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Mary Clarke

Lip readers deciphered what a livid Max Scherzer told umpires before being ejected for sticky substances

Moody Max Scherzer is a MLB past time at this point, but Wednesday may have been a whole different level for the New York Mets pitcher.

During Scherzer’s return to Los Angeles against his former club, a bizarre sequence of events unfolded at Dodgers Stadium. Sticky substances have caused many a kerfuffle over the years since its the institution of random checks from umpires and Scherzer is certainly no stranger to them by now.

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