MLB Showing Up the Umpires

[@toemblem]

Ichiro knows the strike zone better than anybody. If he says it's outside, just say "thank you and I'll do better".

[@NathanielM...]

Right? 😂

[@zakkwylde5545]

Haha, so true.

[@julielee7161]

Yeah

[@yeahyeahboys]

Yes. I'm sure he has more accurate sight than umpire.

[@DuraDigi]

And he was exactly right

[@xCALYPTOxGaming]

"He points to where he thinks the ball was." And that's exactly where the ball was.

[@jayjya]

ichiro had better eyes than most umpires.

[@theswimbaitguy2875]

And the guy says 3 strikes down the middle

[@jstewart845ss]

Yup. Ichiro wasn't wrong! I'm a huge Ichiro fan anyway, but that ump was a little too sensitive, and wrong.

[@alanjavierarroyootero7209]

@@theswimbaitguy2875 yeah like no sense

[@ryancarroll6432]

@@jayjya Doesn't take much.

[@georgeluminari2511]

Ichiro drew the line exactly where the ball passed.

[@taxicamel]

No different from tennis ......GET RID OF THESE UMPIRES ......OR GRADE THEM AFTER EVERY GAME ON THEIR PERFORMANCE ......AND THEN GIVE THEM TWO MORE CHANCES .....THEN GET RID OF THEM. Computerizing the strike zone ALREADY EXISTS .....WE ARE WATCHING THIS VIDEO!!!! The oldest "trick" in the book is the catcher moving his glove back into the strike zone. I learnt this when I was 10 years old. I watched the last little league worlds and couldn't believe how BAD the umpires were ......and the catchers were doing their CORRECTING back into the strike so massively .....I couldn't watch. The pitches were going over the batter box line ....and called strikes. NOPE .....TIME FOR CHANGE .......NOT TELLING US "IT'S A NO-NO TO DRAW A LINE IN THE DIRT .....WHEN IN FACT THE BATTER IS CORRECT .....particularly when an umpire can be making $350,000 annually!!!! Let the computers do the deciding. At this last U.S. Open ....NOT ONE TENNIS PLAYER IS EVEN HESITATING WHEN ANY CALL IS MADE. It is ON WITH THE GAME. NO DELAYS. NO THEATRICS FROM THE DRAMA QUEENS .....BECAUSE THERE IS NO ONE TO ARGUE WITH. DO THE SAME IN BASEBALL. THE BASEBALL OFFICIALS ARE A BUNCH OF OVERPAID ARROGANT PRICKS. .

[@kawamizu334]

お手本みたいな英文すこ

[@iambiggus]

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ Or don't repent, don't believe in Jesus, and live the exact same life you would have anyway. Peace.

[@marcosfern777]

True the excuse is he’s super accurate and the ump just didn’t like it

[@yammmit]

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ shut up

[@jeffcann7233]

How awesome is Ichiro. He drew the line EXACTLY where the pitch was thrown.

[@senororlando2]

If you throw Ichiro out of a game you should be ineligible for postseason & all-star assignments

[@chdi-qk4oq]

yea they were all outside. ichiro has a better eye than all the umpires combined

[@taekwondotime]

Where Ichiro drew the line was EXACTLY where the pitch was. :)

[@easymoney7007]

Pitches like those, and umpire calls, are the reasons pitchers like Greg Maddux are HOF'ers.

[@SaberFate]

@@easymoney7007 Maddux had nasty stuff my guy don't discredit him. He did get a big strike though definitely.

[@easymoney7007]

@@SaberFate Any MLB pitcher that gets that much of a strike zone to work with will have HOF numbers, ANY MLB pitcher. Changes everything for a batter.

[@halflanding1900]

Pause at 0:24 and play frame by frame at x0.25 speed. Then do the same at 0:30. The pitch and the line Ichiro drew align EXACTLY.

[@ericvillarreal1618]

He knows he's right

[@steezemonk]

True

[@saucyg6371]

Don’t even need to pause tbh. It was just that obvious of a bad call.

[@purestofsouls]

I love how he’s so nonchalant about it too. He just draws the line and walks away.

[@syreallewyatt5048]

Dude's got just amazing eyesight.

[@stoirtap12]

0:33 Every video I watch with Ichiro makes me more impressed with his achievements. The first Seattle Mariner - truly incredible.

