Curt Schilling rips ‘incoherent’ MLB rules that led to Mets’ Max Scherzer ejection

"The Curt Schilling Baseball Show" from Outkick features expert analysis and opinions from the three-time World Series champion.

Former MLB starter Curt Schilling could not believe New York Mets starter Max Scherzer was tossed from his outing on Wednesday afternoon against the Los Angeles Dodgers for what umpires believed was him cheating with a foreign substance. 

And Schilling doesn’t want to see Scherzer banned a single game. 

Scherzer said, "I swear on my kids’ lives," that the stickiness that umpire Phil Cuzzi felt on his hand in between innings was the mixture of sweat and rosin from the rosin bag that MLB allows behind the mound each game for pitchers. Scherzer was told to fix the problem that Cuzzi had with the stickiness by washing off his hand with alcohol, which was done in front of an MLB official. He even got a new glove because Cuzzi thought that was too sticky as well. 

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New York Mets starting pitcher Max Scherzer, left, is ejected from the game as he and manager Buck Showalter dispute a call from umpire Phil Cuzzi, center, and umpire Dan Bellino, right, after they found a problem with Scherzer's glove during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Scherzer went back out to pitch the third inning but was ejected before he could go out to the mound for the fourth inning. 

Schilling couldn’t believe it.

"Phil Cuzzi’s a veteran umpire," he began on OutKick’s "The Curt Schilling Baseball Show." "I’m blown away by the fact that they didn’t understand that whole concept to any degree. It kind of makes sense because umpires don’t use rosin, and they’re probably not around it a lot, and they