I think MLB needs to have someone from the league who can overrule any umpire's bad call. If replay shows the umpire is wrong he should have to apologize like they do in Japan & face a possible fine & suspension. Like MLB would have an official overseeing umpires I'd call it Umpires Review
@@kurumauzamaki2731 You're fucking high. Do a quick google search of Joe west. There's so many instances of it. his ego is bigger than all players of both teams combined and he regularly throws people out simply because he knows he's wrong and doesn't like being questioned.
Jagar Tharn yeah he gets paid millions but he could lose those millions by missing that ball. You think it’s childish because he gets upset. But those are mistake that can cost people like him millions of dollars and potentially their careers if done to often this isn’t someone being childish this is someone who understands the actual consequences of simply “missing a ball”
One of my favorite things about baseball is the arguments between managers and umpires. Apart from being entertainment in themselves, I love when a player feels he’s been cheated, the manager always marches out there and has his back. To take that ejection so his player can stay, or to join his player. Athletes at any level will play harder when they know their manager/coach/captain/teammate has their back.
@@tylerlackey1175 its not only tony lots of the coaches share the loser mindset its one of the reasons i dont watch baseball absolutely disgusting an insult to every fan of the white soxs to apologize for not giving up when the other team did
Acts 4:12 “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” And that is the Lord Jesus Christ. John 3:16-17. 16 For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten Son so who so ever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” Romans 10:9 “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Jesus Christ from the grave you will be saved.” God bless everybody that is reading this prayers for you all and your family in Jesus Christ name amen 🙏😊
The infuriating thing about umpires is that they almost never admit to a mistake and reverse the call. They're arrogant and they're given too much power.
@@Natsfan-ck5xg I might be wrong (on why he was tossed), but it's probably the intent. Flipping a bat after a home run is fine, whereas if you're flipping a bat in disgust of a call, that might not go so well.
@@jonschrader2063 that's the dumb mountain man chip on the shoulder people from this part of N.C. have 😂 worked in Caldwell County for a little while and man people from bumtown are cut from a different cloth
Acts 4:12 “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” And that is the Lord Jesus Christ. John 3:16-17. 16 For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten Son so who so ever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” Romans 10:9 “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Jesus Christ from the grave you will be saved.” God bless everybody that is reading this prayers for you all and your family in Jesus Christ name amen 🙏😊
@@mattdavis4248 can catchers still block the plate and can runners still plow through them? I haven't seen it in so long. but I haven't heard that it's banned.
The study released last year by Boston University showed definitively that older umps with 10 or more years in the Majors are far LESS accurate than younger ones with little experience. Jerry Layne, 61 years old and with 29 years in the bigs, had the most wrong calls (14.2%), while John Libka, 32, with 1.5 years, had the least (7.6%). The study looked at the 10-year period encompassing the 2008-2018 seasons. Obviously those with less than a decade of experience couldn't be judged on the entire 10 years the study looked at. But because the results were based on a "Bad Call Ratio" for each ump -- one that reflects the percentage, not the number, of every ball/strike and safe/out call each ump got wrong -- it's still pretty valid. And in case you're wondering, Joe West and Angel Hernandez -- the two umpires fans seem to love to hate -- were NOT on the list of Top 10 Worst Umpires over the 10-year period (though West WAS 2nd worst in the 2018 season.)
That doesn't make their failures less egregious, though. It's interesting to note that they're not really wrong all that often, but I don't think West and Hernandez are unpopular because of the frequency of their bad calls - it's simply because they seem to save them for when they would be most critical...and when they're wrong, they're really _wrong_. I'm personally not that hard on West, but some of Hernandez's call in the past have been just atrocious.
Freeze you should have heard me at that game where Harper was ejected it was Brewers@Nats holy shit if I were closer to the plate (I was behind home plate but not that close. Diamond club) I would have been ejected holy shit I lost it
I mean to be fair as an official in any sport if you respect the players, which most officials do, yet get shown disrespect back, why should you tolerate it especially when it’s bad sportsmanship? Now pro level should have leniency since this is also the athletes entire life but still respect your officials.
IKR demote them to minor league umps or just give *them (sorry edited bad spelling) no job🤷♂️ one dude said they should be fined for bad calls. LIKE WHAT!?
I love how when bumgardner walks the hitter and he and the umpire has the stardown, buster just pops up and is just standing there confused looking at them like, "whats going on"
Brooks Meyer watch foolish baseballs video about the call. Look up worst call in mlb history foolish baseball there is a good chance the catcher missed the tag
@@fanstalkfootball8362 i never personally did not see anything. but it would not of gotten overturned if it was reviewed as the angles are not good enought. the umpire had the best view it was a close play everyone was tired even the catcher. its also hard to tell the difference between the pant leg moving bc of sliding or getting tagged. thats my thoughts no disrespect meant from any of this
That was a great call. He never touched the runner. From the original angle you can see him miss the leg then the last angle you can clearly see him miss the arm. That was absolutely the right call
Tbh it looks to me like its possible that he missed the tag. Its hard to tell but when they show the slow mo it doesnt look like the glove actually made contact. in real time it looks like an obvious out though
In that 19 inning game Jerry Meels admitted that he was tired and just wanted the game to end. You can find the quotes. Yet he gets no fine and gets to keep umpiring 😊
Gus10271 they don't do that in close games. They do it in blowouts. Yesterday in Cincy's blowout win against Brewers the umpire was calling strikes if they were a foot off the plate.
I actually think the ump, from where he was, actually thought he missed the tag, and from an ump myself, the way the catcher tagged the runner, made it look like he missed the tag, catcher fault.
The outfield fly rule in a playoff game gets me every time. That ball 225 ft from home plate, 47’ farther than any previously called IFR. Ball was closer to the fence than it was to the infielder. Dude literally waited for the ball to drop to call it, which defeats the purpose of the rule.
that's not the rule, though. the rule is if an infielder can catch it with ordinary effort. the infielder had time to post up under the ball. it's a correct call for a rule that you disagree with.
Joshua McClellan you are aware if they screw up they get taken out of postseason appearances. Make too many mistakes and they get sent to the minors or just straight up let go. Most people act like they can kill someone and they would get a bonus.
Though I think that people need to let off them. When the umps do the things in this video, yes they should be criticized. But these calls on the video are not common. Most umps are pretty good
6:11 Infield fly, lol. It's like 30 feet out in the outfield. The whole point of the infield fly rule is so you can't drop the ball on purpose to get the lead runner out, or get a double play.
