Even if ABS isn't ready for the vertical strike zone, we should put a buzzer on the umps for the horizontal strike zone and if they get a buzz they cannot call it a strike because it's in/out. If they don't get a buzz then they call whether it's in the vertical zone or not. Remember, better is good enough.
Here is the problem, there were multiple before then that he didnt say a thing, and Drake was ranked one of the worst umpires behind the plate this season.
I mean the same pitch was consistently being called a strike. But of course it’s ok for players and coaches to act like complete a-holes because they disagree with an umpire. And I would really love to see the color commentator guy suit up and call one game behind the plate. Just one. Unfortunately this behavior manifests itself an every level because it’s tolerated at the pro level. Somehow it’s ok to berate and insult sports officials in order to attempt to get the call you want. SMH
12 misses, including one greater than 4 inches after three innings is just bad. Two players punched out on a third strike ball in the same inning and Marsh struck out on one actual strike. Bad behavior is wrong, for sure. But that was Angel Hernandez level bad by Drake. And he is crew chief…no wonder Angel felt like MLB did him wrong!
@@davidm8657 so how many games have you called and at what level? He ‘missed’ in same spot repeatedly. Obviously to him, that day in that position those pitches looked like strikes. Four inches is a small distance when judging the exact location of a baseball relative to the plate, and the batter as if is flying by at 90ish mph. Note he does not get to watch from multiple angles nor does he have a CGI box over home plate. He’s a human being. Ball and strike judgement calls and dealing with them is a part of baseball. Dealing with these calls by throwing temper tantrums is childish and should not be tolerated. (Stand by for someone to retort that these calls were REALLY BAD soooooo….” 😩)
@@erniepeters1695 My lack of being a MLB umpire is irrelevant and your argument that the ump is human, while true is equally irrelevant. He had a very poor performance - no more, no less. Consistently missing calls to that extent Is just bad. I didn’t disparage Drake as a person and I don’t think you should be doing that either. Unless you think he called a good game, you are just arguing for the sake of arguing. Let it go - he was bad that day. A lot of my home team players were also bad too.
@@davidm8657 your lack experience as an actual umpire is quite relevant. Having “a good game” means following mechanics and proper rules application. Insofar as balls and strikes… go back there yourself and tell me the difference of four inches. While making sure none of a dozen other infractions are committed by the batter, the catcher, or the pitcher. That pitch he repeatedly called a strike obviously was a strike in his view, But you see… his performance is really not the point. The point is that for many, a perception that the umpire has made a bad call becomes the justification for any and all bad behavior by coaches and players. Most people miss my point and go right back to berating the sports official.
The color guy is John Kruck, a former MLB player who has a lifetime batting average of.300 He knows what a ball and a strike is. You sound like a frustrated little league umpire pissed you never advanced and make 25 bucks a game.
He had not quite as bad, but pretty poor inning for the Guardians later in the game too. Someone must've gotten word to him because he was pretty good the last half of the game.
The problem was that the umpire was clearly NOT set up behind the catcher, but to the side of the catcher, and he was missing the calls on the other side of the plate as a result.
Completely intentional. A) fewer foul balls come back in that area so it safer, and B) if your head is right above the catcher’s, you’re gonna lose a lot of depth on the bottom of the strike zone
Tell us you have zero umpiring experience without telling us you have zero umpiring experience. Every umpire from 8U all the way up to the majors works in the slot.
@@thomasboyd6242 The strike zone shouldn't change based on the guy calling balls and strikes. It's time for automation to at least challenge these bad calls.
@@michaelmaxwell5571 you can’t expect imperfect human beings to be perfect!!! Every zone varies a little bit from person to person! A professional would adapt and be smart!!! As for an automatic zone, it will ruin the game!!!
Why even bother having a strike zone then? Why have rules?! "You think if it's thrown off the plate it's a ball? WE LIED!!" Sorry, I'm here to watch baseball. Not Calvinball.
While I agree that today's umpires should call those balls, everyone realizes that for literally all of the 1900s, those were called strikes as long as that's where the catcher was set up, right??? We just didn't have a box on TV to give us reason to complain.
Remember in the 1990s when FOX started broadcasting the NFL and they introduced the yellow chryon graphic of the 1st down line? And what have we heard for the past 30 years any time there is a close play at the first down line? "And folks...we want to remind you that the yellow line is NOT official..." MLB needs to do the same for the strike one box because that box, like the yellow line on the NFL games is NOT OFFICIAL. Furthermore, the box displays the strike zone as a vertical plane. By rule the strike zone is a vertical POLYGON in the shape of homeplate. If any part of a legally pitched ball is over the plate AND meets the vertical requirements by the umpire...that's a strike. MLB pitchers can work the ball 6" left and right so, at that level it's possible to bend the ball "around the vertical strike zone plane" back over the plate and that is a strike too but, the software frequently plots those as balls if the do not "break the vertical plane" and that is incorrect.
