider added Bichette believed it was a ball, and therefore was heading to second before being picked off.
“I think he thought it was a ball. I think a runner’s assumption obviously is the umpire is telling Varsh that it was a ball for him to throw his bat like that. It’s a weird play, you don’t want that to come back and bite you, you want to let the players decide what’s going on.”
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