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Post by Hunter McCormick on Jun 22, 2021 11:14:32 GMT -6
The Scene: June 21, 2021 Astros @ Orioles Top of the 4th, Astros ahead 5-0 2-out, no one on base. Jose Altuve batting.  Pitches 1 through 3 were obvious balls and they were called balls. (Although, given Angel Hernandez's strikezone, pitch 3 might have gone either way.) Count: 3-0Pitch-4 was obviously a ball. Altuve tosses his bat and gets ready to take off his guards. Angel calls STRIKE. Jose picks up his bat and returns to the batter's box. I may be reading too much into this, but his body-language seemed to indicate disbelief. Count: 3-1Pitch-5 was a ball, but a much closer to being a strike than the previous pitch. Could have easily been called a strike by many umpires. Did Jose think that would be called a ball, because Angel might have realized he was wrong on the previous pitch? idk. *shrug* Count: 3-2Pitch-6 was a strike and Jose fouled it off. Count: 3-2Pitch-7 was obviously a ball. Jose tossed his bat aside, the instant the pitch hit the catcher's mitt ... before Angel even had a chance to make the call. Almost as if to say: "Go ahead and call me out on that junk, dude. I dare you."Altuve strolls down to first.Go Altuve! Go Astros! Oh, and just for good measure, Go Dusty!
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Post by blcoach8 on Jun 22, 2021 11:19:13 GMT -6
Angel needs to be forced to watch replays of his games to see how badly he sucks. He would have been fired long ago if he weren't Hispanic.
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Post by Hunter McCormick on Jun 22, 2021 11:29:40 GMT -6
Angel needs to be forced to watch replays of his games to see how badly he sucks. I dunno. Even if someone edited it down to just the bad calls, OSHA might object to subjecting anyone to that much screen-time.  |
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Post by Saint on Jun 22, 2021 11:34:14 GMT -6
Yeah, watching that AB I think he was mad about strike two because strike one shouldn't have been a strike. The fact that Jose got mad at all says quite a bit since he rarely see him get mad at anybody but himself. (And Lance a couple years ago.)
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Post by Hunter McCormick on Jun 22, 2021 11:55:58 GMT -6
Here's a thought for you all to ponder:
With all the cockamamie ideas MLB has been considering to increase the offense (like moving the pitcher's mound further away from home plate, etc), wouldn't it make more sense for MLB to start by taking Angel (and to a lesser extent a few other umpires) aside and tell them to tighten their absurdly generous strikezones?
Waddaya think?
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Post by paastrosfan on Jun 22, 2021 13:12:34 GMT -6
Here's a thought for you all to ponder:With all the cockamamie ideas MLB has been considering to increase the offense (like moving the pitcher's mound further away from home plate, etc), wouldn't it make more sense for MLB to start by taking Angel (and to a lesser extent a few other umpires) aside and tell them to tighten their absurdly generous strikezones? Waddaya think? Umpiring from the amateur to pro ranks all a pitcher can ask from an umpire is to be consistent in his calls. Nothing worse than to have someone behind the plate and being on the mound and playing mind games on where he is going to call a ball or strike. |
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Post by Hunter McCormick on Jun 22, 2021 13:25:45 GMT -6
Umpiring from the amateur to pro ranks all a pitcher can ask from an umpire is to be consistent in his calls. I don't think there's a pitcher on the planet, alive or deceased, who has ever had any issues with Angel's strikezone. lol |
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Post by paastrosfan on Jun 22, 2021 13:35:12 GMT -6
Umpiring from the amateur to pro ranks all a pitcher can ask from an umpire is to be consistent in his calls. I don't think there's a pitcher on the planet, alive or deceased, who has ever had any issues with Angel's strikezone. lol That is what you call union job security. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Jun 22, 2021 14:32:17 GMT -6
Of all the changes that have been suggested recently, I most support electronic strikezone.
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Post by blcoach8 on Jun 22, 2021 15:08:49 GMT -6
Here's a thought for you all to ponder:With all the cockamamie ideas MLB has been considering to increase the offense (like moving the pitcher's mound further away from home plate, etc), wouldn't it make more sense for MLB to start by taking Angel (and to a lesser extent a few other umpires) aside and tell them to tighten their absurdly generous strikezones? Waddaya think? Umpiring from the amateur to pro ranks all a pitcher can ask from an umpire is to be consistent in his calls. Nothing worse than to have someone behind the plate and being on the mound and playing mind games on where he is going to call a ball or strike. ***** |
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Post by blcoach8 on Jun 22, 2021 15:09:37 GMT -6
Of all the changes that have been suggested recently, I most support electronic strikezone. After what we are seeing this season, I'm totally in favor of an electronic strike zone. |
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Post by Hunter McCormick on Jun 22, 2021 15:27:35 GMT -6
Of all the changes that have been suggested recently, I most support electronic strikezone. I agree. Not that I think electronic strikezone is a good idea. It's just far less egregious than some of the other garbage being suggested. |
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