@@SimonFoster23111971 It wasn't. You ever play baseball? It's a night game. You can tell because the lights are on. You ever tried looking at a ball, in darkness, when lights are blasting you in the face? Well, I have. You can't see anything. Get in front of a car, at night, and have someone turn on the high beams, and aim them directly at your face, you know, for 1 minute. You'll live, and you won't be blind. Then, turn off the headlights. While you're in the darkness again, have someone throw a baseball into the sky. Let me know if you catch it. You wont, you'd be lucky if you didn't fall over since you can't see, but let me know anyway.
@@827Drew Yep - 20 seasons. Lights are configured so that they don't shine in a player's face. It's just as hard to track a ball when the sky is blue and there's no cloud.
I think the staredown at 3:20 is actually good umpiring from Joe West. No ejection. Just enough negative reinforcement to let the pitcher know "straighten out your behavior."
Jowl West is the third worst ump, he’s gotta check his ego. Trying give stink eye to a man 30 years younger whose 6’5” 250. No one came to watch you make terrible calls Joe.
I was at that Mets game when Syndergaard got ejected. I probably would've been thrown out of the stadium if I was behind home plate with the things I'd say to that ump. Beautiful Saturday night, sold out crowd, nationally broadcasted game on Fox and that chump of an ump ruins it all.
Hi it should've been a warning especially because he didn't even hit him. Everybody knew the scenario, so the umps should've warned both benches before the game even started if they were gonna have an instant ejection.
Listen to any manager and they HATE warnings. It prevents teams from settling it themselves with their own 'code of justice'. If you KNOW there is intent, and there clearly was there, an umpire can eject to control the game. In this case, to prevent anyone else from being intentionally thrown at, which is where that game would have gone otherwise. The ejection is absolutely the right call.
Which is exactly what warning teams prohibits. One team's pitcher stays in because he hit the guy first, creating the warnings, then the next guy gets tossed for hitting a player on the first team. Keep up.
@@shaeleneplank9115 That brings up an interesting thought....can an umpire eject another umpire? I know umps can toss pretty much anyone including fans (I remember one game where an ump called time and ejected some drunk dude for screaming racial slurs and stuff in front of a bunch of kids). I've never actually seen it happen, but I'm wondering now if it's possible.
Why don't all you perfect people go out and umpire and show us how it's done, and we can all type crap about you if you make a wrong decision. You're a bunch of idiots!
Someone made a youtube video over it explaining that the only angle that could have seen what happened was the umps and half the angles look like he got the tag while half of them you can't even see the runner's clothes move meaning he likely missed.
That in field fly on the Braves in the wild card was my 1st baseball game in almost 12 years. I’ve been on hiatus since Missed that terrible call for the Braves against the Pirates though
@@thezdbailey RUclips recommends random stuff sometimes, like last week, I got a random video about seals thanking rescue workers when I don't watch anything like that
Easy, once the umpire determines the infielder can make the catch with ordinary effort, the infield fly rule should be invoked. That was the correct call.
@@hibachiagent0249 You are wrong on both counts. Kozma would have easily caught the ball if he had not thought he was called off by the left fielder. Holbrook made the call as soon as it became apparent Kozma could catch it. You are continuing to show you don't know the rule.
@@alanhess9306 the ball hits the ground right as he's lifting his arm and yelling infield fly. Whether or not the guy could make an "ordinary" catch (which running from SS to mid LF isn't), he still made a awful call by doing it as the ball was at the ground already.
@@hibachiagent0249 Stop it at the 6:40 mark. Holbrook has his arm raised as he watches Kozma call off the left fielder and the ball is about 20 feet from the ground. It was a late call but it was the correct call. Kozma was in position to make the catch. He is a PRO shortstop and would have made the catch.
As many players have been caught using steriods, I'm surprised somebody hasn't gone hands on with an ump. The umps definitely deserve it in some of these situations.
In the early 1900s the umps used the get beat up relatively frequently. If you punch one now I’d imagine you’d be banned from baseball and in some states you can go to jail for assaulting a sports official. But I’m surprised too
The MLB would ban the offending player for life and maybe even bring up criminal charges for assault. Regardless, that player's career would be over in a flash if they did that.
Heaven for bid Beltre act like a professional instead of a bratty kid. Heaven for bid he remain in a predetermined area to warm up, one that’s away from any possibility of distracting a pitcher while delivering a pitch. And heaven for bid Beltre actually listen to Davis’ warning to get back into the batter’s box instead of move it.
Cash Gully so that explains/excuses his behavior? Is that now a trump card to use whenever one is losing? If anything, that makes his actions even worse
It's absolutely hilarious that whenever an umpire kicks a coach or a player out of the game they use the same gesture as if someone just got out in baseball. they don't even talk they just rip the sign and turn
I remember a play last year between the Cardinals and Red Sox. The Cardinals were up one with the thing and winning runs on base in the bottom of the ninth. The cards pitcher, John Brebbia, was in a groove. He came set and took a while to pitch. The home plate umpire then called time because he 'needed a break' Brebbia's groove was broken and we ended up losing. No one asked the umpire for time. He called it himself for no reason.
Silly Dilly 692 - Actually, an umpire is within his rights to call time without being asked by the batter if he feels the pitcher is taking too long to deliver. In that instance, I think the ump was more than justified in calling time as the pitcher was in his set position for 7 seconds before the ump called time. That's just ridiculous. I won't comment on how he handled himself during the argument from the Cardinals or how terrible his strike zone was during the game, but in that instance, he was right to call time on his own.
Hehdhchrydhd Duunhdjrjdjdj - actually it was not. That scenario did happen between the Red Sox and Cardinals in August of last year. The Umpire's name was Chris Segal.
You fail to mention that Brebbia took four fucking minutes between each pitch and threw over to first base like 20 times. If Brebbia's "groove" continued to take place, the game would have ended at 4 AM in the morning .
@@morganmarquette2503 The first 90 or so seconds shouldn't be in the video. Utley's slide was was borderline for sure. Syndergaard's ejection was a no-brainer. It's as easy of an ejection as he will ever have in his career. He clearly threw at him. The commentators showed themselves to be totally clueless.
