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NFT: Strike 3 call the WORST I've ever seen / College baseball

allstarjim : 3/13/2023 11:17 am
This should never happen, this is as egregious as a retaliatory call I've ever seen by the ump, who obviously felt shown up by the batter on his (also terrible) strike two call. The called third strike was low and very outside.

The ump has been suspended indefinitely by the Southland Conference.

Watch it here:

https://youtu.be/XzlybAML_3Q

Here is the story (ESPN):

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/35839041/college-ump-suspended-egregious-strike-call-ends-game

If you're an umpire, you certainly don't want to be made famous (in general) ever, but for something like this...going to be tough to come back from. Might have to go back to umpiring high school games.

saw this too over the weekend...  
BillKo : 3/13/2023 11:19 am : link
...he should be suspended and maybe for a good amount of time.

You can't do that, at least not to that degree.

Umps certainly get pissed and do this but not to that degree.

The second strike was not a strike either so the batter had some room for complaining.
The umpire  
pjcas18 : 3/13/2023 11:20 am : link
was suspended after this went public

Robot umps for balls and strikes  
81_Great_Dane : 3/13/2023 11:28 am : link
can’t get here fast enough. But they probably won’t be at every level, so this stuff will continue.
I like how the catcher is holding him back  
Mad Mike : 3/13/2023 11:33 am : link
from going after the ump. Like, this was so bad even the other team wants to make sure the kid doesn't get himself suspended.
I thought  
mavric : 3/13/2023 11:40 am : link
must be the ump was about to shit his pants and just had to get to the bathroom ASAP no matter what. Maybe he thought it would be better to end the game with a horrible call rather than shit himself in front of a crowd. Nothing else makes sense to me.
Saw that last week  
mfsd : 3/13/2023 11:40 am : link
that was some Frank Drebin level shit. So bad you couldn’t help but laugh.

Glad the ump got suspended
RE: Saw that last week  
allstarjim : 3/13/2023 11:48 am : link
In comment 16061648 mfsd said:
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that was some Frank Drebin level shit. So bad you couldn’t help but laugh.

Glad the ump got suspended


Wish I could upvote this for The Naked Gun reference. Congrats.

If you're a youngster who's never seen this movie, you should see it. It's hysterical.

Just for fun:

The Naked Gun - Umpire scene
Angel  
mitch300 : 3/13/2023 12:23 pm : link
Hernandez and laz Diaz don’t see what the issue is.
Ump was immature and took it out on the batter  
PatersonPlank : 3/13/2023 12:32 pm : link
The pitch before he called a strike and the batter was arguing a lot, so I guess the Ump didn't like being showed up. So he called the last pitch a strike too just for spite. This guy shouldn't be an Ump
as mentioned above  
Kevin999 : 3/13/2023 12:38 pm : link
Good job by the catcher to make sure the batter did not do anything stupid. Even he realized it was total bs and wanted to help the batter before celebrating the win.
That was nothing short...  
bw in dc : 3/13/2023 12:42 pm : link
of a vindictive move by the umpire.

Wonder if he might be related to Eric Gregg or Angel Hernandez...
RE: RE: Saw that last week  
mfsd : 3/13/2023 12:53 pm : link
In comment 16061660 allstarjim said:
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In comment 16061648 mfsd said:


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that was some Frank Drebin level shit. So bad you couldn’t help but laugh.

Glad the ump got suspended



Wish I could upvote this for The Naked Gun reference. Congrats.

If you're a youngster who's never seen this movie, you should see it. It's hysterical.

Just for fun:

The Naked Gun - Umpire scene


I should have noted that to the crowd that day, it was Enrico Pallazo:)
Strike 2 was bad enough  
Matt M. : 3/13/2023 1:30 pm : link
But strike 3 was one of the worst calls I've ever seen in 45 years of watching baseball. It doesn't matter if it was retaliation for what he deemed being shown up on the call before or he just got both wrong. They were so bad he should never ump again.
RE: The umpire  
Matt M. : 3/13/2023 1:31 pm : link
In comment 16061617 pjcas18 said:
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was suspended after this went public
I think he was suspended before it went public. Or at least they began addressing it before that.
Kudos  
Simms : 3/13/2023 3:45 pm : link
To the catcher who tried to pull him back.
Umpire was indefinitely suspended  
Mike in NY : 3/13/2023 3:57 pm : link
Probably first step towards termination as mandated by contract. Great job by the opposing catcher to convince the batter that a petty umpire was not worth it. Would not be surprised if both teams complained to the conference.
...  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 3/13/2023 7:10 pm : link
The man should be fired. That was a 'I got a chick waiting for me @ the hotel bar so let's all get the fuck outta here' call.
Ump was unprofessional  
mattnyg05 : 3/13/2023 7:12 pm : link
and both calls were horrible.

Can’t jump up and stomp though. What a baby.
I would not let that guy umpire...  
DefenseWins : 3/13/2023 7:20 pm : link
a recreational girls softball game.
......  
Route 9 : 3/14/2023 5:17 am : link
Don't worry, he'll be the ref the next time the eagles are in the NFC championship game
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