[@housebed]

Ichiro knew everything about the ballpark. He is probably the only baseball player who has a tighter eye than the umpires.

[@ephemispriest8069]

Those bums set the bar pretty low. I'm sure a lot of players do.

[@mickeydrago9401]

Maybe he has 20/10 vision

[@yeaandsowhat5213]

There's an asian joke in there somewhere lol

[@vincentjack735]

A cry baby like the rest

[@TAKLProductions]

The things I learned about baseball from this comment section 1. Everyone loves Ichiro 2. Everyone hates Hernandez

[@taylorb7191]

How are these umps so quick to throw everyone out too, it’s pathetic

[@whatsomeonesaidwastaken9216]

@@taylorb7191 im waiting for a player to do the throwing out motion to the ump just to show him up

[@TheNerdyFosterMom]

I was a Braves fan. I didn't hate Hernandez (most of the time) but I would have happily taken a contract out on Hohn if I had had the funds.

[@olliecrow3547]

Yep

[@user-no3kq7sh2m]

You love ichiro. But all of them ain't similar to you. I don't like him.

[@tokugawahisaka07]

Ichiro was one of the best hitters in the history of baseball. If he draws a line in the sand, you know he’s right

[@TheNerdyFosterMom]

Imagine Ichiro with his incredible eye going up against someone like Greg Maddox. That would be baseball nirvana.

[@frankc3635]

It was right where he drew it too haha

[@dongubelman2283]

He was right

[@000distructzero]

Only a matter of time before the red faced, veins in neck popping out amateur umpire responds in all caps saying you're not allowed to argue balls and strikes... (then put a period, then spell period in all caps and put another actual period.. Just the dumbest of the dumb 🤣🤣) Sickening, in this day of technology with pitch Trax and similar gadgets.. You're not "arguing balls and strikes"... You are simply informing the umpire they've made an error., that's all there is to it. Most of us in our jobs get informed we've made an indisputable error, we're contrite, apologetic and try to do better. With umpires due to the decades of balls / strikes being 100% judement they view you as the problem and not themselves, and simply toss you out of the game. They make the error, and they force someone else to suffer negative consequences (nice gig by the way)

[@kennykungfu8273]

He only strike out 10 times in highscool with 536AB and averaging of .502 batting average he’s a phenomenal hitter.

[@seahawks1185]

I think that was the 1 and only confrontation with an umpire Ichiro has ever had, literally in his entire 28 year career playing in the US/Japan

[@king-crane4956]

Imagine throwing Ichiro out of a game. Gotta be the most level headed superstar of his generation and you know when he points something out it’s to make the game better.

[@davidfeltz8697]

I totally agree!

[@zenpie2249]

to make the game better, they need to just put an AI to call whether its a strike or ball. fuck umpires

[@xlargetophat]

Did Donaldson keep his hr,?

[@iamthegreatcornholio7836]

ichiro needs to control himself.

[@CosmicStar3]

⁠@@iamthegreatcornholio7836there’s literally ballplayers who scream at the umpires, but Ichiro is the bad guy for just telling the umpire where he thinks the pitch was thrown?

[@B0RRAC0]

But Ichiro was 1000% right!!!! That pitch was in the hot dog stand somewhere!

[@almostfm]

Yes, he was right. But drawing a line in the dirt where the pitch was (or even just where you thought it was) will get you run every single time.

[@jonathangrypp1065]

@@almostfm yeah but the fact that he was right on where the pitch was is pretty funny

[@bowler9749]

It looks like it was hung right on the edge........

[@ghillepig2]

If the ump is calling that outside pitch for both teams all game then it's okay, if he just started that out of nowhere then it's bad

[@BigPlayNate]

No cap did you watch the replay he got it on the outside corner or pretty dam close

[@Phil-S8]

When Ichiro drew that line, the ump should've apologized

[@Ricky-ql6ib]

Why? Looked like it caught the corner to me

[@FR0ZENxTUNA]

@@Ricky-ql6ib Did you even see the replay

[@lee-qw3zk]

@@Ricky-ql6ib check replay

[@NaruSanavai]

@@Ricky-ql6ib The corner of what? The fuckin' stadium?

