Did everyone see that called 3rd strike on Damon?

[Albert Pujols]

That was hilarious. Easily was the worst called strike I've seen all year, maybe in several years. And it just happened to come on a 3-2 pitch with the bases loaded in the 9th inning of a 1 run game.

Umpire must have had to take a SERIOUS dump.

[LLXC]

Way outside =|

[Albert Pujols]

Way outside =|

Way outside, plus the catcher butchered the hell out of it. My jaw dropped to the ground when I saw it.

[THA_DIESEL]

Video:

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=9391381

[Shortstop]

Wasn't even close, an absolutely horrible call.

I had no vested interest in the game, but all Over and Tigers backers must have been livid...

[Johnny 55]

Managers should get 2 challenges per game, and you can use them on strike calls, every broadcast now has the pitch tracer and you can see exactly if the pitch was a ball or a strike. Selig is such an idiot, fans just want the calls to be right, if it takes an extra couple minutes, nobody cares. Just copy everything the NFL does and MLB could become half as popular.

[Masu485]

holy shit. i had the braves, but i didnt watch, so had no idea i won in this fashion

[hawley]

worst call i have seen in a while

[ProfaneReality]

umps like being heroes and hearing the crowd go wild

[thebestthereis]

ump was hungry and didn't want a 400th walk in the inning for possible extra innings. you gotta eat man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyYd4QHcE5E&feature=related

[superman613]

thats was horrible

[balls2wall]

I'll give the ump credit though


he admitted he blew the call

[Dukebluejms]

Not even close!!! And how do you even think about giving a Braves pitcher a call when they had walked 4 in a row. I am very glad I wasn't on the Tigers yesterday or I'd be very mad.

[rickbo528]

I'll give the ump credit though


he admitted he blew the call

So the ump admitted the blown call just like in the imperfect game in Detroit? Hadn't heard.

[rickbo528]

Load up on Detroit today. Verlander will probably get a favorable strike zone after this.

[balls2wall]

So the ump admitted the blown call just like in the imperfect game in Detroit? Hadn't heard.

they showed the quote on quick pitch


He basically said "I was quick on my calls all day and when you make quick calls you get in trouble." He said something like that after watching the replay and admitted it was a ball.

[make$take$]

So pissed. I had Det and while it obv wasnt a good pick the Braves were imploding and the Tigers looked to be sneaking out a win, and then...

I have the mlb.com package and was watching the game. After that pitch I looked like Gallaraga after Jim Joyce F-ed him in the A

[soxwin]

Ump felt bad for kawakami. Said this kid can't be winless on a 1st place team! SO he gave him his 1st win on a silver platter. I had the over so that pitch was basically my push for the game right there.

[balls2wall]

So pissed. I had Det and while it obv wasnt a good pick the Braves were imploding and the Tigers looked to be sneaking out a win, and then...

I have the mlb.com package and was watching the game. After that pitch I looked like Gallaraga after Jim Joyce F-ed him in the A

I thought they had everything blacked out on Saturdays.


Same thing with directv etc...


I was thinking about getting one of the two this year, but didn't since you can't watch on the biggest day of the week

[make$take$]

I thought they had everything blacked out on Saturdays. Same thing with directv etc... I was thinking about getting one of the two this year, but didn't since you can't watch on the biggest day of the week

on .com its the Sunday night game and games w/ start times between like 2-5 or something on Saturdays. I just got it 2 weeks ago and yeah I was pissed last weekend but it didn't even come up in one game I tried to watch this weekend. Don't know if times were good or I just got lucky

[HOT WINGS]

Complete BS Tigers bounce back today and tag Hanson IMO

[jagaf22]

WOW! Just watched it phuckin terrible!

[kmoney]

pretty bad

[rustyscrub]

It's hysterically sad, really. The entire Umpires union has been an epic failure dating back to the Tigers/Twins play-in game last year.

[netinfo]

I feel bad for Tigers fans, being screwed like that by the empires. First, they robbed Galarraga of history, and now this shit with Damon.

I agree with adding a "manager's challenge" or something like that, and they should limit it to maybe one or two per game.

netinfo