Last week, the Mariners had one of the wilder wins we’ll see this season when they rallied from four runs down against the White Sox and ultimately won with a Cal Raleigh walk-off grand slam.
And to be honest, Raleigh easily could have been ejected an inning earlier.
In a great breakdown video from Jomboy Media, we saw (and heard!) as both Raleigh and manager Scott Servais took exception with umpire Chris Guccione’s strike zone. Raleigh was upset with Guccione punching him out on a pitch the Mariners hadn’t gotten all night. When Servais came onto the field to protect his player, that was when we could see Guccione admitting that he does have bad nights and that he was just trying his best.
Props to the lip-reading skills from Jomboy. (Warning: Strong language in the video)
Umpire Chris Guccione admits that he has terrible days, a breakdown pic.twitter.com/l6bQ1JnmPH
— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) June 18, 2024
The best part had to be that Guccione told Servais that he was up at 3:30 that morning as if the Mariners manager was going to be understanding of the excuse. Servais was tossed for the argument, but Raleigh was surprisingly allowed to stay in the game.
Fans absolutely enjoyed this latest breakdown video. It was elite work all the way.
This was how Twitter/X reacted
This was worth the 5:08.
Wow.
Give @Jomboy_ all the awards for this video. https://t.co/1ECC9PdE8R
— Jay Tust (@KTVBSportsGuy) June 18, 2024
What I said to myself this morning (the 3:30 part as well) after a long Wordle streak came to an end https://t.co/FYtt3Zq63X pic.twitter.com/QDrSboD9Ky
— Mike Lefko (@MikeLefko) June 18, 2024
It's wild because after the ump admitted he was having a bad day you could sense the manager calming down. https://t.co/0Trc240s50
— Rich (@N51_rob_OS) June 18, 2024
So we can give him SOME credit for owning up to having a bad game
But also
“I was up at 3:30 this morning” ??? Lol
The goalposts these dudes try and move to avoid being held accountable at all costs https://t.co/U1T9QecwKZ
— Lyle Goldstein (@Lyle_Goldstein) June 18, 2024
I did NOT like this call, but I feel better about it now, thanks to @Jomboy_. This is too funny. Well done! https://t.co/jQAp259TMP
— Barbara Seiders (@eigenseide) June 18, 2024
Best one yet. You know who isn't up at 3:30 in the morning before a game he has to umpire? A robot. https://t.co/vozDbOhKHI
— Ben Ennis (@SportsnetBen) June 18, 2024
This is SO good😂 https://t.co/OlTQtavCZz
— Ben Ranieri (@BenRanieri10) June 18, 2024
Can’t imagine MLB will be too happy about an umpire explaining to a manager that he had a bad zone because he was up at 3:30 AM. https://t.co/FTeFFUPEtx
— Mariner Muse (@MarinerMuse) June 18, 2024
Say what you will about him but I love Scott for this 😭 https://t.co/abLsMDVkej pic.twitter.com/JuuBlJ4ipA
— Len (@calen_s) June 18, 2024
