Bryce Harper thinks umpire is too soft to be an umpire, a breakdown 

And Harper got tossed! Burrrnn 😆

I'd of been saying, "Throw your cleats!! Throw your socks!!!"

@@TheTibetyak throw a signed baseball!

That guy came to watch a ballgame. He deserves that amazing seat behind the plate.

@@TheTibetyak I'd be saying " Throw your purse Nancy "

Dude is such a drama queen

I took that advice. Soon, I will earn my degree as a Civil Engineer. Thank you, Harper!

He is pretty soft for a grown man's game.

@@user-qu1od9sn4z A drama queen that got the Phils to the world series last year. I'll take a talented drama queen over a mediocre one any day LMAO

Seems like a good career. In what other field can you be utterly incompetent and still be 100% protected? Great work, if you can get it.

The box on the screen was wrong as it showed the top of the zone at Bryce's BELT LINE. Here is MLB's official definition of the strike zone: "The official strike zone is the area over home plate from the midpoint between a batter's shoulders and the top of the uniform pants -- when the batter is in his stance and prepared to swing at a pitched ball -- and a point just below the kneecap." According to the official MLB strike zone definition that was a strike. Never trust the boxes that are used on the screen, because they are almost always NOT accurate.

@@Joe_Okey Exactly, look at :29, the box is at his belt line. Even at :30, the bottom of the box is at his shin, the top of the box should be at about the umps chin guard. The top of the box should be between Harper's shoulders (plural). Harper is a baby.

@@RH-cv1rgfor reals Harper is the soft one here. Pretty obvious which players have roid rage

@@Joe_Okeyvery clearly a ball, not even close

@steven_shec1702 Again, the box on the screen is WRONG. The strike zone is from mid-point between the shoulders and the belt to the bend of the knees. By the OFFICIAL strike zone, that was a strike.

Yeah, but what was the Velo on the bat?

He’s put in a lot of work on his helmet throwing. Earlier in his career he was terrible!

@@fishflyinggames6676Lmao!

i watched it live from the game and i laughed so hard how it was a comedically perfect throw for both the helmet and bat

He can do no wrong

Maybe he told the ump, "I got two words for ya!"

Byrce is definitely a heel.

@@griffithd05 Hollywood Hulk Harper

Lookin like x pac 😂

He would be the ultimate warriors son! 😂

I hate Harper, but I 100% support him in any demonstration against crappy umpiring. MLB umpires have been lousy for as long as I've watched MLB, and I don't see it changing anytime soon. Unfortunately.

@@dashx1103 I like him because he's usually a gentle giant. He was so on point here though

@@dashx1103current Harper is also a much different guy than teenage and early 20s Harper

@@Cornpop69 True.

He looks like the sheriff from stranger things when he's upset with someone lol

It was so unexpected

It was an odd turn

I was watching this with my wife showing her how Harper's a chump. She started dying at that part. Lol.

Actually, only about 12% of people find it mind-boggling. Unless, it's November in which case it rises to 14%, or in Spring training when it rises to 15%. About 23% of people find the amount of stats to be mind-numbing, vs 38% of the people that consider it patently-absurd. Unless of course it is the first week of play in which case...

70% of statistics don't actually matter

they are so tied up in stats im really kind of surprised they actually bother to play the game.

I love baseball. But it's a sport for accountants.

@@tuckertucker1 dude.....lmao

I agree. And Bryce Harper always has the same reaction after antagonizing umps. Hands up together, "Why me? What did I do?" Chump.

The coach gets it; its the passion

Eh. Bryce wants to make his point. He's already ejected, possibly fined. No reason to get pulled away before he gets his money's worth. I think we're all ready for pitch challenges.

Why did Bryce get mad at him lol wtf the coach is on your side dude take your anger out on the ump not the coach.

@@kb8978 Chump, maybe. Absolutely goated at baseball and as good as the hype makes him out to be, and is Philly happy to have him? Hell yes lmao.

