Boone explains how calling strikes works to the ump, a breakdown 

I don't think it'll ever get old watching Boone explain the strike zone.

I love how Boone handled this. Came over, made his point, and just left. No unnecessary yelling or insults, just straight up calling it as it is.

Cardinals fan. Worst strike zone and I've seen every game this year. That umpire was fighting a stroke the whole 12 hour game.

I love how Boone always compliments the other pitcher... He gets pissed at the umpires, but always respect for the other players

Absolutely chortling at the “imagine your 60 year old dad just standing in the sun for 4 hours”

Love how Boone always gives credit to the opposing pitcher lmao

Imagine major league players see things like this happen & immediately make bets on whether or not they’ll see it on Jomboy later.

When an umpire is missing so regularly, I wonder if there's a game of chicken between the two teams as to who's going to blow up first. Like, I bet Boone really wanted to say something three innings earlier, but maybe he was hoping the other manager would pop off first? Who knows. Great video

"this should be a robot's job" had me cracking up

In that same game, this plate umpire was hit in the face mask hard--in I believe the 8th inning. He waddled around woozy for a good three minutes, clearly disoriented and overheated, with Yadi, and the Cards medical staff holding him up. He insisted on staying in the game, and literally every player and staffer and umpire around him was like, "You sure about that?" Ironically, I don't think he made another egregiously bad call after that.

one of the most respectful cuss out ejections i’ve ever seen 😂😂 cheers jimmy 🍻

"This should be a robot's job" Truer words have never been spoken.

Honestly the poor guy was so exhausted he wasn’t even in his right mind to even defend his calls. The umpires don’t get inning breaks like the catchers do and these guys are no spring chickens. But he does have to be better, on the umpire score card it said the cardinals had a 3 run advantage in this game due to blown calls. That’s just not acceptable.

“I know he’s throwing gas, aight?” 🤣🤣 legendary line

Honestly a good point at the end. If my dad told me he was doing that I'd probably yell at him over the phone 😅

Great framing from Molina, smart pitching from Stratton, good plate discipline from the hitters, well-made argument from Boone, great breakdown from Jimmy... genuinely the umpire was the only one to mess up here!

I was at this game, sitting in the fourth deck behind the plate, and even I could tell those weren't strikes. Also the curve from Waino that was literally right in the middle of the plate and called a ball. I'm a Cards fan, but I was pretty happy when Boone got after him. Kind of wish Oli had done the same.

Jomboy. Acknowledging the temp and age of umps, next level. Your work keeps getting better. Thank you!

I love how Boone arguing always seems like he's a dad/little league coach who's not angry, he's just disappointed

I absolutely loathe the Yankees, but I do love Boone. Like, I don't often see someone respectfully cuss people out the way he does 😂

The waino curve called a ball against judge was one of the worst calls I’ve ever seen

I remember an interview with Pete Rose where he said the ump was calling everything a strike, when Rose complained the Umpire said "Shut the F up, it's hot as hell and I'm calling everything a strike" and he said it was the fastest game he played in, took less than 2 hours. Can't blame the ump, that heat out there is no joke.

The "LET'S GO" at the end of Boone's argument gives me life

I’m surprised Jomboy didn’t show the call earlier in the game where Waino threw a perfect curve right to the center of the zone that was called a ball. And then later in the game when the ump caught a foul tip square in the forehead and had to be held up by Yadi because he was so woozy

Boone is absolutely my favorite Jomboy feature. Whenever I see his name in the title, it's the first thing I watch, no question. Too good.

I have enjoyed the streak of frequent breakdowns. I know JB is busy and the business is thriving, but I'm glad when he blesses us with these.

I love how the umpire followed Boonie showing him the zone 😂

I liked the way Aaron Boone explained his thoughts to the umpire, and I liked the umpire looked like he was making note of his missed calls. The humidity the layers of gear on these guys and age really are factors, just as Jimmy says they're expected to do a lot.

Yadi frames a pitch perfectly. He has a cannon arm and a quick mitt. Love him.

If both managers had come out and given the ump a piece of their minds at the same it probably would be the most watched clip from baseball for years to come.

These videos have simultaneously gotten me more interested in baseball then ever and also confirmed that I could never sit down and watch a full game without pulling my hair out in frustration

I like the way Boone handled himself here... too often a manager will throw a hissy-fit, but Boone stayed composed, and didn't make it personal...