[@eternalthread7846]

@@Ricky-ql6ib looks like you should get some glasses for Christmas this year

[@joejackson3091]

Ichiro's highlight is good evidence that the players' depth perception is often more on point than the ump's call.

[@erikkalifornia5182]

The funny part is Ichiro drew a line in the sand exactly where the ball was... The umpire couldn't see it correctly from a far more optimal position. Classic.

[@nerdbot37]

I'm sure of two things: Ichiro is always right. And Ángel Hernández is pretty much always wrong.

[@johnvrabec9747]

Yeah, him and Joe West are the worst.

[@flambe1399]

What happens if they agree? Oh wait that’ll never happen

[@oozener92]

I honestly don't think a truer statement has ever been uttered.

[@ethanrepine8862]

Ahh Ichiro is always right and Hernandez is "pretty much always wrong".....nah. Hernandez is always wrong, even when he is right(even a blind squirrel finds a nut), he is always wrong. Explains why Hernandez is the first legally blind ump too. lol

[@jrwntctv8091]

Clearly they're both wrong...

[@patron40silver]

Umpires need a grading system where they're held accountable and not just ineligible for post season, either. I have no idea how some of these bozos have kept their jobs for so long.

[@terryrose4804]

Union

[@patron40silver]

@@terryrose4804 Yeah, I know. It's one of those, I don't understand why they don't fix this bs, questions. Frustrating.

[@vuntan]

There is a grading system- just needs higher consequence

[@ripcommanderthorn4060]

Angel Hernandez should’ve been fired after week one

[@nmg2002]

@@terryrose4804 it’s a shitty one at that, I’m a normal one you get held accountable for something you did wrong, ump unions are like cop unions, no accountability

[@Cindoreye]

They used to say when Tony Gwynn took a pitch and the umpire called it a strike, it was the umpire who questioned whether they got it wrong. I can safely say Ichiro is one of the few other hitters where that is also the case.

[@dr.floridamanphd]

“His strike zone has been a little wide all night.” It’s been pretty long too considering that ball was below the knees.

[@mikeprevost8650]

Angel's strike zone is wherever the fuck he feels it should be, and it changes with every pitch

[@tacolord2561]

@@mikeprevost8650 lol i dont watch baseball that much but man have i learned, mainly from jommboy, that angel is the worst

[@damienprescott8577]

@@tacolord2561 Angel would be good as a different ump.

[@alanhess9306]

Dr. Florida Man; PhD, you need your eyes checked. Do you even know that the strike zone extends below the knees?

[@SolidSonicTH]

@@alanhess9306 Come on, we're talking about Angel Hernandez. There's a lot of other b/s in play than a single pitch.

[@theangelicwon8852]

One of the only times I've seen Ichiro absolutely furious with the umpire. 🤣

[@Bert_Hammers]

Didn't even seem that furious

[@michaellarson6936]

@@Bert_Hammers r/wooosh

[@thepotatofuhrer2991]

Which one is Will Smith ???....👈😁

[@lukasgarage956]

ja he was absolutely ape shit, went furious on the Ump.

[@fanny2081]

He has a perfect eye for balks

[@musicdrive_lofi]

If ichiro draws a line and gets upset, chances are he's 100% correct.

[@saulspeaks2557]

I can't even imagine what a player feels when they find out that Angel Hernandez is running the crew that day. You just know you're going to be subject to so so many bad calls

[@cizzymac]

Ichiro pointing at the exact spot where the ball crossed the plate was some GOAT shit. Totally worth the ejection.

[@tombro911]

Got give Ichiro the credit there. That was pinpoint perfect to where the ball crossed. There are some batters who are shaky when it comes to strike zones, Ichiro is maybe one of about 10 legit hitters who knows the strike zone down to centimeters.

[@bbesco2021]

I got to agree. But Pudge might now it just as good and got tossed too.

[@dereksbooks]

Home plate umpires are complete trash. It's a moral victory whenever their incompetence and egos don't totally ruin games.

[@pimptaro]

Millimeters!!

[@GG_2x]

Naw it was too close to take 0-2

[@socalangler4082]

You're number is a way too low but ichiro was one of the masters no doubt.

[@joshhigdon4951]

Ichiro was spot on! That dude knew exactly where that pitch was. One of the best eyes in baseball history. If he dont swing, its either out of his pitch predictor or its a ball. That was amazing!