Yup, 9 times out of 10 he is right,

@@AmericasChoice Shit, with numbers like that maybe he should be the umpire!

@@Germanater32 Why would he?! My point is, that some players have a near unerring eye for balls and strikes. In the old days players and Umps would settle into a rhythm in a game, and would have a "general" agreement on the strike zone.

Guessing a lot of pitchers just waste a pitch on 3-1 to Harper because he's so dangerous

@@FaustoTheBoozehound I would presume a lot of those are walks and not hits.

@@paulyCthat sounds about right.

​@@paulyCdoes it matter? 🤡 his batting avererage is above average also btw. Stop hating.

walks/hits it doesnt matter, that is freakin unreal!!!

And an umpire. It shows how important it is for them to get their calls right. Yes, the 2 and 1 call being wrong was the turning point, but getting any call wrong can turn a call into a 2 and 2 that shouldn't have been.

When will the ums get better. 😂

@@LucianDevine I think the abs will come to MLB where batter and catchers can challenge balls and strikes. I think Foolish baseball has a vid that shows younger umps are much better than the older ones.

@@jordansadowski8407 Challenge, I hope not, because games will take forever, if you don't at least limit the number of challenge attempts as a test. I do think you're right that there are videos showing that the younger umps are showing to be much better and more accurate than the older umps. They have more ways to double check themselves nowadays and seem to take more pride in their work as a whole.

@@LucianDevine I think the limit in the minors is like 1-2. And it’s very very fast.

Dad: Wassa breakdown?

Kinda cute the guy calling the ump soft got butthurt and threw a massive tantrum about a bad call. Take the bad call on the chin bro, human error happens lmao

@@zach23ize You could easily also tell the ump to take a valid criticism of the shit job he did on the chin and not be a bitch and throw a guy out for calling out you doing a shit job. But if you want to shit on a person you will frame it however you want I guess.

@@robertdouth8979 he threw a literal tantrum. All of his gear came off and he cried about it. Yeah, the ump needs to take accountability, but so does Mr. Crybaby

Oh that's horrible! Could you imagine? An umpire worried about pace of play? He should be fired.

What an egregious sin. Imagine trying to speed up a minor league game. Glad you posted, something from 10 years ago in the minor leagues is so relevant to today's call.

Oh, dude, I'd have started reading them in like slow motion, like a 45 record played at 33. Sorry...I'm old...

I'm not even american, and I thank you for your service.

Respect!

Sorry for your loss and thanks for sharing.

Brown Water Navy is one of the truly forgotten parts of our Navy, even today. Luckily, our Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadrons today don't have to go through the same hell that the boat crews did back in your day.

Why has no one written “thank you for your service” already 😝

The 1st throw is usually just a warning, but the 2nd throw is an automatic ejection.

@@JobiWan144 The umpire can fine the player for the first throw (when you see the ump point to the ground, that's the fine, but not an ejection at that point)

@@transitfan954 Yes, the warning is, "Don't do it again, or I'll effect you."

Yeah, call was fucked but no one should be surprised when a guy gets tossed after a double equipment toss plus arguing balls and strikes from the batters box.

Actually, no it wasn't. MLB's official definition of the strike zone: "The official strike zone is the area over home plate from the midpoint between a batter's shoulders and the top of the uniform pants -- when the batter is in his stance and prepared to swing at a pitched ball -- and a point just below the kneecap." According to the official MLB strike zone definition that was a strike. Never trust the boxes that are used on the screen, because they are almost always NOT accurate. This box had the top of the zone at Bryce's BELT LINE, which is not where it should be.

amen

Thank you for this. I commented after the vid went up that I disagreed with the placement of the box. As he's standing before and after the pitch the top of the unofficial zone is at his belt or below. It's way too low. But the pitch was a strike for 2 reasons....which people can't comprehend....because they're always focused on that box. The first reason is it's in the real actual strike zone. The second reason it's a strike....because the ump called it a strike.

years he on roids and not on roids would be a good split 😂

I have heard that the title of most analyzed/most statistics kept sport goes to Aussie Rules football. You probably have to exclude all motorsports as well, because F1 teams have some ridiculous number of data points at the end of each race, something over a million if memory serves.

