It took a couple years, but baseball’s sticky stuff crackdown has nailed its highest-profile offender yet.
Mets pitcher Max Scherzer was ejected in between the third and fourth inning of New York’s game against the Dodgers Wednesday afternoon after appearing to fail a foreign substance check.
Scherzer had been cruising along, fanning three while giving up a hit and two walks in three innings pitched. In between innings, he engaged in an animated discussion with the umpiring crew and was tossed after a lengthy conversation.