OR... and hear me out, the pitch tracker shows 4 of the 5 pitches were INSIDE the batter's box, and the last one was a 96 mph fastball high and inside which connected. And there was a warning issued. I mean.............. 80% of the pitches thrown to AJ would have hit him, and one did. *shrug emoji*
I remember watching that Braves vs Pirates 19 inning game. It felt like an eternity and outta nowhere the game ends on a weird play. It was like 2:30 to 3 am and both teams used all their bullpens lol
I watched the game live when Andy Fletcher charged after Jon Lester (charged because he was pretty pissed off, not exactly violently running after him), and man, that conduct should not be tolerated from the guys who monitor the game.
I agree. I would assume the tag was applied on the runners extended leg, but the Umpire didn't see one and I haven't seen a still image of a tag from any of the replays. OP might be a fan huh?
5:13 Worst call in playoff history. Andrelton Simmons had been struggling with his hitting already and the ball was in the middle of the outfield. A four year old could make a better call than those umps.
@@JoePlatt1 I think it's because the umpires called an infield fly despite the ball being in the outfield. I get it, though, because the miscommunication could have just been a trick to keep the runners from scoring and maybe get a force out somewhere.
@@SamRBCAh okay, from looking it up I think it meant that you could have been called out even if the ball wasn't caught because it is a ball that would have been a simple catch that wouldn't be dropped?
@@JoePlatt1 By the absolute most technical interpretation of the rule, the call was right because an infielder was attempting to make a catch on a ball that wasn't a line drive nor bunt with less than two outs and a runner on first and second. The problem is that the rule is there as a patch to stop infielders from being able to engineer easy double plays by dropping infield pop ups. The rule is clearly not meant for this situation. A really simple fix would be to just add that the ball has to be hit within the infield for the rule to apply. I don't think they ever did it. Maybe this call was so egregious they think it'll never happen again. Which is foolish.
No that was the correct call. A common misinterpretation of the rule is that the ball must land in the infield. However, it is just any ball that an infielder goes to get, even if it's partly in the outfield. So yes, that was the correct call to make because an infielder turned to go get it and was going to until he got called off, but by that point the call had been made.
Nikos Chatzilidis it doesn’t matter if he touched it later. The whole point is that it was a dirty slide intended to take out the fielder and he shoulda been automatically out. That’s what this is all about. Not when Utley touched the bag.
Nikos Chatzilidis ....yes there is. There is literally a rule that says you have to slide in a way that shows you intended to slide at the bag and not at the fielder.
@@griffinroussell5481 FYI, he broke that guys leg, was never the same player; career ended early. Trying to win is a poor excuse, there's good reason those types of dirty slides aren't allowed anymore
sockondik12 sucks that he broke his leg but injuries are going to happen chase wasn’t trying to hurt him just break up the double play FYI i knew he broke his leg
@@griffinroussell5481 I agree he wasn't trying to hurt him, and after all it was a playoff game. I just researched and realized this was the real moment in MLB history when they changed the slide rule too lol Utley might have ironically saved more legs than he broke.
As far as situation goes, that infield fly call when the ball was halfway to the wall in the wild card game may be the single worst call in the history of the game.
I may not know if the rule has change but I’m pretty sure the infield rule happens when a infielder has the chance to get the ball, it’s active. So I’m pretty sure that’s the right call
@@l_Scoupz_l if that's the right call, then there are literally thousands of those "infield fly rule" calls that should be made every single season, but aren't.
Totally legal play on first one.... guy was turned around wrong way & didn't get out of way... looked far worse than it was - Utley also slid into bag - didn't avoid bag to take out Tejada.
At first I thought he was clearly out at home. Then even the announcers backtracked on the shoulder tag and the umpire had the best angle view of the leg swipe from the catcher. Now I'm not so sure.
As unpopular as it is, I've always thought that was a legit infield fly call. I think the rule itself is stupid, but an infielder could have made that play with ordinary effort, so I say it's the right call.
The rule (which, again, I think is stupid) says that an infielder must be able to catch it with ordinary effort. The ball is so high that Kozma has time to get there with something between a run and a sprint, then move out of the way before it lands. I could understand someone disagreeing, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it was a terrible call.
I was in nayc in Indianapolis Indiana in July 2017 and me and my friends were taking a afternoon break and I saw beltre do this one TV and I started laughing and I've never seen someone move the batters box before
Call at 7:45 was actually probably the right call, in the moment I didn't see a tag and even with review there isn't enough evidence to say there's a tag. Just because the ball beat him doesn't mean anything.
Does a 'tag' constitute making contact with the runner using the ball/glove, or just contact in general. Because the two players definitely make contact. I'm just looking for clarification.
@@beyondtoxinz3152 if you zoom in to the pixels you can maybe say his leg. But glove wasn’t close to the back. Touch on the leg would be a glancing tag if any.
Anybody see that Noah Syndergaard ejection with the audio?
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Yeah.
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I think MLB needs to have someone from the league who can overrule any umpire's bad call. If replay shows the umpire is wrong he should have to apologize like they do in Japan & face a possible fine & suspension. Like MLB would have an official overseeing umpires I'd call it Umpires Review
EXE-Edits lol yeah he’s like “ I’m tryna throw a fucking fastball”
Umpires were definitely Hall monitors in elementary school...
Yup
Whyumad perhaps most of them were once head of security in gated communities
Well someone's gotta babysit those over paid crybabies.
Whyumad and those hall monitors are making your salary in a week😂🤣
Miguel ! Not even lmao
Joe west is a joke. Umpires should be fined and suspended for bad calls or impulsively throwing out players just for questioning their judgement.
Nathan Iguess everybody makes bad calls but it’s not that often
Kuruma Uzamaki for Joe West it is
Confused_Bot not really he’s a good ump most players have said he’s a good ump but he’s got an ego like mad bum
@@kurumauzamaki2731 You're fucking high. Do a quick google search of Joe west. There's so many instances of it. his ego is bigger than all players of both teams combined and he regularly throws people out simply because he knows he's wrong and doesn't like being questioned.
I think they do get fine for ridiculous calls
That Anthony Rendon ejection was pretty hilarious, the guy cant just be mad cause he struck out? Umpires are soo sensitive.
Jagar Tharn yeah he gets paid millions but he could lose those millions by missing that ball. You think it’s childish because he gets upset. But those are mistake that can cost people like him millions of dollars and potentially their careers if done to often this isn’t someone being childish this is someone who understands the actual consequences of simply “missing a ball”
@@ekothesilent9456 good comment, you undersrtand sports mentality. The other guy has only played whiffle ball.
Jagar Tharn fucking boomer
Jagar Tharn Act like you’ve never got mad over something like that..
Jagar Tharn lol that didn’t go how you planned eh?