@@R.J._Lewis we need a breakdown of this lol. I suppose when you think about every moving part on an F1 car and think they are all tracked somehow it gets crazy too

How many days points does Statcast get? Down to spin rate on every pitch

@@jbones2121 I mean, it could get ridiculous with just timing in F1. There's 3 sectors in a lap and the shortest race of the season is Spa, at 44 laps. That's already 132 data points, but then teams also use minisectors, which breaks down each sector into smaller sections for more precise timing, basically to see where they gain and lose time vs other teams. So there could be as many as 10-20x minisectors in a single sector which now puts the "shortest" race (ie on laps) at somewhere between 1320-2640 data points just in terms of lap/sector times. You can then expand that out to the entire weekend, across the whole field of cars, across the whole season and also include any testing done by teams. With some quick guesstimates that could be something like 2-3 MILLION data points just in terms of timing...

@@R.J._LewisMillions of data points over time yes, but how many statistics are being tracked in total? For example, an F1 car may have thousands of data points for the right back wheel rotation, but it’s all one stat, just at different times. Similarly, ERA is one stat with thousands of player entries.

The superimposed box is generally misleading. But the pitch did look high.

I wonder if there are any stats on bat tossing....

@@timmholl9238 divided by team, inning, day of the week, AL or NL or interleague, righty or lefty batter, righty or lefty pitcher, pitch count, attendance, dome or no dome--open or closed...

You could have said ‘whole year’ and still not been wrong

Today's game was brutal.

That saturday game was nigtmarish

They reaped what Harper sowed.

That 2-1 was a strike though soo

good

​@raug44it'snah, if that's the case, just the ump being petty. Kinda proves harper right and i don't even like the guy.

​@@raug4413If that's the case, the umpire should just be fired. Affecting a game because someone called him out for his poor performance is moronic. At some point, it will turn fans away because who wants to watch a game where a piece of equipment is faulty and changes the results? Because that's what umps are. A piece of equipment like a bat or the field. No one pays to watch umps make bad calls, especially when they're on purpose. Makes me wonder if maybe he had a few dollars get on a certain outcome if he's making bad calls purposely. I'm not sure that's the look MLB wants.

No you don't. If it was Harper and a bunch of chumps on a last place team, would you watch? After Harper was tossed with the Phils leading 4-0, did you shut the game off?

I would argue it's a good thing they toss stars. The game already has major problems with Umps and the overall rules of the game. We don't need the umps to cheat for big market teams.

​@@jamiebouckaert4050How about just having umps who don't think we pay to see them call games. Do you ever go to a game because an umpire is going to be there? You could switch out an entire crew and not one person would change their mind about going to or watching a game.

@@noteworthyinsignificance actually I do. If I see certain umps behind the plate I won't watch. No reason to watch bad baseball.

Bro whipped his bat and helmet at his dugout. He could have seriously hurt someone that alone should have been ejection worthy. Umpire gave him ample time to just walk away but he stood there throwing a hissy fit.

The box on the screen was also wrong, as it should have had the top of the zone at the midpoint between his shoulders and belt, NOT at the belt itself. The call was actually right by the MLB's official strike zone definition.

@@joelaut2605 lol the strike zone hasn't changed, chum. chest high to the knees has always been it, period. that little box on tv is for the normies who don't care

@@h445 that’s my point. So if Aaron judge had a strike at the letters, it would be over Jose Altuves head for a strike? 😂😂

@@h445 I have others saying the strike some is the same for every player in the game. Which one is it??? Lmao

The official upper limit is midpoint between the hollow of the knee and the hollow of the armpit or some shit like that. It's ROUGHLY letter-height, but it'll vary between umpires.

