Sweet strike three call to end the Rangers game

[stevestevens]

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=26131335&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_26131335&v=3

 

nathan's reaction at the end of the video is awesome. 

[jshep]

That might be the wost ball/strike call I've ever seen

 

Which reminds me of that thread about the call that clearly wasn't as bad as this one posted by a Rangers fan on the old forum.

[Punk]

lol at Joe Nathan. He couldn't even believe it.

[Corona]

Lmao wow that was bad.

[OregonLAA]

Don't mention "the call". Really mo can't take it

[Richard]

"near the outside corner, that one went Joe's way."

 

 

Ohhh shut up you idiot.

[Troll Daddy]

Maddon looked irrated with the call.

[Chuck]

Up yours ump! 

 

What a terrible call. Ump just wanted to go home after working 3 hours. He needs to be fired. 

[HaloMagic]

What's the big deal? You guys are acting like we don't give the pitcher's the black anymore. Or in this case the black plus 9 inches.

Good call.

[The Dude]

Unbelievable that has got to be the worst call i've ever seen. Even worse than those calls Livan Hernandez got in the playoffs back in 97.

[DW711]

 

nothing better on youtube as of yet.

[The Angels]

I think this may be the worst call I have ever seen. The catcher's glove was literally touching the dirt when he caught it.

[CaliAngel]

lol why would you, as an ump, end the game on a call like that?

 

Terrible. 

 

This is why I'm an advocate of computer generated ball/strike calls.

 

Umpires crappy officiating should not have an impact on the outcome of the game. 

[DW711]

I think this may be the worst call I have ever seen. The catcher's glove was literally touching the dirt when he caught it.

because he knew it was a ball and found it pointless to try and 'frame it'.

[Michifan]

Foster admitted later that it was a bad call. So, does anything actually happen to chump umps like this who ruin games?

Edited to add, Or do they just go on to ump Angels games?

[CaliAngel]

Foster admitted later that it was a bad call.

 

I thought I read somewhere after Jim Joyce blew the Armando Galarraga perfect game that umps were no longer allowed to talk to media after a game. Might be wrong. MLB loves protecting their crappy officiating instead of realizing in 2013, it's really a burden to the game. 

 

 

So, does anything actually happen to chump umps like this who ruin games?

 

Nope.

 

Edited to add, Or do they just go on to ump Angels games?

 

Yup.

 

You'd also have to be blind to ignore the fact that baseball history is littered with Angel teams who have gotten the royal screw job from umpires on so many blatantly wrong calls and bias justifications that have affected the outcome of so many games and seasons. It's why I love them: they don't get a break. They earn their victories.

[sneaky_flute]

I thought I read somewhere after Jim Joyce blew the Armando Galarraga perfect game that umps were no longer allowed to talk to media after a game. Might be wrong. MLB loves protecting their crappy officiating instead of realizing in 2013, it's really a burden to the game. 

 

 

 

Nope.

 

 

Yup.

 

You'd also have to be blind to ignore the fact that baseball history is littered with Angel teams who have gotten the royal screw job from umpires on so many blatantly wrong calls and bias justifications that have affected the outcome of so many games and seasons. It's why I love them: they don't get a break. They earn their victories.

every team not named the yankees gets screwed by umpires. and this umpire was calling pitches down the middle balls so it evened out.

[Redondo]

Terrible call.

 

Of course it helps the Rangers and that one game may have an impact at the end of the season.

[Rochambeau]

It happens, to everyone. It's what makes this game great, along with the other 1,001 things that people cite as the thing that makes this game great.

For the sarcasm impaired, I am being sarcastic.

[Socaliente]

Dont think Ive seen a worse ball/strike call ever, in any game. And Ive played in some mexican sunday league games where the strike zone was the ankles to the neck.

[Angelsjunky]

You guys are way over-reacting. It wasn't a terrible call at all - check out the Fangraphs article because you can see through slow motion that it was at least close to the strike zone when it crossed the plate. It is just that Pierzynski did poor glove work.

[sneaky_flute]

You guys are way over-reacting. It wasn't a terrible call at all - check out the Fangraphs article because you can see through slow motion that it was at least close to the strike zone when it crossed the plate. It is just that Pierzynski did poor glove work.

i thought you were joking but i read the article which shows the call wasn't that bad. the gifs show the ball crossing the plate at zobrist's knees and then falling sharply to the right. pierzynski's handling of it made it look worse than it was and i commend the umpire for not focusing on "framing"

[LAAFANofLA]

Lol @ "Wow" walking off the mound.

[Brandon]

It happens, to everyone. It's what makes this game great, along with the other 1,001 things that people cite as the thing that makes this game great.

For the sarcasm impaired, I am being sarcastic.

No, it doesn't make the game great.

[CaliAngel]

*smacks forehead*

 

Way to read an entire post.