Not a Yankees fan but these breakdowns are making me love Boone. He clearly loves baseball and just wants the games to be as high quality as possible. it never seems personal with the umps; he just wants them to be better.

Boone is such a great manager who seems like a chill and likable person

The more this season goes on the more I love Boone. Just amazing content from him all year. What a legend!

Was at this game. Constant sirens because people kept passing out from the heat

I love that the ump straight-up knew he was wrong on those calls and just let Boone rant. He listened and followed Boone to the plate so he could "teach" him, and didn't even try to argue or talk back 😂

It's so nice to see that despite how busy he is, Boone is always willing to help the umpires out. 😆

Reminds me of someone by the name ANGEL HERNANDEZ. Other than the bad umpire calls it was a great game.

It’s crazy how the most basic aspect of baseball is also the most controversial

As an American football referee down here in Brazil, we follow the IFAF guidelines. One of them is "keep a standard during the game. If you call something a holding where it wouldn't usually be a holding, keep that standard for the rest of the game." and I think that is fair enough considering amateur leagues. So, calling those strikes consistently is something I can understand, but when it's inconsistent it's when all the good work goes down the drain. The teams pick up on that and rightfully so protest those calls, your credibility goes to the mud and if a close game ends one the teams will have very valid arguments against you and your calls. It's not great. . When it comes down to the pros, I expect the very best in all departments, especially the referees. We shouldn't ever be remembered when we are on the field. The fact that I know about Angel and I don't even follow Baseball (besides those fantastic breakdowns here) is daunting.

I’m a Red Sox fan, but I admire Boone for having the patience to put up with that sh** and taking the time to explain that to him!

After a long day teaching in a room that’s hot as hell and dealing with bs all day I just watched this video and cheered me up. Thank you so much. I desperately needed that. Was cracking up

Boone lives for this. Time for a new act.

I remember Boone down at Riverfront taking balls and strikes. This isn’t this mans first rodeo 😭😭

AMEN for the commentary at the end of the video- couldn't agree more!!!

Jomboy is the reason I'm getting back into baseball. These videos are the best.

I feel like you should have included the middle middle curve ball to Judge that was called a ball just to illustrate how bad Ed was this game.

"This should be a robot's job." Hilarious AND true.

"This should be a robot's job" CORRECT ✔️ Still waiting for the day strike zone become a real strike zone.

Man I’m always a year late to most of these, but when a Boone Jomboy vid shows up on the top of my RU-vid feed, I immediately have to watch it.

I’m 20 and I’m a high school umpire and everyone else I work with has like 30-40 years on me. A lot of them have been doing it for longer than I’ve been alive

When it's this hot, they should probably rotate for home plate duty during the game, have two or three guys do time with all the gear on rather than one guy having that burden for four hours. It's been brutal lately...

I like having the ump calling calls. It gives another excitement and more drama to the game

This is the season that forces the electronic strike zone. These guys are just too inconsistent, and we have the tech. Just implement it.

The synchronization of the lip reading is on point 😂😂😂

Gotta give it to Boone on this one. That ump was speechless.

I feel for the man. From his reaction to Boone, you can tell Hickox was having real issues with the heat. It only got worse. I've seen a video of Hickox after getting hit in the mask by a foul ball in the top of the eighth of that game and Molina had to hold him to keep him from falling over. Those are not conditions anyone would be expected to be their best.

It’s their job to do the best they can. At least he was consistent, but ya we need the robo umps

How nice of Aaron to teach that young man! He was so sweet and patient the whole time. ☺️☺️

Not a Yankees fan but I love Boone ejections they get me so fired up

The lip reading is what makes this so entertaining.

As a cards fan watching this I felt the same as Booney, Hickox was atrocious calls were wrong for both teams but I guess it just worked out a little better for us.

There has to be a breakdown for JP Crawford 12 pitch at bat

Completely agree with the last part of the video. I could never judge with perfect accuracy calls that are that close. If they asked me to do it, I wouldn't defend myself, I would say that a machine should judge the balls and strikes instead.

Dude this video is just another example of how beautiful Yadi’s receiving is. Perfect balance of subtle and firm framing

The classic Aaron Boon gum toss as he walks out of the dugout to confront the home plate ump.

This was such a fun series. Cardinals played like absolute champs.

From the looks of it, he was at least calling that outside zone pitch consistently.

That umpire was so afraid of admitting his mistake that he just stayed consistent with it the remainder of the game. Hilarious.

