More than a few in the stands glancing occasionally at the game on their cells and seeing the bad calls. I'm surprised that the word doesn't get passed around and the crowd chants (for Hickox... and other umps) "Umpire sucks! Umpire sucks!"
I’m a Yankees fan and I agree. I think that might actually be the worst-called game I’ve ever seen. Yes, imho mlb should absolutely get digital umpires. What fricking year is this?! There’s no reason for mistakes any more.
Everyone dunking on Ed, do this. Get a long history of head injuries, go umpire in high heat and humidity and see what happens. I guarantee you won’t be perfect.
This whole season has been one of the worst seasons I've ever seen by home plate umpires. And this game by Ed Hickox is the worst I've seen all year. It seems like the umpires don't care about anything but a paycheck anymore because they know they're next up to get replaced by robots. It's been especially frustrating for big guys like Judge and Stanton getting called strikes on low and inside pitches, it's been killing them all year.
You may be right. But making multiple bad calls like Hickox did in this video is one way to insure that they get replaced by robots. They don't want that to happen? Do a better job!
Did anyone notice how heavy Ed was breathing and half faded he seemed when Boone was arguing with him?? Bro, the man is 60yrs old, wearing multiple layers of gear with temps near 100 in the Midwest...and he's gotta stand 4hours straight. He was NOT doing well healthwise
That was probably one of worst-called games by a home plate umpire in a while. In his defense though, it was ridiculously hot in St. Louis that day, and he did not look comfortable behind the plate at all. The game lasted almost 4 1/2 hours, which is very rare for a 9 inning game. He may have been dehydrated or something, but in any case, he had no business umpiring home plate in that game, and it showed. He also called a Cardinals runner out at home plate that was overturned on review because he was safe. I do have to show him some sympathy though because he almost collapsed in the 8th inning of the game, and fortunately Molina (Cardinals catcher) was able to react quickly and catch him before it happened. That aside, he missed several calls against both teams, and it wasn’t just bad strike calls, but also some bad “ball calls” such as the Wainwright pitch to Judge. In the end, the net effect is that the umpire calls seemed to give the Cardinals about a +3 runs advantage of the course of the game, and the final was Cardinals 12, Yankees 9. I’m happy the Cardinals won, but no team should get that much of an “advantage” in “net runs” through the umpiring.
Wtf does that have to do with the strike zone? Seriously it doesn't matter if it both sides or not they are not strikes, it's professional baseball hello
This wasn’t even all of it, Waino had two or three pitches CLEARLY in the zone called ball. Ump got smoked with a foul ball later in the game and almost had to come out. Yadi had to catch him to keep him from hitting the ground.
Have you taken time to go watch some of the videos of the Robo ump. For everyone that wishes that you have a Robo ump. Am I gonna make a prediction a year after Robo ump comes there’s gonna be a lot of yelling about wanting it gone. Calling strikes that bounce across home plate, making a call on a strike that was definitely a ball more than two seconds after the ball cross the plate. Or not calling strikes on pitches that go across the plate. And I’ve seen it through the videos. Everyone’s dream is about to turn into a nightmare when Robo ump comes
I mean, you want your ump to be consistent. He was... Consistently AWFUL!!! Everything east and west of the plate within 6 inches was getting called a strike.
The worst one wasn’t even in this clip, the bases loaded strike not called when Wainwright dropped it in to Judge was disgraceful
Even Judge couldn't believe it.
More than a few in the stands glancing occasionally at the game on their cells and seeing the bad calls. I'm surprised that the word doesn't get passed around and the crowd chants (for Hickox... and other umps) "Umpire sucks! Umpire sucks!"
I’m a Yankees fan and I agree. I think that might actually be the worst-called game I’ve ever seen.
Yes, imho mlb should absolutely get digital umpires. What fricking year is this?! There’s no reason for mistakes any more.
The video seems to be only bad strike calls. The one from Wainwright to Judge was a ball call.
Everyone dunking on Ed, do this. Get a long history of head injuries, go umpire in high heat and humidity and see what happens. I guarantee you won’t be perfect.
This whole season has been one of the worst seasons I've ever seen by home plate umpires. And this game by Ed Hickox is the worst I've seen all year. It seems like the umpires don't care about anything but a paycheck anymore because they know they're next up to get replaced by robots. It's been especially frustrating for big guys like Judge and Stanton getting called strikes on low and inside pitches, it's been killing them all year.
You may be right. But making multiple bad calls like Hickox did in this video is one way to insure that they get replaced by robots. They don't want that to happen? Do a better job!
Robot umps... YES!
He’s definitely one of the worst umps that’s never talked about
I guess Angel isn't the only Umpire that is really bad at calling pitches.
Did anyone notice how heavy Ed was breathing and half faded he seemed when Boone was arguing with him?? Bro, the man is 60yrs old, wearing multiple layers of gear with temps near 100 in the Midwest...and he's gotta stand 4hours straight. He was NOT doing well healthwise
He's also had quite a few head injuries from being hit by the ball, which actually happened to him again in the top of the 8th inning.
I guess that shot to the face mask has given him a "new" perspective on the strike zone.
That was probably one of worst-called games by a home plate umpire in a while. In his defense though, it was ridiculously hot in St. Louis that day, and he did not look comfortable behind the plate at all. The game lasted almost 4 1/2 hours, which is very rare for a 9 inning game. He may have been dehydrated or something, but in any case, he had no business umpiring home plate in that game, and it showed. He also called a Cardinals runner out at home plate that was overturned on review because he was safe. I do have to show him some sympathy though because he almost collapsed in the 8th inning of the game, and fortunately Molina (Cardinals catcher) was able to react quickly and catch him before it happened. That aside, he missed several calls against both teams, and it wasn’t just bad strike calls, but also some bad “ball calls” such as the Wainwright pitch to Judge. In the end, the net effect is that the umpire calls seemed to give the Cardinals about a +3 runs advantage of the course of the game, and the final was Cardinals 12, Yankees 9. I’m happy the Cardinals won, but no team should get that much of an “advantage” in “net runs” through the umpiring.
As long as his consistent. Both teams got the same calls.
Wtf does that have to do with the strike zone? Seriously it doesn't matter if it both sides or not they are not strikes, it's professional baseball hello
Some of these were unforgivably bad, I’m ready for Robo-umps
This wasn’t even all of it, Waino had two or three pitches CLEARLY in the zone called ball. Ump got smoked with a foul ball later in the game and almost had to come out. Yadi had to catch him to keep him from hitting the ground.
Have you taken time to go watch some of the videos of the Robo ump. For everyone that wishes that you have a Robo ump. Am I gonna make a prediction a year after Robo ump comes there’s gonna be a lot of yelling about wanting it gone. Calling strikes that bounce across home plate, making a call on a strike that was definitely a ball more than two seconds after the ball cross the plate. Or not calling strikes on pitches that go across the plate. And I’ve seen it through the videos. Everyone’s dream is about to turn into a nightmare when Robo ump comes
@@coloradotex9403 I’ll just say “I told you so” when it happens.
@@joemazing89 He should have been pulled. Ed has a history of concussions and head injuries, the crew chief should have told him he’s done.
You mean calls actually went against the Yankees? That's a first.
I mean, you want your ump to be consistent. He was... Consistently AWFUL!!! Everything east and west of the plate within 6 inches was getting called a strike.
Only bad calls against the Yankees, a little cherry picking going on.
Cherry-picking? Vid shows _Card's_ Donovan, Arenado, O'Neill, DeJong, and Carlson also getting bad calls.
@@hlcepeda and it doesn't even include that fat strike called a ball vs Judge.