One of my favorite things about baseball is the arguments between managers and umpires. Apart from being entertainment in themselves, I love when a player feels he’s been cheated, the manager always marches out there and has his back. To take that ejection so his player can stay, or to join his player. Athletes at any level will play harder when they know their manager/coach/captain/teammate has their back.
Unless you're Tony La russa. Then you care more about the other team than your own
@@tylerlackey1175 its not only tony lots of the coaches share the loser mindset its one of the reasons i dont watch baseball absolutely disgusting an insult to every fan of the white soxs to apologize for not giving up when the other team did
Acts 4:12 “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” And that is the Lord Jesus Christ. John 3:16-17. 16 For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten Son so who so ever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” Romans 10:9 “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Jesus Christ from the grave you will be saved.” God bless everybody that is reading this prayers for you all and your family in Jesus Christ name amen 🙏😊
Maybe joe west will find the strike zone when he finds his chin
Joe west literally is built like a thumb I swear
For Vengeance dead😂
Tim van Emmerloot he’s got the formation of a claymation doll
West should of retired 20 years ago
Which one?
The infuriating thing about umpires is that they almost never admit to a mistake and reverse the call. They're arrogant and they're given too much power.
They’re not allowed to, even if it was a bad call and they want to admit it
Don't play the game if you cant take the heat.
@@ajmartin7115 or just don't mess up
Umpires definitely have too much power but once they make a call they aren’t allowed to reverse it unless a team challenges it.
I wouldn’t quite agree with that
Legend has it, Bumgarner & West are still staring down to this day..
Wyatt Webb lol
Lol
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Lol 😂 😂😂
Both of them are jerks and deserve one another.
Hey, I really appreciate that you included both the bad calls but also the announcers explaining why they are bad calls.
Joe west
Angel Hernandez
Cb Buckner
These guys are often on their knees all the time because they're always blowing the game
john jones this deserves top comment😂
Lol 😂
Wow...this was good
You missed Vic carapaza
Don’t forget Jerry Meals
8:50
Manager: He didn't say a word
Umpire: He didn't have to say anything. I know what he was thinking and I could hear his eyes rolling.
Actually, I believe he was thrown out for an equipment violation.
Some umpires are brain dead
@@mirror123 what's wrong with flipping your bat? How is that violating your equipment? People do the exact same thing after they hit home runs!
@@Natsfan-ck5xg I might be wrong (on why he was tossed), but it's probably the intent. Flipping a bat after a home run is fine, whereas if you're flipping a bat in disgust of a call, that might not go so well.
@@mirror123 What if he was flipping the bat in disgust at himself for taking the strike? It looked like a pretty casual flip to me.
Unrelated but the director of the game with the Bumgarner/West confrontation deserves an Emmy for immediately putting that split screen up.
Saw that game when it was on and I honestly had a Tekken scenario in mind and waited for the „Get ready for the next battle“ vocal
Liked the way the both nodded at each other at the end of the stare-down and went about the game... Like they both got their "macho" in lol
@@jonschrader2063 that's the dumb mountain man chip on the shoulder people from this part of N.C. have 😂 worked in Caldwell County for a little while and man people from bumtown are cut from a different cloth
Acts 4:12 “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” And that is the Lord Jesus Christ. John 3:16-17. 16 For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten Son so who so ever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” Romans 10:9 “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Jesus Christ from the grave you will be saved.” God bless everybody that is reading this prayers for you all and your family in Jesus Christ name amen 🙏😊
I’m from Michigan and was a freshman in high school during the Galaragga blown call. An entire fanbase’s collective heart’s broke in a single moment.
I hate that umpires are so protected from coming at them but they can instigate as much as they want
Sounds like cops
Troll?
@@SimplyPinoyNotSoRichRico pretty much
@USN Patriot cry..?
@@SimplyPinoyNotSoRichRico Ha, no. Totally different. Try again.
What are you ejecting me for ump?
Ump: *_YES_*
You got ejected because you pitched a ball and it didn't hit the batter. What I say goes
Redhead Demom true
It is very clear to me that the ump's have money riding on the game.
Ik umps bug me some but this one dude said they should be fined for bad calls. Like what!?
actually he would say no because it’s for no reason.
The worst thing is when a runner slides in the base intentionally late to hit a baseman
Yeah that isn’t only cheating but it’s dangerous
@@cameronbrennemanoutdoors At the time of the Utley play, that slide was legal. This play helped MLB to finally change it
Straight up targeting dirty play
@@mattdavis4248 can catchers still block the plate and can runners still plow through them? I haven't seen it in so long. but I haven't heard that it's banned.
Chase utley should be ashamed of himself.
3:43 is my favorite Buster Posey moment, he's just a good boy who wants to play some baseball.
It wasn't so much a bad call as it was a stare down.
The study released last year by Boston University showed definitively that older umps with 10 or more years in the Majors are far LESS accurate than younger ones with little experience. Jerry Layne, 61 years old and with 29 years in the bigs, had the most wrong calls (14.2%), while John Libka, 32, with 1.5 years, had the least (7.6%).
The study looked at the 10-year period encompassing the 2008-2018 seasons. Obviously those with less than a decade of experience couldn't be judged on the entire 10 years the study looked at. But because the results were based on a "Bad Call Ratio" for each ump -- one that reflects the percentage, not the number, of every ball/strike and safe/out call each ump got wrong -- it's still pretty valid.
And in case you're wondering, Joe West and Angel Hernandez -- the two umpires fans seem to love to hate -- were NOT on the list of Top 10 Worst Umpires over the 10-year period (though West WAS 2nd worst in the 2018 season.)
That doesn't make their failures less egregious, though. It's interesting to note that they're not really wrong all that often, but I don't think West and Hernandez are unpopular because of the frequency of their bad calls - it's simply because they seem to save them for when they would be most critical...and when they're wrong, they're really _wrong_.
I'm personally not that hard on West, but some of Hernandez's call in the past have been just atrocious.
Did the study include balls and strikes or just calls on the field?
It’s not accuracy, it’s spite, and just overall being pieces of shit and ruining the games on purpose
Started reading and immediately thought: Where is Angel?! Only to get to the end 😂
Wow they have a stat for everything in baseball
I figured this would just be a compilation of angel Hernandez
yet he wasn't on any of these lol
He gets his own video
I was waiting for someone to say that.