[@jrwntctv8091]

No, he was off by five metres

[@Spark412]

@@jrwntctv8091 No, he wasn't.

[@notahotshot]

@@jrwntctv8091 "Off by five meters." Lol! You don't even know how long five meters is. Also, If he was off by five meters the ump was too.

[@jrwntctv8091]

@@notahotshot LOL at you Americans. A 'metre' is a distance measurement. A 'meter' is a device used to take measurements. A 'foot' is not a valid measurement of distance in the 21st century.

[@szymonderlatka4942]

@@jrwntctv8091 you still dont know how much 5m is its literally more than some rooms in standard flats lol

[@rickbateman2401]

I heard a story years ago about a pitcher complaining about balls and strikes. Supposedly he was a rookie or very young, was pitching to Ted Williams and the ump told the pitcher that if Mr Williams doesn’t swing at it, it’s got to be a ball. I feel the same with Ichiro; the guy VERY rarely argues with umpires so if he’s drawing a line the umpire missed the call, and probably a couple of others too.

[@bobevans2329]

He said, “Mr. Williams will let you know when you throw a strike.”

[@codemeister26]

4:10 McLendon actually "stealing " first base at a baseball game. Too funny. 😂

[@ryanb4533]

“That’s Angel” Two words that tell you everything you need to know.

[@solidmoon8266]

The Angel you don't want on your shoulder.

[@captainphoenix]

lol fitting today. Here after Schwarber's ejection.

[@jakefox589]

There should be rule if umpire falsely ejects you from the game the hitter should have every right to go ‘Who has the bat in his hands and who’s gonna get it if he ejects me’. 😂

[@gemnifan6045]

Worst umpire in history? I think yes don't know how that guy got to umpire so many years

[@jrcrawford4]

Was ever a man so inappropriately named.

[@ourtime-downhere6931]

Imagine being the one moron who ejected Ichiro.

[@mikeprevost8650]

and the one moron fired for failing a drug test.

[@alanhess9306]

From middle school on ump, when a player draws a line, he can expect to be ejected. 100% of umpires would do the same thing.

[@vicarious4231]

If ichiro says it's a ball, it's a ball

[@lookingdeer]

イチローの抗議が格好良すぎ

[@jakedasnake7703]

The fact Donaldson hit a dinger the very next pitch after the horrible strike call is BADASS. Trust me it doesn’t happen very often to hit a dinger right after a horrible call.

[@gazdust896]

As a sox fan that was still well deserved. 👏 good on Josh for that one

[@cminton716]

Kinda like acunas grand slam against la

[@1st-Amendment]

Yea his antics at the end was well deserving. Statement needed made.

[@xyzlmno4631]

Ok Jake. Word taken.

[@bobdole7292]

Even though he got ejected for covering the plate does his run still count ?

[@nickbagelboy]

Donaldson kicking dirt on the plate is my favourite kind of petty. I love how the announcers were like "great job with the manager for diffusing the situation and letting Donaldson focus" lmfao

[@2themoon863]

Donaldson does seem to have a bit of a short fuse at times…

[@cmbotch5739]

Ehh, Donaldson seemed like a douche in that situation. If you're still that butthurt over a called strike even after you just hit a homerun, then you're just an asshole imo. McClendon on the other hand is an even better kind of petty lol.

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

It was a very weak move. He had a perfect moment and he ruined it.

[@matthewandrews3883]

@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers no he made it that much better. The ump is a moron. What good does it do to throw out a player after the play is over? He was literally heading to the dugout, who cares. These umps have to much "power and authority" and think that their the Supreme voice in all things baseball. But the reality is that they have 1 day of 4 where they're in charge of the plate and after the 4th day the move on to another city. They keep making a case for robot umps to replace them.

[@edwardschulte9230]

He's a punk and needs to grow up.

[@llmyth007]

those last 2 clips had me in tears laughing.

[@user-oq8ou3qr3p]

Ichiro hit the strike zone more than anyone else. If he says it's a ball, it's a ball.

[@Apollyon_Rev911]

Ichiro was 100% correct as to where the pitch was. Amazing.