Just because the umpire is wrong, by rule, does not mean you can go personal, profane or prolonged with your verbal abuse of that umpire...another good ejection here.
Why do all these bad umpire calls go in one direction? That is, umps calling actual balls as strikes? Do you ever see where they keep calling strikes balls? And if not, do you agree that the reason is because umps want to go home sooner?
They absolutely go the other way, especially when the pitcher is wild. Painting the corners gets called as balls if you haven't shown the ability to throw strikes.
Ump was garbage all game but the Phillies have been ice cold as of late when your going good you don’t get that called against you when you aren’t going well it’s gonna get called against you Phillies failed to adjust to the strike zone
while Drake has trouble finding his balls, is one of the greatest lines in any ejection video.
The sticky situation video had several, but this was a good one, too.
Drake hasn’t had any balls since Yadier Molina hawk tuah’d and spittled on that thang a few years ago.
Loved how you sneaked in the subtle Gettysburg / Civil War reference (for those who know the Rob Drake history with that).
Don't you mean Cival War?
On a roll in this video!
Philly feeling a little blue...Drake having trouble finding his balls...
Not to mention all the military/battle metaphors
Even if ABS isn't ready for the vertical strike zone, we should put a buzzer on the umps for the horizontal strike zone and if they get a buzz they cannot call it a strike because it's in/out. If they don't get a buzz then they call whether it's in the vertical zone or not.
Remember, better is good enough.
Was watching this game, the ump was so bad it was embarrassing.
They have to go an electronic strike zones, as these umps are screwing up a batter's head.
@@mcaacollegefootball how many games have you done behind plate and at what level?
Its the bottom of the 3rd inning and that HP umpire looks bedraggled...Late night at the Holiday Inn Bar?
Still waiting to see you strap up the gear and call 100+mph gas with movement, though...
@@1969EType C'mon, even Drake doesn't want to touch this beef.
I cannot unsee those hideous Philly uniforms.
These "city connect" unis are the unwelcome relative that keeps coming over.
How fitting. . It’s Cleveland. . . The announcer went straight up Bob Uecker on the first bad pitch. “Stee-Rike on the Outside Corner!”
Also laughed at the color commentary homer saying he might get tossed from this game.
Happened to be watching this one. If you had the over on Lively K's, you were happy. Some of those strikes were from Friday the 13th.
1:34 No! It’s for breaking the arguing rule
Are the umpires graded after the game? Or do they themselves look back after the game at where they could be better for the next game they call?
‘’ while Drake fumbles around finding his balls ‘’ she’s not a bad narrator
Easy to say from someone who doesn’t have to earn a living trying to do the hardest athletic event in the world!
Somewhere Angel Hernandez is giving Drake a standing ovation for his performance calling balls and strikes tonight
I feel like we would solve all of our strike zone problems if 3 foul balls= 1 strike
Yeah, if you want the league batting average to drop 25 points, do that
Here is the problem, there were multiple before then that he didnt say a thing, and Drake was ranked one of the worst umpires behind the plate this season.
Ooof! Rob was having a tough time seeing that outside pitch. But, the idiots up in the broadcast booth were perfect as always. Thanks CCS
Wow. Someone should hand Rob Drake a dog. This is terrible.
Another day, another game with 79% called strike accuracy. And another ejection because we all know the umpire is always right.
Angel is gone. Is Drake the new canary in the coal mine?
We haven't heard from CB in a while...
I mean the same pitch was consistently being called a strike. But of course it’s ok for players and coaches to act like complete a-holes because they disagree with an umpire. And I would really love to see the color commentator guy suit up and call one game behind the plate. Just one. Unfortunately this behavior manifests itself an every level because it’s tolerated at the pro level. Somehow it’s ok to berate and insult sports officials in order to attempt to get the call you want. SMH
12 misses, including one greater than 4 inches after three innings is just bad. Two players punched out on a third strike ball in the same inning and Marsh struck out on one actual strike. Bad behavior is wrong, for sure. But that was Angel Hernandez level bad by Drake. And he is crew chief…no wonder Angel felt like MLB did him wrong!
@@davidm8657 so how many games have you called and at what level? He ‘missed’ in same spot repeatedly. Obviously to him, that day in that position those pitches looked like strikes. Four inches is a small distance when judging the exact location of a baseball relative to the plate, and the batter as if is flying by at 90ish mph. Note he does not get to watch from multiple angles nor does he have a CGI box over home plate. He’s a human being. Ball and strike judgement calls and dealing with them is a part of baseball. Dealing with these calls by throwing temper tantrums is childish and should not be tolerated. (Stand by for someone to retort that these calls were REALLY BAD soooooo….” 😩)
@@erniepeters1695
My lack of being a MLB umpire is irrelevant and your argument that the ump is human, while true is equally irrelevant. He had a very poor performance - no more, no less. Consistently missing calls to that extent Is just bad. I didn’t disparage Drake as a person and I don’t think you should be doing that either. Unless you think he called a good game, you are just arguing for the sake of arguing. Let it go - he was bad that day. A lot of my home team players were also bad too.