⁠@@bubbleheadftthe midpoint between knee and shoulder is lower than the letters. It’s a bit above the belt, like belly button area, just measure it on your own body. Letters are on your titties, that’s not half.

@@bolionce at full standing height, yes. But the ump is supposed to judge based on when the batter has crouched to swing.

No it isn't. We've been terrible against the braves this year

@@kmart93 lets go baby!

More than fine. It's just plain fun to watch him play.

so warnings to batters are points they dont see? what a joke.. you guys are a joke

Umpires are trash

Taking a dump at halftime! 😅

Doing both. Chiefs/JAX playing sloppy today...

Watched a 4:20 video instead of the NFL 🙄🤦‍♂️👏👏👏 congratulations 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Honestly I would rather watch old Jomboy media videos before any NFL game at this age of my life.

Or sissy. With his Flashdance headband.

Thats just not how the zone works bro 😂😂😂. The zone size is entirely based on the players listed height. They can squat as much as they like, or stand up completely straight and its the exact same size. It does not shift with how much the player lowers themself when getting ready to swing.

@@Rytoast99 I know I’m just saying it’s dotted. It’s a hard pitch to take with two strikes, and it’s all about blue. If he sees you standing upright and you go to swing and blue already has a top line, and you’re lower when you swing, that zone might be higher than the batter thinks. Nuances of the game make the game great.

and He was right about that one as well.

Those boxes on TV are not perfect representations of the strike zone, true.

@@raug4413 Absolutely not perfect. If they were. You would see it change for every batter.

Aka cameras

Yeah I immediately double checked the definition of strike zone because I was thinking the same thing and came to the same conclusion as well.

Yea closedcallsports also looked at the different angles and it's totally a strike

Sure when he's in the box waiting for the windup, but when he's actually "prepared to swing at a pitched ball" (pause around 0:30 to 0:31), the zone graphic is accurate. It's a ball.

Exactly what I was thinking. The zone is off, that was 100% a strike.

Problem with the “TV zone is its only a 2D representation and is it at the front , middle or back of the plate ? And like you said the “strike zone” changes with each batter .

Who gets in his face? You serious? Let's see, the coach can bench him, the GM can trade him, the ump can throw him out of the game, the fans can and will yell at him, the other team can call him soft, he could get sent back down to the minors, should I continue? What happens when an ump makes a bad call, or is consistently awful like Angel Hernandez? Absolutely nothing besides players or managers yelling at them. They don't go back to the minors, they aren't in danger of losing their job to the next best talent, hell even the MLB said they know Hernandez is too bad to ump the World Series. Come on man, I know you aren't saying umpires have it tougher than players. Sports is one of the few things left in life that is a true meritocracy and referees and umpires are the only part of it that aren't part of that meritocracy.

So, nobody gets in Bryce's face when he fucks up. Got it.@@Alexander_Grant

@@Alexander_Grant The coach can bench him, true. But a good coach isn't getting in his face, he wants him to perform. An ump won't throw him out of the game for an error, he'll throw him out for breaking a rule. Fans don't get in his face, the ones who do get thrown out of the stadium and can't come back. I will agree with you on Angel Hernandez... that's the saddest story of umpiring. He needs to go, he won't because of unions. But, there is one thing he won't do. He won't ump a world series, something he has sued the MLB to try and get. And while Angel gets paid max, as do all long time umps, they all don't get paid anywhere near an MLB player on the top of his game will. They are in a position of authority on the field. Alex Tossi's scorecard has him missing 9 pitches that game... out of 200. Not many players are 96% accurate... Bryce probably swings and misses more than 4% of the time. Tossi has a 95% accuracy this year, putting him 10th on the year. Angel is 94th (last) with 91.1% accuracy, by the way. Tossi is a good ump. Even good umps make bad calls every once in a while. What I was trying to say before, players and coaches need to stop being babies about it when it happens.

