All Umpires Suck

[Blarg]

Hah! barcode scanning the player is the last thing MLB wants to do. I think this is an official scorer's job ot the plate umpires. 

[Docwaukee]

still.  

[Chuck]

Sucks the fun right out of the game.

These guys need to be shitcanned.

[AngelsLakersFan]

Is that just me or has umpiring gotten worse since replay came in?

[Docwaukee]

4 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Is that just me or has umpiring gotten worse since replay came in?

I think it has to do with when they added the k box and we can see just how inconsistent they are.  

I'm just so tired of it.  

[AngelsLakersFan]

3 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

I think it has to do with when they added the k box and we can see just how inconsistent they are.  

I'm just so tired of it.  

Im not even talking about the strike zone... that's always been a problem.

[yk9001]

I think that Angel Hernandez actually works for Big Robot Umpire, and he is hastening the demise of human umpires on purpose.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ftw/2019/06/05/umpire-angel-hernandez-blown-strike-call-yankees-blue-jays-game/39545391/

 

 

 

[Docwaukee]

[Mark PT]

3 hours ago, Dochalo said:

That's what happens when the play an Angels Game at Dodger stadium

[Docwaukee]

more of the same.  

[Troll Daddy]

That pitch could of been called either way imo. It was too close to take ... you gotta protect 

 

[Docwaukee]

3 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

That pitch could of been called either way imo. It was too close to take ... you gotta protect 

 

such a bs cop out

it wasn't a strike and should not have been called one.  

if he swings at that they everyone is pissed about him swinging at ball 4.  

[Troll Daddy]

Just now, Dochalo said:

such a bs cop out

it wasn't a strike and should not have been called one.  

if he swings at that they everyone is pissed about him swinging at ball 4.  

Pitchers are taught to paint the corners and catchers are taught to fame the pitch as you know. Kudos to the catcher ... it’s part of the game. 

It was a ball but it’s common to see that pitch called a strike. No use crying about it. Much bigger games have been decided over ‘too close to take’ pitches. I seen it go the Angels way many times. 

[Docwaukee]

Just now, Troll Daddy said:

Pitchers are taught to paint the corners and catchers are taught to fame the pitch as you know. Kudos to the catcher ... it’s part of the game. 

It was a ball but it’s common to see that pitch called a strike. No use crying about it. Much bigger games have been decided over ‘too close to take’ pitches. I seen it go the Angels way many times. 

it's dumb.  they should get it right.  

[Troll Daddy]

Just now, Dochalo said:

it's dumb.  they should get it right.  

Lol you’ve never umpired have you. Calling close pitches is a nightmare in youth baseball ... I can’t even imagine what it would be like at the ML level. 

[Blarg]

The Angels shouldn't have waited for 2 outs in the 9th to stage a comeback. 

[Docwaukee]

11 minutes ago, Blarg said:

The Angels shouldn't have waited for 2 outs in the 9th to stage a comeback. 

for sure.  Umpires still suck though.  

[Slegnaac]

They also need a technical solution for the check swing call.  The "offering" at the pitch language is way to vague.

Heaney should have gotten the check swing 3rd strike call in the 4th inning.  Instead the inning continued and his pitch count soared. 

[Docwaukee]

10 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

Lol you’ve never umpired have you. Calling close pitches is a nightmare in youth baseball ... I can’t even imagine what it would be like at the ML level. 

I have and it's hard.  But so is my current job.  I trained for years and years and I still make mistakes once in awhile.  Which I can get sued for.  

I'm not actually asking for robotic umps.  Just some form of accountability to the force driving the sport.  The force that drives any sport - the fans.  

we watch mistake after mistake and there is nothing offered in the way of accountability.  

Every team, every player, every fan knows that Angel Hernandez totally sucks at his job.  

Give the umps the ability to use technology to make them better.  It's not rocket science.  

[Angel Oracle]

3 hours ago, Slegnaac said:

They also need a technical solution for the check swing call.  The "offering" at the pitch language is way to vague.

Heaney should have gotten the check swing 3rd strike call in the 4th inning.  Instead the inning continued and his pitch count soared. 

Shouldn’t It always be a strike if the bat passes the front of the plate?

[Slegnaac]

57 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Shouldn’t It always be a strike if the bat passes the front of the plate?

If it touches the front plane, it should be a strike.

[Chuck]

Another shitty day for the homeplate umpire. I turned the game off after the ump's 5th strike that he called a ball. 

So frustrating. 

 

 

[ScottT]

I blame some of this on Jeremie's parents. Jeremie?

[Blarg]

Heaney's pitches mapped. Only one pitch was clearly a missed called strike. One called strike should have been called a ball.

Marco Gonzalez, on the other hand, was cheated out of four obvious strikes. He did get 3 out of zone strikes and two boderline.

Today's game the umpire had no appreciation of Suarez's pitches.

But he was inconsistent and and gave LeBlanc that zone.

 

[Troll Daddy]

The strike zone changes with the player. Does the projected zone get bigger with taller players? or smaller with shorter players?