[@nostradumass6248]

alt title: 5 minutes of umpires being sensitive

[@rkelly1999]

5 minutes of umpires being softer than a blanket

[@mikelair9144]

Wrong and they knew it

[@MajorLH15]

10 ply for sure.. cant take any criticism for not doing their jobs correctly. The best umps are the ones that will admit when they are wrong

[@joshbailey7775]

You spelled crying bitches wrong.

[@oscarponce6045]

Snowflakes you could say

[@shirohawke9413]

It may be tooting my own horn, but I remember being at bat once and the pitch to me was so low, it almost hit the ground. Ump called it a strike. I asked if we were playing baseball or golf because a club was the only way I could have hit that. He didn't appreciate the joke.

[@tomsmith5216]

I got tossed once for telling an ump, who called a strike on a pitch that bounced in front of the catcher. "yeah, I didn't see it either, guess we both need glasses..."

[@raterus]

The funniest thing is that Ichiro was exactly right where that ball went.

[@beaubrax]

I really feel like if Ichiro gets angry there is a damn good reason cause that guy is composed. Kind of a “if my mom doesn’t like you then something is wrong with you” kind of thing. But damn the line he drew was spot on.

[@TAKLProductions]

It didn't even really seem like he was angry, it was almost more of a poised matter of fact like attitude.

[@beaubrax]

@@TAKLProductions I can agree to that for sure!

[@andrewgranger739]

Yeah you have someone like Ichiro who is probably a better judge of balls and strikes than the best umpire out there, and then you have Harper who pitches a fit every other at bat.

[@ianrashid2033]

0:03 The two rarest things in baseball history are about to happen 1. Ichiro strikes out looking 2. Ichiro gets ejected

[@joelcrb2011]

Well and except for a bad ump making a bad call, in reality he doesn't strike out looking.

[@ianrashid2033]

@@joelcrb2011 true that

[@IndepenisDay]

Love to see it from Donaldson, after the home run shenanigans to show the ump up and he already got his run. Oddly satisfyingly

[@JesusHerrera-vx2pn]

Never thought i would enjoy this so much

[@JoeV03]

I've always said that I Ichiro is arguably the greatest baseball player ever (and I'm a Yankees fan). He was just great in every single part of the game. The fact that he was not only right about the call but the line he made with his bat is EXACTLY where the pitch was! He's just great at everything!

[@itzduffy4840]

Another Yankees fan here lol and I agree. Ichiro is a freaking legend !

[@itzduffy4840]

A living fucking legend

[@dibslin2.081]

Not exactly. Dude had zero power.

[@n8_n]

As an M's fan, Ichiro is a legend and a first-ballot hall-of-famer, but calling him the greatest player ever is laughable.

[@JoeV03]

@@n8_n Laughable??? You obviously don't know much about baseball. Ichiro came to the league when he was 28, he played for 8 YEARS in Japan before that. If he came to the MLB when he was 20 he most likely WOULD HAVE been arguably the greatest ever.

[@joshuawhitley8575]

Ichiro had every right to draw that line, the ump showed him up first. Looked him in the eye and punched him out that aggressively. Power trip if there ever was one

[@TheDMB411987]

Yeah that’s the part that was unnecessary. Like he received joy in calling strike three. It reminded me of when David Ortiz got into it with an ump on a questionable strike, then the next pitch the ump very enthusiastically does an animated called strike three. These guys have big but fragile egos a lot of the time

[@mikeprevost8650]

Given that it was Brian Runge, it's possible that he was as high as a kite.

[@Vespyr_]

Just get rid of them. Robots can do their jobs. Authority without accountability is garbage.

[@ravinraven6913]

@@Vespyr_ If this was wrestling and the ump was trying to get heat, sure...but this guy controls the fate of a game, this is corrupt if he refuses to take ackowledge that he could be wrong. There is a reason instant replays became a thing, the judge/ref/ump is never 100% accurate and for him to get mad and kick ichiro out was definitely a power trip. If I was there at the game I would have started chucking things at the ump and never watched another game in my life. I wonder now, is mlb tax exempt like NFL was?

[@us-Bahn]

I wouldn’t want to cross Ichiro ever.

[@valverdearts]

Watching some of these got me fired up!

[@BrianThorp]

Ichiro is definitely a top 5 baseball mind of all-time. He took average talent and combined it with incredible baseball intelligence and dedication to become one of the best hitters of all-time.