Yet it’s a compilation of calls that really, for the most part were made correctly..clickbait
Or CB bucknor
Poor Rendon. Best attitude in the game and that has to happen to him
That was the strangest toss I've ever seen. Rendon never shows up an umpire, he didn't say a word. Literally just tossed his bat on the ground
I was at that game I got so damn pissed off
Freeze easily one of the worst calls I've ever seen!
Freeze you should have heard me at that game where Harper was ejected it was Brewers@Nats holy shit if I were closer to the plate (I was behind home plate but not that close. Diamond club) I would have been ejected holy shit I lost it
Dude did you see his reaction? He was just confused, lol.
The Catcher blocking the ump from going up to the pitcher is a legend.
Is it just me or do these umps need weight watchers
Baseball Bros people say it’s the padding but you can see the umpires bellybuttons through the shirt
My mom works at Weight Watchers, ill see if I can hook them all up
Maybe you can be their spokesperson...?
Ben Suddeth that’s kind of mean but also kind of funny
Umps and refs were worse in the 70s and 80s.
Umpires are like "You are bullying me 😢 don't roll your eyes like that it hurt my feelings" ....sissies
How else does Angel Hernandez keep his job?
Jason Dyrkacz he threatens if they fire him he will sue the MLB for “racism” since he is Cuban. SMFH
@@caughtyouin4k674 He's Cuban? That explains A LOT
I mean to be fair as an official in any sport if you respect the players, which most officials do, yet get shown disrespect back, why should you tolerate it especially when it’s bad sportsmanship? Now pro level should have leniency since this is also the athletes entire life but still respect your officials.
IKR demote them to minor league umps or just give *them (sorry edited bad spelling) no job🤷♂️ one dude said they should be fined for bad calls. LIKE WHAT!?
joe west litteraly has no neck lol
cj gobble gobble
No brain either.
But he makes up for it with three chins.
Look at mine😶
and Princess Leia in a bikini on a leash
I love how when bumgardner walks the hitter and he and the umpire has the stardown, buster just pops up and is just standing there confused looking at them like, "whats going on"
7:52 the ump probably just said “Clint, it’s the 19th inning. I just want to get outta here”
Brooks Meyer watch foolish baseballs video about the call. Look up worst call in mlb history foolish baseball there is a good chance the catcher missed the tag
Definitely didn’t see any contact on that swipe by the catcher. Played slo-mo replay at .25 speed- no contact. Pretty amazing call in real time
@@Base950Y MacHenry's glove got him on the shin but barely
@@fanstalkfootball8362 i never personally did not see anything. but it would not of gotten overturned if it was reviewed as the angles are not good enought. the umpire had the best view it was a close play everyone was tired even the catcher. its also hard to tell the difference between the pant leg moving bc of sliding or getting tagged. thats my thoughts no disrespect meant from any of this
That was a great call. He never touched the runner. From the original angle you can see him miss the leg then the last angle you can clearly see him miss the arm. That was absolutely the right call
7:46 The way he looked at the ground in disbelief...
DOC WTF YOU LIKE BASEBALL?
Tbh it looks to me like its possible that he missed the tag. Its hard to tell but when they show the slow mo it doesnt look like the glove actually made contact. in real time it looks like an obvious out though
The fuck
Tbh the ump probably just wanted to go home. Its still no excuse to make a call like that though.
He just wanted to go home
Joe West’s chin is bigger than my future
Maanas Ravishankar
Which one?
@@meganbennett933 3:30
@@pauljohnson2451 no he meant which chin
@@gennicles2200 ohh🤣🤣lmao i feel dumb i thought he was asking which one is joe
Paul haha I think it helped a lot for people that didn’t know who joe west was though! :)
In that 19 inning game Jerry Meels admitted that he was tired and just wanted the game to end. You can find the quotes. Yet he gets no fine and gets to keep umpiring 😊
That should get you a Pete Rose “banned for life” kind of punishment. That’s so corrupt.
Why am I watching baseball videos? I have to wake up in 4 1/2 hours
Beckys Berries 😂🤣😁😃😄
Same here bro but only 5 and half for me.
Same lmao
3:44 Catcher is like, "uhhh.... guys?"
Hahahahahaha your right
“Catcher” ITS LITERALLY BUSTER POSEY
I think umpires make calls, like pirates braves one, toward the end of the game just because they want to go home
Gus10271 they don't do that in close games. They do it in blowouts. Yesterday in Cincy's blowout win against Brewers the umpire was calling strikes if they were a foot off the plate.
Gus10271 I didnt even see him get tagged in that video
I actually think the ump, from where he was, actually thought he missed the tag, and from an ump myself, the way the catcher tagged the runner, made it look like he missed the tag, catcher fault.
Kuruma Uzamaki tbh same I’ve seen that play for the last 3 years and don’t actually see him get his leg
Gus10271 I agree
The outfield fly rule in a playoff game gets me every time. That ball 225 ft from home plate, 47’ farther than any previously called IFR. Ball was closer to the fence than it was to the infielder. Dude literally waited for the ball to drop to call it, which defeats the purpose of the rule.
that's not the rule, though. the rule is if an infielder can catch it with ordinary effort. the infielder had time to post up under the ball. it's a correct call for a rule that you disagree with.
MLB umpires are so out of control now. And they have no accountability.
OliplIPOklll
Joshua McClellan you are aware if they screw up they get taken out of postseason appearances. Make too many mistakes and they get sent to the minors or just straight up let go. Most people act like they can kill someone and they would get a bonus.
@@jackjon7763 No, some of the same umpires have been screwups for a long time and they're still there.
@@jackjon7763 Angel Hernandez? He's been in postseason and he's consistently terrible. Explain?
Though I think that people need to let off them. When the umps do the things in this video, yes they should be criticized. But these calls on the video are not common. Most umps are pretty good
6:11 Infield fly, lol. It's like 30 feet out in the outfield. The whole point of the infield fly rule is so you can't drop the ball on purpose to get the lead runner out, or get a double play.
90-100 feet honestly
@@NoobGamer-46-i9d Yeah, it was pretty far out of the infield. I was being conservative.
Within the realms of ordinary effort at that standard of play.
@@SimonFoster23111971 It wasn't. You ever play baseball? It's a night game. You can tell because the lights are on. You ever tried looking at a ball, in darkness, when lights are blasting you in the face?
Well, I have. You can't see anything. Get in front of a car, at night, and have someone turn on the high beams, and aim them directly at your face, you know, for 1 minute. You'll live, and you won't be blind. Then, turn off the headlights. While you're in the darkness again, have someone throw a baseball into the sky. Let me know if you catch it. You wont, you'd be lucky if you didn't fall over since you can't see, but let me know anyway.