The end is exactly how I’ve always felt but didn’t quite know how to explain … and now I do!

I really appreciate your viewpoints on this video... all facts!!!

I get it. As long as you're very consistent and keep it the same for both teams, if it's 115 degrees with the humidity and u want to expand the strike zone, I say go for it. I do think that final pitch that brought Boone out was too far outside tho. He called that a ball previously. It's dangerous playing sports in these kinda Temps, they should think about postponing.

3:25 😂🤣 there was no lip reading here but i feel like Jomboy got his thoughts exactly right lmaoo also i agree !! Replace the umps with robots !! Give the current umps some kind of pension but lets modernize the game, the mistakes are daily and some of them are even worse then this!!! Atleast for MLB games there should be a new system or machine used instead of umps

I'm a Blue Jays fan but I LOVE when Boone loses it on bad umpiring. His indignation is so pure.

My coach in Little League got so frustrated with the home plate umpire he just started screaming to us, "Swing at anything! His calls aren't right anyway!!"

Jomboy, your final point about umping being a ridiculous ask was spot on, and one I hadn't thought of before. Bring in the bots.

Being at the game I can tell you there were also strikes dead in the zone that he called balls. Horrible both ways.

Unpopular opinion, I don't care if the ump is calling it wrong. As long as he is calling it the same for both teams and it stays that way for the game.

I just realized how incredible your contributions are to this platform

Jomboy, you're the best channel on youtube, props.

Jomboy singlehandedly making baseball interesting for those who find the sport boring. Thank you.

Widening up the zone to hustle along a game isnt so sinful when conditions stink and youre being consistent/fair about it. Offense didnt seem to suffer, scoring was decent. If it really was 100+ out there, i say adapt

For most of baseball history, both teams would have been happy with the job done by the home plate ump. Consistent all game for both teams, large zone on a hot day, perfect! But ever since Sandy Alderson went to the commissioner's office 25 years ago and began rating umps on every pitch, expectations changed completely. Nowadays, even Doug Harvey would be getting screamed at by everyone. Different world.

That face on screen of the ball was hilarious 🤣

Lol I’m not a baseball fan but I can watch these breakdowns for hours.

Astounding how the Yankees games get simultaneously the best and worst umps for both sides. But statistically they favor the Yankees and anyone who watches the games can tell that's pretty obvious 😋

The robot thing is a very big thing for baseball. The umps will loose their jobs but I think its better for the game and for the umpires.

Can we appreciate for the moment that even with that expanded strike zone and pitchers knowing they can get those calls, it was STILL 6-6 in the fifth inning? Up until about 15 years ago, consistency was all that mattered. It didn’t matter if he was giving that strike four inches off the plate; as long as he was giving it to both sides, everyone was cool with it.

“Uhhhh, it’s so hot. What are you talkin’ about?” 😂😂😂😂😂

I love these breakdowns. Hilarious.

On a side note. Now that the NL had added the DH is that cause for the league balancing the schedule a bit more? They could go to a 160 game schedule. 10x4 intra division 6x10 intra league 4x15 inter league

Definitely the young umps are better. But I don’t think it’s age. Rather, I think the younger folks were held to higher standards than their older counterparts. The latter were good but not held to the standards their younger counterparts were, they got the jobs and are grandfathered in and thus protected by the union. The former had to earn their spot in a generation of pitch tracking. They’re just better. And, in due time, via retirement, we’ll have a roster of the best umpires the game has ever seen. Even when these young umps are nearing 65, I think they’ll be better than those currently at 65 just because of the higher standards placed upon them. That’s not a knock on those elder umpires. I love the human element of officiating. I just want some humility and some consistency. Imagine all of the better umps from back in the day that never got called up because they didn’t check the right box or eschewed politics.

I heard some Yankees fans on social media saying they only lost this game because the ump, good to see you as a Yankee fan show that this ump was calling it bad on both sides.

The umpire mask over camera is hilarious. And just reinforces every point!

A Cardinal fan here, and I watched the game and this umpire missed between 40 and 50 pitches, none of which were borderline. It was incredibly hot that day, and then the poor ump gets a foul ball directly on his mask. He would have fallen over but Molina held him up. He was having a bad day.

The umpires inner monologue was *chef's kiss*

Eddie’s like “I’m so hot, what are you talking about?” I’m dead. Hahaha

Watching Boone talking to the umps is pure magic.

The ump looks like his dad just yelled at him for the first time in his life 😂😂