[@michaelh1889]

...and ichiro rarely walked... Never begging for calls !?

[@THICCTHICCTHICC]

Average talent? He has a superhuman throw

[@Alienated80]

Lol...average??? Have you ever seen this man throw? And, how about his time from the box to first base? Nothing average about Ichiro Suzuki at all. Your knowledge of athleticism is well below average at best.

[@XxMETALJAREDxX]

Absolutely nothing average about Ichiro‘s athletic ability. He has one of the greatest throws in baseball history and was one of the best batters in baseball history and he was also lightning fast to first base.

[@rsplatpc]

Perfect editing, no wasted time, nice job who put this together

[@PaulieWalnuts1776]

The only thing worse than a video where someone takes 45 seconds to narrate before actually showing the clip is putting in trashy SoundCloud rap music

[@KKID023]

Fr straight to what we came for more KZbinrs need to do this

[@keithhamilton9707]

I think this video should be renamed to “Players being upset that umpires suck at their job”

[@victoriamaddison5538]

Lol bet

[@n0tlaggy626]

when the umpires know they got showed up so they eject gets me all the time😂😂

[@bbb-oq9js]

That call on Blackmon was so close you can barely argue it. That moment in the game that’s too close to watch go by

[@HH-pt3gl]

海外のコメント読んでると、イチロー愛されてて嬉しくなるわ

[@raydedonder]

We all love Ichiro!

[@croberuson]

イチロが一番。

[@kawamizu334]

わかりみの極み

[@AcapellaAddict4Lyfe]

2:56 that guy in the purple hat is loving the drama

[@therickestpicklerick]

Thats Steven Spielberg

[@Ikasnu]

It's cool knowing I saw the Blackmon ejection live and seeing it here. Nothing about the game was memorable, except that ejection.

[@hafeya]

No one can convince me that most umpires weren't mercilessly bullied as children. Even think about challenging their omnipotence, you're ejected

[@keenanmcbreen7073]

Ichiro is a baseball tracking computer, and hes super chill, ump had to be embarrassed by that rofl

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

Ichiro was the man! And he was spot on with that line in the sand.

[@philipchampion566]

Not a baseball fan but it always cracks me up when they kick dirt on home plate or when they take one of the bases out of the ground

[@sillyoldfrog]

Empires are like politicians, when you tell them they were wrong they kick you out.

[@BigDaddyCruz]

Yeah I remember that Ichiro one. I think that was the only time he was ever ejected from a game. You know you fucked up when Ichiro shows that much "emotion" to a bad call.

[@NWtoSFO]

I remember the story former ump Ron Luciano used to tell about how he’d wait to see how Rod Carew reacted to a close pitch before he’d call ball or strike. I think Ichiro had nearly as good a batter’s eye as Rod Carew.

[@MLPIceberg]

If Ichiro has an issue with an Ump, then you know the Ump is wrong. It's similar to Blackmon and Kinsler. Those guys don't normally lose their cool when an Ump sometimes expands the Strike Zone. But back to Ichiro, the man knows the Strike Zone (or used to anyway) down to the millimeter. One of very few that did. He better be inducted into the Hall of Fame soon else I might have to start a riot lol.

[@jayjayjames2332]

Blackmon's strikeout in this video was a strike though.

[@Trassik]

We need instant replay in baseball. That would take a snail's pace game into a glacial epoch.

[@ap8275]

Funny how Angel Hernandez is a common denominator here.

[@jcelldogs]

He plays the "minority" card so he never gets fired. I believe MLB tried to fire him years ago and he played that and won.

[@eznf98]

I want a video of just him and Joe west messing up and ejecting people for being right

[@twomstone_17]

@@jcelldogs I'm not sure about umpires, but 32% of MLB players are hispanic, I wouldn't even call that a minority anymore. Asians at 2.9% for sure.

[@codysampson8614]

Always is haha

[@johncheney3008]

Why do the umpires have such tender ego's when they obviously need to see the eye Doc 🤭🤭🤭

[@aninjatwitch]

Because they are bitter they arnt good enough to play.

[@tomsmith5216]

The Phillies' organist was ejected for playing "three blind mice" once when the umps walked onto the field...priceless!!

