Originally posted by normhead A terrible call. But nothing like the game 5 umpiring. That umpire missed call in almost every at bat, and I'm judging not by where the strike zone was supposed to be, but on his own consistency. His strike zone seemed to be totally random. He declared people "stuck out" who were never thrown a strike, and he walked people who were only thrown strikes. I've seen some really poorly umpired games... but this world series crew has redefined "incompetent."
At least Angel Hernandez isn't there this year. Who can forget his 3 overturned calls in single game performance?
It's hilarious because we're finally seeing accurate stats on called balls/strikes, thanks to modern technology. And, as it turns out, umpires kinda suck.
I mean, they really suck, but it's
usually not intentional. Angel Hernandez and Joe West can just go sit on a rusty spike. But, there's a lot of nuance in how the umpires set up behind the catcher, where they're looking, what their opinion of the grass is, if they're super gassy so they need to "move around" by calling more strikes, if the moon is waxing or waning, Is mercury in retrograde in relation to the rising Mars, etc, etc.
The greatest argument for Robo-umps will always be real umpires.