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I think MLB needs to have someone from the league who can overrule any umpire's bad call. If replay shows the umpire is wrong he should have to apologize like they do in Japan & face a possible fine & suspension. Like MLB would have an official overseeing umpires I'd call it Umpires Review
Jagar Tharn yeah he gets paid millions but he could lose those millions by missing that ball. You think it’s childish because he gets upset. But those are mistake that can cost people like him millions of dollars and potentially their careers if done to often this isn’t someone being childish this is someone who understands the actual consequences of simply “missing a ball”
One of my favorite things about baseball is the arguments between managers and umpires. Apart from being entertainment in themselves, I love when a player feels he’s been cheated, the manager always marches out there and has his back. To take that ejection so his player can stay, or to join his player. Athletes at any level will play harder when they know their manager/coach/captain/teammate has their back.
@@tylerlackey1175 its not only tony lots of the coaches share the loser mindset its one of the reasons i dont watch baseball absolutely disgusting an insult to every fan of the white soxs to apologize for not giving up when the other team did
@@jonschrader2063 that's the dumb mountain man chip on the shoulder people from this part of N.C. have 😂 worked in Caldwell County for a little while and man people from bumtown are cut from a different cloth
@@kurumauzamaki2731 You're fucking high. Do a quick google search of Joe west. There's so many instances of it. his ego is bigger than all players of both teams combined and he regularly throws people out simply because he knows he's wrong and doesn't like being questioned.
@@missladwig5308 More likely lifetime bans. Several of these situations they'd probably go ahead and do it for up to a week of suspension and a million dollar fine.
The outfield fly rule in a playoff game gets me every time. That ball 225 ft from home plate, 47’ farther than any previously called IFR. Ball was closer to the fence than it was to the infielder. Dude literally waited for the ball to drop to call it, which defeats the purpose of the rule.
that's not the rule, though. the rule is if an infielder can catch it with ordinary effort. the infielder had time to post up under the ball. it's a correct call for a rule that you disagree with.
@@Natsfan-ck5xg I might be wrong (on why he was tossed), but it's probably the intent. Flipping a bat after a home run is fine, whereas if you're flipping a bat in disgust of a call, that might not go so well.
The infuriating thing about umpires is that they almost never admit to a mistake and reverse the call. They're arrogant and they're given too much power.
I love how when bumgardner walks the hitter and he and the umpire has the stardown, buster just pops up and is just standing there confused looking at them like, "whats going on"
In that 19 inning game Jerry Meels admitted that he was tired and just wanted the game to end. You can find the quotes. Yet he gets no fine and gets to keep umpiring 😊
Someone made a youtube video over it explaining that the only angle that could have seen what happened was the umps and half the angles look like he got the tag while half of them you can't even see the runner's clothes move meaning he likely missed.
@@mattdavis4248 can catchers still block the plate and can runners still plow through them? I haven't seen it in so long. but I haven't heard that it's banned.
The study released last year by Boston University showed definitively that older umps with 10 or more years in the Majors are far LESS accurate than younger ones with little experience. Jerry Layne, 61 years old and with 29 years in the bigs, had the most wrong calls (14.2%), while John Libka, 32, with 1.5 years, had the least (7.6%). The study looked at the 10-year period encompassing the 2008-2018 seasons. Obviously those with less than a decade of experience couldn't be judged on the entire 10 years the study looked at. But because the results were based on a "Bad Call Ratio" for each ump -- one that reflects the percentage, not the number, of every ball/strike and safe/out call each ump got wrong -- it's still pretty valid. And in case you're wondering, Joe West and Angel Hernandez -- the two umpires fans seem to love to hate -- were NOT on the list of Top 10 Worst Umpires over the 10-year period (though West WAS 2nd worst in the 2018 season.)
That doesn't make their failures less egregious, though. It's interesting to note that they're not really wrong all that often, but I don't think West and Hernandez are unpopular because of the frequency of their bad calls - it's simply because they seem to save them for when they would be most critical...and when they're wrong, they're really _wrong_. I'm personally not that hard on West, but some of Hernandez's call in the past have been just atrocious.
Tbh it looks to me like its possible that he missed the tag. Its hard to tell but when they show the slow mo it doesnt look like the glove actually made contact. in real time it looks like an obvious out though
Nah there's another video that showed all the angles that were recorded, and half of them seem like he was tagged, half of them looks like he missed lol. It's extremely close and likely he missed the tag because none of his clothes moved.
