Apple TV+ MLB Rules Analyst Dale Scott Talks MLB Rules with Joey Christopoulos!

Sports Talk Chicago

Football, Sports, Baseball

5.0 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Dale Scott was an MLB umpire from 1986-2017. He has umpired three World Series and three All-Star games, including over 4,000 regular season games. He now is the crew analyst for Apple TV+ Friday Night Baseball and recently released his memoir, The Umpire is Out: Calling the Game and Living My True Self.

1:00 – The impact his book has had on people and his journey over the last year since the book’s release

5:10 – The burden and difficulty he faced in the 90s living a double life

9:43 – Dale’s take on the new rules in baseball

11:25 – Most impactful, the disengagement rules

13:48 – What has been the most challenging aspect of the new rules for umpires?

18:15 – So umpires still have enough control over the more minor details of the game?

27:15 – The leaps-and-bounds improvement of replay

34:14 – The future of challenging balls and strikes/automatic strike zone

40:55 – Is this the golden age of umpiring?

48:10 – Dale’s advice for anyone today struggling to be their authentic selves

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone. I'm Joey Christopoulos. Welcome to Sports Talk Chicago. I have an exclusive interview here with me today. I'm so excited to have him back. First time on the podcast, second time seeing him in person. He's been an umpire. He's a retired umpire now, but he's been around since 1986 to 2017. He's umpired over a thousand games, three World Series, three All-Stars.
0:23.5	And he now has a book that's come out.
0:25.0	His own memoir called The Umpire is Out, calling the game and Living My True Self.
0:29.5	He now works for Apple TV Plus.
0:31.6	He's the crew guy on there making sure we get all the calls right.
0:34.6	He is Dale Scott.
0:35.8	Hello, Dale.
0:36.9	I don't know if i can get the calls
0:37.8	right but i'll try to explain him that's what i'll try to do you're you're a friend you're an umpire
0:42.5	friend to everyone except billy martin right dale well yeah he you know he threw dirt on me he got back
0:48.6	i know it's not a bad not a big deal with all billy has a long long time ago, Joey. Yeah, I know. So we're going to get into some of the, some of the obvious rule changes in the evolution
0:59.0	of the game of baseball this year.
1:00.0	I want to get your take on it and see this a little bit of what the future is going to look
1:04.0	like more specifically than the present.
1:06.0	But I do want to mention really quick to our audience. You are about maybe a year removed or maybe a little bit less than your move from your memoir coming out. The umpire is out calling the game and living your true
1:15.4	self. You know, we talked a little bit of last time that we talked about writing the book.
1:20.4	I want to get a little bit of some experience about what it has been like, you know, going on a book
1:24.4	tour, the response from fans and just your experience over the last year since the book came out.
1:29.4	Well, it's been tremendous, really.
1:31.7	Last summer, I went on a book tour.
1:34.0	I went to eight MLB Pride Nights all around the country and, you know, did book signings and stuff.
1:41.3	Also hit some bookstores, went up to Toronto and did a bookstore up there.
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