It’s been a Major League Baseball season full of truly terrible balls and strike calls by umpires. Tuesday, we might have seen the worst one yet. Eric Haase of theDetroit Tigerswas staring downMinnesota Twinspitcher Devin Smeltzer on a 3-2 pitch in the bottom of the fifth. Smeltzer’s...
I described a scenario with a terrible umpire to him, to see how he would view failure that wasn't really his fault. "I try to think about why I also failed because not all three pitches are going to be bad calls by him. I have to have gotten one pitch in there that I...
Really, what took place was a wild overcompensation for simply missing a strike call. A man with a calm head on his shoulders would have endured the five seconds of protest from the Astros' bench and gotten back to work, trying his best to make every call thereafter. Kulpa couldn't do ...
An egregious called strike.https://t.co/g3B69HnzTO — Josh Martin (@JoshMartinTweet)May 16, 2023 Some might say, “Well, it’s the eighth inning and you’re up 6-0, so let it go.” But bad calls like that are how we get Angel Hernandez-esque and Joe West-esque umpires at ...
On June 12, the players went on strike and didn't return to the field until two months later. The season was split into two sections, with first place teams from each half meeting in the postseason. 1982: Cal Ripken Jr. begins his streak Baltimore Orioles / MLB // Wikimedia Commons ...
The deadlineswapthat saw the Marlins and Guardians exchangeJean SeguraandJosh Bellwas generally viewed as an exchange of bad contracts. The Marlins were getting the more productive hitter of the two, though that wasn’t saying much. Bell hit .233/.318/.383 as a member of the Guardians afte...
Luis ArráezTo San Diego, Other Marlins Trade Candidates And Discussing A Potential Automated Strike Zone –listen here Mailbag:José AbreuDemoted, The Positional Surplus Myth,Erick Fedde’s Trade Value And More –listen here Mailbag: Cardinals’ Troubles,Jazz Chisholm Jr., Bad Umpiring And More ...
“If I take five or six bad swings in the cage,”Colorado infielder Ryan McMahonsaid to the Denver Post earlier this year, “I’ll yell at the [hitting] coaches, ‘Hey, two-strike approach.’ Then, I’ll go to it until I find my swing.” ...
On Wednesday night, Jones was ejected in the fifth inning after striking out swinging against the Red Sox. He was upset about a late strike call during the at-bat. Earlier this week, black players around the majors made it clear that what he experienced is an ongoing experience during road...
On June 12, the players went on strike and didn't return to the field until two months later. The season was split into two sections, with first place teams from each half meeting in the postseason. 1982: Cal Ripken Jr. begins his streak Baltimore Orioles / MLB // Wikimedia Commons ...