@@blindfire3167 dude the guy clearly tagged his leg lmao. never even touched the plate until multiple contact points with the catcher. just no way to defend that horrible call, and to try makes you look like a fool.
@@h445 Not really, you don't have a 100% definitive answer to it lol. There's no movement on his pants, and one of the angles (you can go watch, there's a video on youtube about it) shows how he might not have touched him at all. Just saying "Well, it looks close enough in 3 angles, so why bother questioning it?! You're an idiot if you question it!" is moronic in itself. I'm not saying with 100% certainty that he isn't out, I'm just saying the only person who could 100% see with certainty would be the umpire since he'd have the perfect angle.
Freeze you should have heard me at that game where Harper was ejected it was Brewers@Nats holy shit if I were closer to the plate (I was behind home plate but not that close. Diamond club) I would have been ejected holy shit I lost it
It's absolutely hilarious that whenever an umpire kicks a coach or a player out of the game they use the same gesture as if someone just got out in baseball. they don't even talk they just rip the sign and turn
I’m pretty sure the umpire who called the infield fly in the ATL vs STL game was the same umpire who called turner for interference in game 6 of the 2019 WS.
I mean to be fair as an official in any sport if you respect the players, which most officials do, yet get shown disrespect back, why should you tolerate it especially when it’s bad sportsmanship? Now pro level should have leniency since this is also the athletes entire life but still respect your officials.
IKR demote them to minor league umps or just give *them (sorry edited bad spelling) no job🤷♂️ one dude said they should be fined for bad calls. LIKE WHAT!?
As many players have been caught using steriods, I'm surprised somebody hasn't gone hands on with an ump. The umps definitely deserve it in some of these situations.
In the early 1900s the umps used the get beat up relatively frequently. If you punch one now I’d imagine you’d be banned from baseball and in some states you can go to jail for assaulting a sports official. But I’m surprised too
The MLB would ban the offending player for life and maybe even bring up criminal charges for assault. Regardless, that player's career would be over in a flash if they did that.
1:25 You can find the hot mics for this moment here on RU-vid somewhere and it’s pretty fuckin awesome. Basically the entire conversation of Collins sticking up for his team and ya gotta love it. It’s almost like watching a scene in a movie.
Brooks Meyer watch foolish baseballs video about the call. Look up worst call in mlb history foolish baseball there is a good chance the catcher missed the tag
@@fanstalkfootball8362 i never personally did not see anything. but it would not of gotten overturned if it was reviewed as the angles are not good enought. the umpire had the best view it was a close play everyone was tired even the catcher. its also hard to tell the difference between the pant leg moving bc of sliding or getting tagged. thats my thoughts no disrespect meant from any of this
That was a great call. He never touched the runner. From the original angle you can see him miss the leg then the last angle you can clearly see him miss the arm. That was absolutely the right call
I swear I don’t really even watch sports but I happen to be watching when SHTF. I saw the chase utley slide, bartolos first home run, Wilmer crying because he thought he got traded. Some crazy shit. Oh and when Anderson Silva broke his leg too.
I was in nayc in Indianapolis Indiana in July 2017 and me and my friends were taking a afternoon break and I saw beltre do this one TV and I started laughing and I've never seen someone move the batters box before
Gus10271 they don't do that in close games. They do it in blowouts. Yesterday in Cincy's blowout win against Brewers the umpire was calling strikes if they were a foot off the plate.
I actually think the ump, from where he was, actually thought he missed the tag, and from an ump myself, the way the catcher tagged the runner, made it look like he missed the tag, catcher fault.
Easy, once the umpire determines the infielder can make the catch with ordinary effort, the infield fly rule should be invoked. That was the correct call.
@@hibachiagent0249 You are wrong on both counts. Kozma would have easily caught the ball if he had not thought he was called off by the left fielder. Holbrook made the call as soon as it became apparent Kozma could catch it. You are continuing to show you don't know the rule.
@@alanhess9306 the ball hits the ground right as he's lifting his arm and yelling infield fly. Whether or not the guy could make an "ordinary" catch (which running from SS to mid LF isn't), he still made a awful call by doing it as the ball was at the ground already.
@@hibachiagent0249 Stop it at the 6:40 mark. Holbrook has his arm raised as he watches Kozma call off the left fielder and the ball is about 20 feet from the ground. It was a late call but it was the correct call. Kozma was in position to make the catch. He is a PRO shortstop and would have made the catch.