@@PapaVanTwee5 Ah yes, the fan in the stands that yelled at him to throw more stuff definitely got thrown out of that game, no coach has ever had any confrontations with players, and umps have never thrown any player out for trivial reasons. Come on man, don't argue in bad faith and be nitpicky. The point is that most players are under far more scrutiny with far bigger consequences than any umpire. You're judging apples and oranges when you're using percentages. College kickers on football teams aren't better than Steph Curry at their respective sport because they score field goals at a higher percentage of their attempts than Steph does 3s. You can't measure success of two different activities by using absolute percentages. The point I'm ultimately making is that when umps mess up, there's no accountability beyond players and coaches yelling at them. Give the players and coaches a legitimate way to file complaints that the league will look at seriously. They can't even publicly criticize the umps right now without getting hit with a fine. Implement a system that puts the best umpires on the field and regulates the terrible ones to the minors and I promise a lot of the behavior stops if they see that have any other recourse than to yell at the umpire. I'm also sick of this "they're acting like babies" idea. I imagine with the arguments you're making, you've never played sports at a serious level before, which is fine, I think Jomboy is doing a great job of explaining a lot of the intricacies of the sport. I grew up in a baseball household, my dad played college ball, and me and my two brothers all played at least at the varsity high school level with my youngest brother playing college ball right now. One of the quickest ways to lose your team is to not show that you're on the player's side. Along with the only way to show displeasure and attempt to right the wrongs of the umpires, a coach going out there and sticking up for his players is a way to light a fire under a team. It's not solely in baseball that this happens either, it happens in basketball too. There's been plenty of examples of coaches going out there to get rung for that reason. It's such an immature way of thinking that doesn't account for the entire mental aspect of sports to describe it as "acting like babies." Imagine if in your work life you had a manager that was willing to do that to his superiors to get you a raise. It may not be a cultural norm in the workplace culture you have, but you'd respect the hell out of him and fight for him if that was the case wouldn't you?

If you think it’s bad now look at the strike zones in the 90s. Strike zone was consistently an inch wider on all sides

@@AliceYobby I do agree with that. But with today’s technology, why aren’t they using the data to do better? I know it’s a split second call and there can be human error. But I at least want consistency in a good way.

Glavine thrived on strikes called 6 inches outside. He would not be in the majors today.@@AliceYobby

it's cause of their union. There's nothing the mlb can do. It's like this for all union workers, which is why many of them are bad and lazy

Cuz he’s so hot headed he thinks one missed ball call is worth an ejection. I understand that one ball matters a lot but 99% of other players aren’t going to let that make them act like a toddler

@@JohnDoe-lj1pw literally but the ump is the one who is soft and he's definitely not just a big baby

Why? How does it make any business sense to script ejecting one of the best players in the game? To me, these are the calls that show the umpires union is too powerful. No one pays to see the umpire stand behind the plate making poor calls.

He 100% does. You can see the word clearly ends in "R" not "T" -- Shame on Jomboy.

He’s not telling lies

Projection from Bryce...

I agree with what you're saying about electronic pitch calling, but at the same time, this wasn't a really terrible call - a lot of those pitches end up over the fence. It's when they call that same 4" off the plate or low instead of high that make it really bad.

Doesn’t body proportion and batting stance make each hitters strike zone different? The pitch looked to be right in the middle of his shoulders.

@@drumslut Yes, each player is different, but that pitch was only at his shoulders because of his stance. A more upright stance hitter if the same height would have had that pitch between the belt and the letters. Very close pitch.

@@ohger1 Yeah that's what I mean. It's a close call. Could kind of go either way.

This kind of harmless passion is what gets and keeps guys in the majors. Getting upset at a blown call is a completely normal reaction.

You have that order wrong. He was first not treated as a professional, or an equal, by a shit call. Those umps directly affect their professional career, and that ump shat all over it. If he’s not gonna be treated like a professional or even expect to be treated as such, then I’d think he can blow off a little steam and act out.