@@davidm8657 your lack experience as an actual umpire is quite relevant. Having “a good game” means following mechanics and proper rules application. Insofar as balls and strikes… go back there yourself and tell me the difference of four inches. While making sure none of a dozen other infractions are committed by the batter, the catcher, or the pitcher. That pitch he repeatedly called a strike obviously was a strike in his view, But you see… his performance is really not the point. The point is that for many, a perception that the umpire has made a bad call becomes the justification for any and all bad behavior by coaches and players. Most people miss my point and go right back to berating the sports official.
The color guy is John Kruck, a former MLB player who has a lifetime batting average of.300
He knows what a ball and a strike is.
You sound like a frustrated little league umpire pissed you never advanced and make 25 bucks a game.
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He had not quite as bad, but pretty poor inning for the Guardians later in the game too. Someone must've gotten word to him because he was pretty good the last half of the game.
John Kruk is a horrible color guy even though the ump had a rough night
The problem was that the umpire was clearly NOT set up behind the catcher, but to the side of the catcher, and he was missing the calls on the other side of the plate as a result.
Called working the slot it’s how you do it
@@terroristhunter5464except he did it poorly and missed obvious calls.
Completely intentional. A) fewer foul balls come back in that area so it safer, and B) if your head is right above the catcher’s, you’re gonna lose a lot of depth on the bottom of the strike zone
Tell us you have zero umpiring experience without telling us you have zero umpiring experience. Every umpire from 8U all the way up to the majors works in the slot.
You must be new here….
Time to adjust players…the ump’s calling a wide zone!!! Don’t get mad…be smart and play ball!
@@thomasboyd6242 The strike zone shouldn't change based on the guy calling balls and strikes. It's time for automation to at least challenge these bad calls.
@@michaelmaxwell5571 you can’t expect imperfect human beings to be perfect!!! Every zone varies a little bit from person to person! A professional would adapt and be smart!!! As for an automatic zone, it will ruin the game!!!
Why even bother having a strike zone then? Why have rules?! "You think if it's thrown off the plate it's a ball? WE LIED!!" Sorry, I'm here to watch baseball. Not Calvinball.
@@Volante31921 well you’ve got carnival ball the way they play now a days!!!
Turner and Stott were called out on pitches in the other batter's box, how are they supposed to "adjust" to that?
Sorry who are the Guardians? The Cleveland team is the Indians.
@@volodymyrzablotsky5372 You are using present tense incorrectly.
They're not the Naps anymore?
While I agree that today's umpires should call those balls, everyone realizes that for literally all of the 1900s, those were called strikes as long as that's where the catcher was set up, right??? We just didn't have a box on TV to give us reason to complain.
Remember in the 1990s when FOX started broadcasting the NFL and they introduced the yellow chryon graphic of the 1st down line? And what have we heard for the past 30 years any time there is a close play at the first down line? "And folks...we want to remind you that the yellow line is NOT official..." MLB needs to do the same for the strike one box because that box, like the yellow line on the NFL games is NOT OFFICIAL. Furthermore, the box displays the strike zone as a vertical plane. By rule the strike zone is a vertical POLYGON in the shape of homeplate. If any part of a legally pitched ball is over the plate AND meets the vertical requirements by the umpire...that's a strike. MLB pitchers can work the ball 6" left and right so, at that level it's possible to bend the ball "around the vertical strike zone plane" back over the plate and that is a strike too but, the software frequently plots those as balls if the do not "break the vertical plane" and that is incorrect.
Just because the umpire is wrong, by rule, does not mean you can go personal, profane or prolonged with your verbal abuse of that umpire...another good ejection here.
Kevin Long is an assistant coach. He's not going to get much leeway here.
I’m surprised he got as much as he did.
Why do all these bad umpire calls go in one direction? That is, umps calling actual balls as strikes? Do you ever see where they keep calling strikes balls? And if not, do you agree that the reason is because umps want to go home sooner?
They absolutely go the other way, especially when the pitcher is wild. Painting the corners gets called as balls if you haven't shown the ability to throw strikes.
That absolutely doesn't happen. Go to 1:26 and you'll see the missed calls report.
@0.40 batter swings at a pitch that's a ball, maybe the manager should yell at him.
“Feeling a little blue”. “Not so quiet on the western front”.
This is what happens when you have AI write this garbage.
Ump was garbage all game but the Phillies have been ice cold as of late when your going good you don’t get that called against you when you aren’t going well it’s gonna get called against you Phillies failed to adjust to the strike zone
Step close new angel baseball bad call there lot were ball
Stand by for someone to say “but these calls were SO bad that…” Yes. You are the problem.
I am so done with this sport. Nowadays, only in baseball do coaches and players behave so ridiculously.