What happened between Max Scherzer and Joe Girardi?
BASEBALL got a little heated on Tuesday night thanks to a spat between Max Scherzer and Joe Girardi. Major League Baseball's new foreign substance policy led to a confrontation between Scherzer, a Washington Nationals starter, and Girardi, the Philadelphia Phillies manager. Scherzer had his hat and his glove checked for foreign substances twice by the umpire crew during the first three frames on Tuesday night, according to CBS Sports. Then, Girardi asked the umpires to check him once more during the bottom of the fourth inning, possibly in an alleged attempt to throw Scherzer off his game. Scherzer, a three-time Cy Young Award winner, clearly frustrated by the ask from the umpires, removed his cap and glove and undid his belt. His manager, Davey Martinez, came out to the mound during the inspection and pointed at the Phillies dugout before Girardi went out onto the field. Scherzer completed a fifth inning of the game, then stared down Girardi as he went back to his own dugout. He then kept staring over at Girardi and seemingly taunting him, which the Phillies manager took exception to. Girardi then left his dugout and started walking toward Scherzer during the game. Hes daring Max to come on over and get into it, commentators noted. After the confrontation, Girardi was removed from the game by umpires. Following the game, Girardi told the press he asked for Scherzer to be checked for foreign substances after the Nationals player kept running his hands through his hair. "I saw him going to his hair. And I've never seen him doing that, ever," Girardi said. Max Scherzer said he was just using rosin tonight. Couldn't find grip and so tried to use sweat. Could only find enough on his hair. Said he was confused Girardi asked for him to be checked since he had almost hit Alec Bohm in the face.  Maria Torres (@maria_torres3) June 23, 2021  Scherzer said he couldn't find grip and so tried to use sweat from his hair in addition to rosin, a reporter said on Twitter. Nationals GM Mike Rizzo later said during an interview that Girardi was a con artist who was trying to throw Scherzer off. It's embarrassing for Girardi, Rizzo said during an interview with 106.7 The Fan. It's embarrassing for the Phillies. All MLB pitchers may now be checked repeatedly and randomly by umpires for foreign substances, according to ESPN. Most read in Sport DUNKED ON LeBron's tweet about teammate's weed arrest goes viral SHAKING IT OFF Devin Booker busts open nose during collision with Patrick Beverley WHAT THE BUCH France fans accidentally head to Romania after mixing up Budapest & Bucharest Video TONI TIME WWE star Toni Storm comes out as bisexual as Triple H comes out to support her SAME PAIGE Spiranac 'feels bad' for Bryson after US Open horror and puts rivalry behind her out for revenge Portugal vs France FREE: Live stream, TV channel, kick-off time, team news  Pitchers will be ejected and suspended for using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs, the outlet reported. However, in a recent memo to managers, MLB noted, Please note that a manager will be subject to discipline if he makes the request in bad faith (e.g., a request intended to disrupt the pitcher in a critical game situation, a routine request that is not based on observable evidence, etc. ).  Some people feel that Girardis request was in bad faith in this particular instance. Its not clear if Girardi will be subject to additional punishment following the incident.