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Or do they suck horribly. This has to be the worst year for plate umpires in the television era

And that no swing by the Diamondbacks, might be the first time ever the third base umpire could have clearly called a strike on a right handed batter, he saw the head of the bat pointing at him

Hope they clean this up. Either that, or get rid of the fucking box, so we don't know know how bad they are
 

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Another clueless wonder working today, floating cataracts

Might have to start playing the unders
 

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That Bregman strike 3 was terrible
 

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Top 8th should be 1st/2nd with 2 out and Peña Batting? Why can’t balls and strikes be challenged… Only way to ”Clean Up”….. Obvious ball called strike again…
 

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You know it's getting bizarre when they show Bruce Bochy complaining that an obvious ball was not called a strike

In his defense, there's a 50/50 chance that's called a strike, so I don't blame him
 

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Some say there will be a day in baseball when balls and strikes are not called by home plate umpires.
I hope not. I know if things were computerized or the "box" became the balls and strikes it would be exact but, the human element is what brings the drama and allows the sport to be natural. I hate replays and challenges in all sports. That's just my take. I am all for natural and human error even if some of the error is just terrible.
 

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