@@827Drew Yep - 20 seasons. Lights are configured so that they don't shine in a player's face. It's just as hard to track a ball when the sky is blue and there's no cloud.
I think the staredown at 3:20 is actually good umpiring from Joe West.
No ejection. Just enough negative reinforcement to let the pitcher know "straighten out your behavior."
I agree completely. Wish that would happen more often and entertaining to watch as well.
Trystaticus fuck that. It was absolutely ridiculous and incendiary
222333aaaaaa Bumgarner should keep his mouth shut then.
I agree. I see nothing wrong with it. Joe west is generally a good guy.
Jowl West is the third worst ump, he’s gotta check his ego. Trying give stink eye to a man 30 years younger whose 6’5” 250. No one came to watch you make terrible calls Joe.
That play at the plate where the braves player was called save never ceases to amaze me.
I was at that Mets game when Syndergaard got ejected. I probably would've been thrown out of the stadium if I was behind home plate with the things I'd say to that ump. Beautiful Saturday night, sold out crowd, nationally broadcasted game on Fox and that chump of an ump ruins it all.
SadisticPancake you would get mad at the ump for doing his job? Everyone knew if utley was thrown out, he pitcher was going to be ejected
Hi It shouldve been a warning
Hi it should've been a warning especially because he didn't even hit him. Everybody knew the scenario, so the umps should've warned both benches before the game even started if they were gonna have an instant ejection.
Listen to any manager and they HATE warnings. It prevents teams from settling it themselves with their own 'code of justice'. If you KNOW there is intent, and there clearly was there, an umpire can eject to control the game. In this case, to prevent anyone else from being intentionally thrown at, which is where that game would have gone otherwise. The ejection is absolutely the right call.
Which is exactly what warning teams prohibits. One team's pitcher stays in because he hit the guy first, creating the warnings, then the next guy gets tossed for hitting a player on the first team. Keep up.
3:14 ‘how you hit jones and bring the tying run to the plate when its Chris Davis’ wow times have changed
Lmao seriously i wanted to check the year haha
This video should be called, "when umpires are on drugs"
As a Braves fan, that infield fly call was the most infuriating call of my life
and yet it was the correct call
@@user-sm6gg3xu8s no it wasn’t lmfao
Must be a Cardinals fan
@@caleykruse9852 just someone who has read the rule book and understands the rule. Sometimes is hard
As a cardinals fan, I can totally see why
@@user-sm6gg3xu8s not even remotely
2:25 I love that John Gibbons had already been ejected so they had to eject the backup manager
Some so called UMPIRES should be Ejected when they make Obviously BAD calls.
Edwin McGuire yeah but nobody can eject them
@@shaeleneplank9115 That brings up an interesting thought....can an umpire eject another umpire? I know umps can toss pretty much anyone including fans (I remember one game where an ump called time and ejected some drunk dude for screaming racial slurs and stuff in front of a bunch of kids). I've never actually seen it happen, but I'm wondering now if it's possible.
@@shaeleneplank9115 *WHY CAN'T UMPIRES BE EJECTED???*
Why don't all you perfect people go out and umpire and show us how it's done, and we can all type crap about you if you make a wrong decision. You're a bunch of idiots!
At 7:47 19 innings? Holy Moses, it must've been a pitchers' duel!
I find it hard to imagine how tired the fans were who stuck around to the end of that exchange.
@@Sammy4549 I wonder if the stadium sold espressos and energy drinks just to keep people awake.
@@dimasgirl2749 And if it's in a baseball stadium, those would be $12 a pop.
It was tied after 18
7:40 is maybe the single most obvious out call I've ever seen in my entire life
Someone made a youtube video over it explaining that the only angle that could have seen what happened was the umps and half the angles look like he got the tag while half of them you can't even see the runner's clothes move meaning he likely missed.
The guy in the red shirt in the stands was laughing so hard lmfao 2:05
I don't know how people manage to not slap these guys, sometimes.
I don't know. Some of them should have been hospitalized.
The league probably has the biggest fine for any ill intent against umpires.
@@kofibabone725 well the way these umps call games, they have I'll intent for themselves.
They managed to not slap them, because they are adults. Not like the kids making dumb ass comments here.
That in field fly on the Braves in the wild card was my 1st baseball game in almost 12 years. I’ve been on hiatus since
Missed that terrible call for the Braves against the Pirates though
Joe West never forgets that it's all about him. And if it isn't, he'll make it all about him.
I dont even watch baseball and this is just so entertaining to me
*epic bruh moment*
Why was it even recommended to you???
@@thezdbailey RUclips recommends random stuff sometimes, like last week, I got a random video about seals thanking rescue workers when I don't watch anything like that
@@Hodds-ds8to it was a comment from 1 year ago and ur still replying, lol
Baseball is great you should watch these videos
Baseball is church. The greatest team sport ever conceived.
6:40 how can a left field ump call an infield fly lol
Easy, once the umpire determines the infielder can make the catch with ordinary effort, the infield fly rule should be invoked. That was the correct call.
@@alanhess9306 1, it wasn't ordinary effort. And 2, he called the infield fly right before the ball dropped. Horrible call
@@hibachiagent0249 You are wrong on both counts. Kozma would have easily caught the ball if he had not thought he was called off by the left fielder. Holbrook made the call as soon as it became apparent Kozma could catch it. You are continuing to show you don't know the rule.
@@alanhess9306 the ball hits the ground right as he's lifting his arm and yelling infield fly. Whether or not the guy could make an "ordinary" catch (which running from SS to mid LF isn't), he still made a awful call by doing it as the ball was at the ground already.
@@hibachiagent0249 Stop it at the 6:40 mark. Holbrook has his arm raised as he watches Kozma call off the left fielder and the ball is about 20 feet from the ground. It was a late call but it was the correct call. Kozma was in position to make the catch. He is a PRO shortstop and would have made the catch.
Clearly, some umpires have agendas.
As many players have been caught using steriods, I'm surprised somebody hasn't gone hands on with an ump. The umps definitely deserve it in some of these situations.
why use their hands when they have a baseball bat in their hands 90% of the time?
MLB would bring down the hammer of god on anyone who tried
In the early 1900s the umps used the get beat up relatively frequently. If you punch one now I’d imagine you’d be banned from baseball and in some states you can go to jail for assaulting a sports official. But I’m surprised too
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The MLB would ban the offending player for life and maybe even bring up criminal charges for assault. Regardless, that player's career would be over in a flash if they did that.