6:11 Infield fly, lol. It's like 30 feet out in the outfield. The whole point of the infield fly rule is so you can't drop the ball on purpose to get the lead runner out, or get a double play.
@@SimonFoster23111971 It wasn't. You ever play baseball? It's a night game. You can tell because the lights are on. You ever tried looking at a ball, in darkness, when lights are blasting you in the face? Well, I have. You can't see anything. Get in front of a car, at night, and have someone turn on the high beams, and aim them directly at your face, you know, for 1 minute. You'll live, and you won't be blind. Then, turn off the headlights. While you're in the darkness again, have someone throw a baseball into the sky. Let me know if you catch it. You wont, you'd be lucky if you didn't fall over since you can't see, but let me know anyway.
@@827Drew Yep - 20 seasons. Lights are configured so that they don't shine in a player's face. It's just as hard to track a ball when the sky is blue and there's no cloud.
@@thezdbailey RU-vid recommends random stuff sometimes, like last week, I got a random video about seals thanking rescue workers when I don't watch anything like that
I was at that Mets game when Syndergaard got ejected. I probably would've been thrown out of the stadium if I was behind home plate with the things I'd say to that ump. Beautiful Saturday night, sold out crowd, nationally broadcasted game on Fox and that chump of an ump ruins it all.
Hi it should've been a warning especially because he didn't even hit him. Everybody knew the scenario, so the umps should've warned both benches before the game even started if they were gonna have an instant ejection.
Listen to any manager and they HATE warnings. It prevents teams from settling it themselves with their own 'code of justice'. If you KNOW there is intent, and there clearly was there, an umpire can eject to control the game. In this case, to prevent anyone else from being intentionally thrown at, which is where that game would have gone otherwise. The ejection is absolutely the right call.
Which is exactly what warning teams prohibits. One team's pitcher stays in because he hit the guy first, creating the warnings, then the next guy gets tossed for hitting a player on the first team. Keep up.
8:17 If you slow it down to 0.25x, the glove went in between the runners right leg and right arm. Safe call wasn’t made until 8:20 when you can see the runners right foot on the plate when he’s standing up straight at that point. I dunno mannnnn if you watch that glove swoop in-between you might be saying woahhhh like me!
@@shaeleneplank9115 That brings up an interesting thought....can an umpire eject another umpire? I know umps can toss pretty much anyone including fans (I remember one game where an ump called time and ejected some drunk dude for screaming racial slurs and stuff in front of a bunch of kids). I've never actually seen it happen, but I'm wondering now if it's possible.
Why don't all you perfect people go out and umpire and show us how it's done, and we can all type crap about you if you make a wrong decision. You're a bunch of idiots!
Joshua McClellan you are aware if they screw up they get taken out of postseason appearances. Make too many mistakes and they get sent to the minors or just straight up let go. Most people act like they can kill someone and they would get a bonus.
Though I think that people need to let off them. When the umps do the things in this video, yes they should be criticized. But these calls on the video are not common. Most umps are pretty good
@@morganmarquette2503 The first 90 or so seconds shouldn't be in the video. Utley's slide was was borderline for sure. Syndergaard's ejection was a no-brainer. It's as easy of an ejection as he will ever have in his career. He clearly threw at him. The commentators showed themselves to be totally clueless.
That in field fly on the Braves in the wild card was my 1st baseball game in almost 12 years. I’ve been on hiatus since Missed that terrible call for the Braves against the Pirates though
The pitch behind the back is a decent ejection. It’s done so that if a player steps back trying to avoid the pitch, they back up straight into the path of the ball and get hit anyway
I think the staredown at 3:20 is actually good umpiring from Joe West. No ejection. Just enough negative reinforcement to let the pitcher know "straighten out your behavior."
Jowl West is the third worst ump, he’s gotta check his ego. Trying give stink eye to a man 30 years younger whose 6’5” 250. No one came to watch you make terrible calls Joe.
Heaven for bid Beltre act like a professional instead of a bratty kid. Heaven for bid he remain in a predetermined area to warm up, one that’s away from any possibility of distracting a pitcher while delivering a pitch. And heaven for bid Beltre actually listen to Davis’ warning to get back into the batter’s box instead of move it.
Cash Gully so that explains/excuses his behavior? Is that now a trump card to use whenever one is losing? If anything, that makes his actions even worse