[@user-vc7cp9bl5p]

イチロー何してもかっこいい

[@hamyankee9343]

Amazing how correct the batter’s judgement was!

[@josiahtribble1706]

A lot of Umpires really wear their emotions on their sleeves and really do have huge egos, they need to check those at the door and officiate games in strictly a fair and impartial manner and also they need to correctly pick their battles and admit they’ve made errors in judgment upon a call they’ve made and own up to it.

[@eolsunder]

yes egos have a lot to do with it because its the control thing, they really are meaningless in games because the baseball players are the stars of the show, but the umps actually think they are in control of the game. It applies to a lot of people who really don't have jobs but have that little bit of control and nothing else. rent-a-cops, security guards, people like loading dock managers. You know how many rent-a-cops and building security guards i run into who want to throw their weight around when im doing deliveries, until i call up the property managers waiting on their stuff and the little nothing-guards get their necks stepped on.

[@stevzky]

Problem is, a ruling is final even if it is wrong. The ump can't backtrack because he saw it as he called it. He can't unsee what he saw. Now, a player gets angry and the umps hands are tied.

[@mistermonologue2442]

@@stevzky Except it isnt just them getting the calls wrong, they knowingly give bad ones to "keep the game interesting".

[@ATSaale]

Yep, it's just failed baseball players telling pros how to play.

[@shawnwilliams736]

Call it wishful thinking, but sometimes I think it’d be nice if there was a tradition in baseball of charging the Ump, like charging the mound.

[@aic8326]

Hahah that's funny

[@gregorymckenzie7029]

I would like to see a rule where if both teams think a ref is shit, they can agree to toss him

[@SaucyGamers]

@@gregorymckenzie7029 just was thinking this. I’d love to see umps get tossed

[@TheDcraft]

If you win the ump gets ejected, if the ump wins you get ejected.

[@benpfab17]

@Jonny Moon I mean, at the end of the day umpires will make mistakes, that's a fact, although Angel Hernandez has had problems losing his shit and charging the mound(yes he charged once to toss someone). I have no problem with female umpires, but it's a individual behavior problem, not a gender behavioral issue

[@mtgpackrat7945]

The one video that should be in here was when the umpire told Harper to get into the batter's box and Harper put one foot in mockingly and got tossed for it. One of my most favorite Harper moments.

[@uncleshrek32]

That first base takeoffs are great!

[@oscaro.350]

Damn ichiro drew the line exactly where the ball was

[@mikelmart]

Playing fast pitch softball years ago the umpire made a horrific call on me for a called third strike. I turned to him and gave him my bat and told him, "here you swing at that". He tossed me out of the game.

[@rickt9569]

I got booted out of an old man slow pitch softball game for doing the same thing ichiro did haha

[@victoriamaddison5538]

Hello mike Looking for friendship if you’re interested Let me know 😛

[@kendob9642]

@@rickt9569 you take pitches in slow pitch? Pathetic, swing the bat and drink your beer

[@rickt9569]

@@kendob9642 thats literally how far outside it was lol yes i agree swIng away normally

[@kendob9642]

@@rickt9569 there's this idiot in our league who is fit but wears skin-toght under armor, an elbow guard, thinks he's mike trout and tries to walk every at bat. As long as you aren't him ur ok in my book 🤣

[@a-a-ron3542]

The Harper and Kinsler pitches looked pretty good to me

[@ivansilvagonzalez861]

Donaldson: "Clean that with your little broom Ump"... XD

[@FreeTimeFeats]

Never have I been so humorously satisfied than watching grown men pull a base from the ground and walk with it in rage.

[@outsiderdf]

Perfect example of why we should eliminate the umpire's opinion and use the damn tech we have.

[@Thisizmyname]

Truth is we love the unpredictability (to a certain extent) and we love the entertainment of watching guys get tossed. Angel Hernandez is the only guy that should be replaced by a robot. Everyone else can stay.

[@geg6315]

Stop watching baseball

[@outsiderdf]

@@Thisizmyname then get rid of instant replay. Technology makes the hard work both hitters and pitchers put into the game worth it.

[@slash09r1]

@@Thisizmyname just who dafuq is we?

[@Thisizmyname]

@@slash09r1 we. As in a lot of people. Does that answer your question

[@jamesdelcol3701]

I love watching them get mad. I get mad with them. LOL! Batter up! I am so psyched for this season; it is going to be beautiful.