The ump who ejected Beltre should have gotten suspended.
Tevin Sherrill yes
Beltre was just having a little fun and he gets thrown out for having fun that doesn’t make sense
Heaven for bid Beltre act like a professional instead of a bratty kid. Heaven for bid he remain in a predetermined area to warm up, one that’s away from any possibility of distracting a pitcher while delivering a pitch. And heaven for bid Beltre actually listen to Davis’ warning to get back into the batter’s box instead of move it.
bla60ah you just fucking hate beltre don’t you. They were down by 12 runs
Cash Gully so that explains/excuses his behavior? Is that now a trump card to use whenever one is losing? If anything, that makes his actions even worse
Was waiting for Galarraga’s broken perfect game
Ryan Mahoney worse call in baseball history.
Ump apologized after that tho, wasn’t a dick like the others
Ryan Mahoney for real tho lol. I'm surprised it wasn't in this vid.
Luke Kennedy that doesn’t change the fact that it was a terrible call, tho.
There's a difference between bad calls and bad umpiring, although this video had both. But, that instance would go in the bad call category.
Miss Terry Collins. His post game interviews were always entertaining.
Referees/umpires as a whole need to be held more accountable in the sports world.
most of all in the MLB
There’s gotta be more real fans of the game who have more understanding and are young enough to be able to see more than 10 feet past their hands
when I saw this captioned as "Awful Umpiring" I thought it would be a montage of Angel Hernandez's career. Boy do people loathe that guy.
One of the easiest things to judge is when a runner intentionally takes out an infielder. Never understood how these calls got messed up.
Fax
I guess that's why you don't stare at the sun during a total eclipse. ;þ
7:50 the ump just wanted to go home
It's absolutely hilarious that whenever an umpire kicks a coach or a player out of the game they use the same gesture as if someone just got out in baseball. they don't even talk they just rip the sign and turn
Umpiring is hard at any level , but this shows that some have to much of a ego to do the job. If they influence the game they are doing it wrong.
I remember a play last year between the Cardinals and Red Sox. The Cardinals were up one with the thing and winning runs on base in the bottom of the ninth. The cards pitcher, John Brebbia, was in a groove. He came set and took a while to pitch. The home plate umpire then called time because he 'needed a break' Brebbia's groove was broken and we ended up losing. No one asked the umpire for time. He called it himself for no reason.
Silly Dilly 692 - Actually, an umpire is within his rights to call time without being asked by the batter if he feels the pitcher is taking too long to deliver. In that instance, I think the ump was more than justified in calling time as the pitcher was in his set position for 7 seconds before the ump called time. That's just ridiculous. I won't comment on how he handled himself during the argument from the Cardinals or how terrible his strike zone was during the game, but in that instance, he was right to call time on his own.
Hehdhchrydhd Duunhdjrjdjdj - actually it was not. That scenario did happen between the Red Sox and Cardinals in August of last year. The Umpire's name was Chris Segal.
You fail to mention that Brebbia took four fucking minutes between each pitch and threw over to first base like 20 times. If Brebbia's "groove" continued to take place, the game would have ended at 4 AM in the morning .
That first one is just brutal.. you review the neighborhood play on the double play and can’t call the obvious interference.
This was the play that led to the rule being created in the first place. It didn't exist beforehand.
The Rendon ejection gets me every time
The first minute and a half absolutely triggered me
Jonah Zuckerman whole video
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@@julio._.trustme you stupid
@@morganmarquette2503 The first 90 or so seconds shouldn't be in the video. Utley's slide was was borderline for sure. Syndergaard's ejection was a no-brainer. It's as easy of an ejection as he will ever have in his career. He clearly threw at him. The commentators showed themselves to be totally clueless.
2:18
Braves fan’s will know
He was ejected bc his last name was osuna
OR... and hear me out, the pitch tracker shows 4 of the 5 pitches were INSIDE the batter's box, and the last one was a 96 mph fastball high and inside which connected. And there was a warning issued. I mean.............. 80% of the pitches thrown to AJ would have hit him, and one did. *shrug emoji*
7:43, "bro its the bottom of the 19th, I just wanna go home."
You could make a 2 hour vid of this and it wouldn’t be close to all of the bad calls the last 5 years
When it’s Chris Davis with the bases loaded, man times have changed.
I remember watching that Braves vs Pirates 19 inning game. It felt like an eternity and outta nowhere the game ends on a weird play. It was like 2:30 to 3 am and both teams used all their bullpens lol
Jerry Meals with the call.
@@lukethedrifter3149 the correct call
All these Umps are proud to graduate Joe West's School of Awful Umpires
I watched the game live when Andy Fletcher charged after Jon Lester (charged because he was pretty pissed off, not exactly violently running after him), and man, that conduct should not be tolerated from the guys who monitor the game.
You have GOT to be KIDDING ME, Jerry Meals
3:57 joe west falling asleep on his chin pillow for 3 solid seconds
8:39 I've always thought this was the worst call in MLB history, but now I'm not so sure
This was totally a "It's the 19th inning. I don't even care" call.
7:40 there might not have been a tag. It’s very hard to tell, but the home plate umpire certainly didn’t see one
I agree. I would assume the tag was applied on the runners extended leg, but the Umpire didn't see one and I haven't seen a still image of a tag from any of the replays. OP might be a fan huh?
5:13 Worst call in playoff history. Andrelton Simmons had been struggling with his hitting already and the ball was in the middle of the outfield. A four year old could make a better call than those umps.
As someone who has no idea about baseball can you tell me why it was a really bad call? No idea what was happening haha
@@JoePlatt1 I think it's because the umpires called an infield fly despite the ball being in the outfield. I get it, though, because the miscommunication could have just been a trick to keep the runners from scoring and maybe get a force out somewhere.
@@SamRBCAh okay, from looking it up I think it meant that you could have been called out even if the ball wasn't caught because it is a ball that would have been a simple catch that wouldn't be dropped?
@@JoePlatt1 By the absolute most technical interpretation of the rule, the call was right because an infielder was attempting to make a catch on a ball that wasn't a line drive nor bunt with less than two outs and a runner on first and second.
The problem is that the rule is there as a patch to stop infielders from being able to engineer easy double plays by dropping infield pop ups. The rule is clearly not meant for this situation. A really simple fix would be to just add that the ball has to be hit within the infield for the rule to apply. I don't think they ever did it. Maybe this call was so egregious they think it'll never happen again. Which is foolish.
