Max Scherzer Had Some Fun With Questionable Umpiring

Max Scherzer is a baseball legend, and he's also known for having a sense of humor. During Friday night's game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Cleveland Guardians, Scherzer decided to have some fun with questionable umpiring.

The home plate umpire for the game was CB Bucknor, who isn't exactly known for having the best and most consistent strike zone. As Scherzer hung out in the dugout, he decided to let Bucknor know that he had an opinion on how he was making his calls.

For several minutes, Scherzer brought out a coin and flipped it after each pitch, as if to say that Bucknor was making calls using a similar strategy.

"I think we all know what Max Scherזר is doing here," the broadcast said. "The picture tells the story."

Bucknor put up his typically underwhelming performance on Friday, with just 92% overall accuracy, according to the Umpire Scorecard account on X. His relative accuracy was also below expected, and his consistency was just 89%, compared to the Major League average of 94%.

This means that, according to the account, about 8 out of every 10 pitches were called correctly, relative to the league average, and that his strike zone varied significantly from inning to inning.

Pretty much exactly what Scherzer was implying: that Bucknor was flipping coins to determine balls and strikes. And to be honest, that might be a more accurate way of calling pitches than what he actually does.