[@megahades8296]

and this, this is why bats were invented, not for baseball, but for breaking it over someone's head when they piss u off.

[@madsismad9113]

if only it happened more often

[@allainangcao28]

Ichiro’s vision is so good, he knows exactly where the pitch goes and can still bloop it to left if he wanted too... 🤣

[@djward1545]

I've seen dudes steal 2nd, 3rd and home...but on this day I learned you can steal first base 😂

[@dillongunter9539]

You can do that if it's a 3rd out and you have runners on bases that could still make it home, as long as it's a live ball IIRC

[@tylerbrown8486]

The fact we still use umpires like the blind angel Hernandez is crazy to me. The human error on balls and strikes is so bad it should be all AI that makes those calls

[@2themoon863]

Even the AI has been wrong during the testing in the minirs.

[@michaellechner2862]

Atleast make it like football where you can challenge calls and have it reviewed and determined correctly

[@kkttss1928]

The reason Angel still has a job is because he's a minority and a union. He's pathetic and has no accountability.

[@eleventy-seven]

@@2themoon863 the error factor in test runs show that the autoump as I like to call them are more accurate then any umpire and with hernandez , the autoump would say if it could, " is this a joke?".

[@ststst981]

I feel like just like the wooden bats, the MLB keeps umpires in the game because it's a time honored tradition to hate them

[@noahboy7309]

I can't stop laughing when they take the base out of the ground

[@buckzz___]

Ichiro shouldnt of been thrown out for that, he didnt even say anything.

[@blakebeyett6471]

Actions are louder than words.

[@joeyz4619]

@@blakebeyett6471 and ichiro was right the ump is a moron

[@Superdog-kh3ee]

@@blakebeyett6471 it was bad call so dum

[@vranthis]

@@blakebeyett6471 Ok chinese cookie

[@devinbrown1775]

buckzz yeah but he draw the line where the ball is. And that is automatic ejections for doing that.

[@bigsmokiee55]

May we give thanks to these umps for giving us errors to troubleshoot for a future of robot umpires, and an abolishment of egotistical geriatrics in the game.

[@jello_cudgel9213]

Watching this you’d almost get the impression that MLB umpires don’t always know exactly what they’re doing

[@horde4909]

What's hilarious is, imagine if the batters swung at some of the awful called strike pitches, they'd probably hit their own kneecaps 😂

[@spaceracer23]

"Where you think the ball is..." Ichiro didnt "think," "believe," or "feel" where the ball was. He KNEW where it was.

[@jrwntctv8091]

And yet indicated it was about five metres from where it actually was.

[@jeremymccleary1543]

@@jrwntctv8091 stfu lol 🤡 🤡

[@Spark412]

@@jrwntctv8091 Nope. You're wrong.

[@notahotshot]

@@jrwntctv8091, five meters is sixteen feet. Are you actually trying to say that pitch was five meters (sixteen feet) away from the plate?

[@1freezyfrost]

@@jrwntctv8091 five metres? Go back to school man

[@shibity]

I've always found it kind of funny that the umps are wrong but it's the player that's tossed.

[@LIVdaBrand]

4:09 the ref was amused with this one low key😂😂

[@abigcess]

MLB has to be one of the only sports that umpire’s ego matters more than what’s right or wrong

[@Yeah_Whocares]

2:20 "Who would throw someone out in this kind of game? Oh, it's Angel..."

[@__Renn_]

Its like when u talk back to ur parents when ur young....no matter what u say ur in trouble😂

[@rivalmjd8541]

Even when you’re right you still get in trouble just for the fact you opened your mouth XD

[@dl3988]

This video would be more accurately called "MLB Umps embarrassing themselves."

[@percival23]

The location in which MLB umpires calls ball & strikes is the stupidest thing in all of sports.

[@emmahente5061]

love how ichrio goes about in such a polite manner lol

[@Malama_Ki]

Angel Hernandez will be looked upon in history as a turning point and catalyst into the pitch-trax.

[@hd-xc2lz]

And likewise his name is the most well known in umpiring history. Best umpires, refs, officials in any sport are anonymous.

[@mattisawsome9295]

This is the best part of baseball

[@user-bq9ck1dr2j]

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