No that was the correct call. A common misinterpretation of the rule is that the ball must land in the infield. However, it is just any ball that an infielder goes to get, even if it's partly in the outfield. So yes, that was the correct call to make because an infielder turned to go get it and was going to until he got called off, but by that point the call had been made.
7:40 When you're the empire but just want to make it home before dinner gets cold
I really don't think he tagged him. 8:35.
@@SJ-nl6xl there's a whole video on it and it's one of my favorite videos on this site, and i love it
He didn’t tag him
Jared u talking about foolish baseballs video
The call is so fucking close. I really think the catcher actually whiffed on that tag
When you give umps the power to make the calls, they are going to abuse that power, especially when they feel their authority being questioned
0:38 the runner didnt touch the base either
RebirthHD you have to appeal that a runner didn’t touch a base to get an out
He touched it with his hand,check 0:34-0:36
Nikos Chatzilidis no he didn’t. You can see it on the slow-mo shot between 0:25-0:27. He intentionally ran into Tejada.
Nikos Chatzilidis it doesn’t matter if he touched it later. The whole point is that it was a dirty slide intended to take out the fielder and he shoulda been automatically out. That’s what this is all about. Not when Utley touched the bag.
Nikos Chatzilidis ....yes there is. There is literally a rule that says you have to slide in a way that shows you intended to slide at the bag and not at the fielder.
I love how Joe West is one of the umpires that is constantly in videos like this
utley's slide was so dirty and everybody's safe? wow
Ayush Karthick ur mum dirty
Kermit The Door Salesman u are so dumb
ryder calhoun ur mum dumb
Kermit The Door Salesman yu life dumb
Kermit The Door Salesman y u keep trying to roast people its not funny idiot
The fact that Utley wasn't ejected and subsequently suspended is bonkers...what's absolutely insane is that they called him safe.
They did change the rule after that because Utley and the umps caught so much heat.
I lost all the respect I’ve ever had for Chase Utley on that play.
you lost respect for a player bc he was trying to help his team win
@@griffinroussell5481 FYI, he broke that guys leg, was never the same player; career ended early. Trying to win is a poor excuse, there's good reason those types of dirty slides aren't allowed anymore
sockondik12 sucks that he broke his leg but injuries are going to happen chase wasn’t trying to hurt him just break up the double play FYI i knew he broke his leg
@@griffinroussell5481 I agree he wasn't trying to hurt him, and after all it was a playoff game. I just researched and realized this was the real moment in MLB history when they changed the slide rule too lol Utley might have ironically saved more legs than he broke.
sockondik12 lmao
As far as situation goes, that infield fly call when the ball was halfway to the wall in the wild card game may be the single worst call in the history of the game.
I may not know if the rule has change but I’m pretty sure the infield rule happens when a infielder has the chance to get the ball, it’s active. So I’m pretty sure that’s the right call
@@l_Scoupz_l if that's the right call, then there are literally thousands of those "infield fly rule" calls that should be made every single season, but aren't.
@@l_Scoupz_l “with ordinary effort” and you can’t wait until the ball drops to call it. It literally defeats the purpose of the rule.
3:50 that Joe west wink took me out 🤣
Totally legal play on first one.... guy was turned around wrong way & didn't get out of way... looked far worse than it was - Utley also slid into bag - didn't avoid bag to take out Tejada.
Utley tried hurt him...he pretends that he is playing hard when it is just dirty.
Agreed. Tejada lost play time due to that injury. Too bad he didn't knock Utley's head into the next decade.
@@generatorx destroyed his career
nah no one tries to hurt anyone it was a big play and utley didnt want a double play so he broke it up
Griffin Roussell it was a dirty play
@@griffinroussell5481 Utley has always been a dirty player. His actions were deliberate, hence the rule being changed.
At first I thought he was clearly out at home. Then even the announcers backtracked on the shoulder tag and the umpire had the best angle view of the leg swipe from the catcher. Now I'm not so sure.
Jeff H. The glove hit his leg. The runner knew it too. It could also be the ump just wanted to go home
It's hard to tell if he got him. Watching the replay I can't seem to see a definitive angle to confirm the tag
I couldn’t tell but it seems like the runner knew he was out
He was out by a mile!
Ofhfjdb if he knew he was out, why did he retouch home plate like he thought he hadn’t??
I’m a cardinals fan but that infield fly call in that Wild Card game was terrible
Iirc that was the first season they did the wild card game. Left a bad taste in my mouth. I still think it should be a 3 game series.
As unpopular as it is, I've always thought that was a legit infield fly call. I think the rule itself is stupid, but an infielder could have made that play with ordinary effort, so I say it's the right call.
Richard Clark how though? It was half way into the outfield.
The rule (which, again, I think is stupid) says that an infielder must be able to catch it with ordinary effort. The ball is so high that Kozma has time to get there with something between a run and a sprint, then move out of the way before it lands.
I could understand someone disagreeing, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it was a terrible call.
That happened to me in little league i was triggered
I was in nayc in Indianapolis Indiana in July 2017 and me and my friends were taking a afternoon break and I saw beltre do this one TV and I started laughing and I've never seen someone move the batters box before
“It’s not reviewable” = the umpires dumbness is unprecedented LMAOOO
1:51 *18-6* Can we talk about that holy sh**
Xy The Lion for the marlins, there 1 win all year
Yes lol
pitcher walks a man
frustrated pitcher: damn
umpire: cut that crazy shit out you demon from hell
Imagine what could have happened if they didn't call the infield fly rule it could have been one of the best moments in the past 10 years
Asks ump a question gets ejected
Player: surprised pichachu face
"pichachu"
That’s not how this meme works...
0:02 The most impressive part about that play was that Daniel Murphy caught the baseball.
Call at 7:45 was actually probably the right call, in the moment I didn't see a tag and even with review there isn't enough evidence to say there's a tag. Just because the ball beat him doesn't mean anything.
Does a 'tag' constitute making contact with the runner using the ball/glove, or just contact in general. Because the two players definitely make contact. I'm just looking for clarification.
Josh Steiner contact with the ball
8:16 has a better angle
He had the ball in his glove and he touched from his leg up his back.
@@beyondtoxinz3152 if you zoom in to the pixels you can maybe say his leg. But glove wasn’t close to the back. Touch on the leg would be a glancing tag if any.
Joe West and Baumgartner staring at each other, funny as hell