The 10 WORST Umpire Moments In MLB HISTORY..

[@HummBabyBaseball]

Correction: Apparently I accidentally said Joe Cuzzi instead of Phil Cuzzi and Bill Froemming instead of Bruce Froemming. I know their names but somehow got it mixed up in my head and missed it in editing. My apologies.

[@coreyhill681]

Don't worry about it, I forgive you

[@jakiekubon6958]

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[@johnnycoladrums]

Sees that the Yankees benefitted from 3 of these calls. "Sounds about right" lol

[@CountrySingerWannabe]

More disturbing is that they didn't reverse the call on Gallaraga.

[@davidstoyanoff]

The fact that Angel Hernandez still has a job is MLB's #1 blown call.

[@MST3Killa]

Thing with Galaraga is people don't tend to remember everyone who had perfect games, but having one robbed actually makes it more memorable than most of the others who DID have a perfect game.

[@HonestDoubter]

The Gallaraga call is hard to top.

[@dporter2112]

I agree

[@tomnagy3010]

I will be an Indians fan till I die but I felt bad for him for a little while.

[@asawhitemanidjustliketosay]

I know at face value it looks bad, but during that season there was an abnormally a lot of no-hitters and perfect games and most people forgot about them. Everyone remembers this one and even though it may not be in the record books everyone gives him credit and will be talked about for generations. Pretty okay trade if you ask me

[@CountrySingerWannabe]

You can't top it. Lets say it happened with only a few outs away. It sucks but, everybody goes home. But, it happens on the very last out needed.

[@asawhitemanidjustliketosay]

@@tomnagy3010 Who are the Indians?

[@ray.shoesmith]

One day an investigative journalist is going to prove that Angel Hernandez was on the take for his entire career.

[@big8dog887]

Just watched ESPN's Derek Jeter documentary "The Captain". Jeffrey Maier was never mentioned. That's like doing a Tom Brady documentary and ignoring the Tuck Rule.

[@HummBabyBaseball]

Wow, that's crazy! It was a huge and controversial home run... it wasn't Jeter's fault of course, but that's crazy it wasn't mentioned.

[@stillaboveground2470]

Fluff piece. Not surprising. Hope you weren't expecting any tarnish on Jeter's armor. Notice how the Yanks installed a railing in that area before the start of the next season, to prevent any copycat incidents. They knew they got away with something shady. I heard that the kid's dad tried to work out a deal for the kid to do publicity for the team. The Yanks were smart enough to say, "No thanks." The umpire did admit he made a mistake after seeing the video after the game. Too bad that him saying "Oopsy!" doesn't change anything. Jeter even gave the kid an autographed baseball, with "Thanks a lot" written on it. Of course, none of that dirty laundry will be mentioned.

[@snerdterguson]

Yankees didn't get away with anything shady. A 12 year old fan, unconnected to the organization, saw a ball and reached out for it. The call was blown by the umpire. Nothing the Yankees had to do with the incident was shady.

[@jefffinney4233]

Ball wasn’t gonna be caught by Tarasco. Off the wall

[@snerdterguson]

@@jefffinney4233 man I’m a die hard Yankee fan. That ball was gonna be caught by Tarasco or it would have been an error.

[@jennyvega8]

its crazy how umpires get away with so many bad calls!

[@heartland4915]

And they NEVER GET FIRED!!!! This is why I'm not a baseball fan.

[@mikearanda3049]

how bout a top 10 Angel Hernandez blown calls? 🤣🤣🤣

[@IncredibleFulk1]

Not even a Tigers fan but that Gallaraga call hurts even me. At least Jim Joyce felt horrible about it later and then made a great call in the 2013 World Series with the obstruction call.

[@HummBabyBaseball]

I appreciate he was honest and admitted he was wrong, but I'll never get it.. he had a perfect view and knew the situation.. if there's ANY DOUBT you have to say OUT there.. what did he see to think he was 100% SAFE??

[@robbarbieri8676]

@@HummBabyBaseball I remember watching this live (pretty sure it was on ESPN) and wondering what Joyce's thinking was. The only thing I could come up was perhaps he thought Gallaraga didn't have full possession of the ball when the batter crossed first ( notice there is a little snow cone going on there). But Joyce never indicated such, or made any post game comments indicating that, he just admitted he blew it. I've always thought Gallaraga would have gotten the perfecto with a better defensive 1B. Miggy had no business fielding that ball, the second baseman is ten feet behind him in perfect position. If Miggy goes to the bag, the batter is out by 20 feet, unless of course, there's a bad throw, or Miggy drops the throw, or Joyce gets that wrong, ha ha. Pretty sure a Hernandez or a Mattingly is aware of the positioning and knows what their job is in that situation. Oh well, the world keeps turning.

[@mj23allday247]

He didn’t feel bad about that fat check he got from a book deal after

[@SchroederN8]

Man.. my Braves have been on the wrong end of some terrible umpiring over the years. The b.s. infield fly rule against the Cardinals could arguably be on this list also.

[@sethtate2079]

Yankees got a lot of breaks.

[@HummBabyBaseball]

Yes I noticed that too.

[@jaymoon5906]

I’ll especially never forget the jeffry Mayer incident the kid that reached 2 feet over the railing over the top of outfielder Tony Tara sci right in front of umpire Richie Garcia and they called it a homerun instead of 100 blatant fan interference and a definite out you are right I team came close to getting calls then the Yankees not even close and isn’t anazing since replay came into play the Yankees have only been to 1 World Series because they can no longer cheat there way to a championship I. Fact in 2004 when they led 3-0 overboston the first year of replay there were 4 calls overturned if it wasn’t for replay the Yankees would’ve most definitely gotten into another World Series by cheating but they didn’t the rest is history

[@jaymoon5906]

Also one year playoffs vs Cleveland there. Was a man on first one out a routine double play ball was hit the Yankee base runner going to second ran 2 feet on to the infield grass to avoid the tag clearly out of the base line and automatic out instead the ump called him safe they got the runner at first out but the runner who ran in the infield grass was called safe Cleveland led 3-2 and had a 2-1 series lead the fans were so incensed in Cleveland they started throwing things at the Yankees there was a 45 minute delay when play finally resumed the next Yankee hitter singled and they tied the score I belive the Yankees went on to win this game in 10 innings tying the series 2-2 instead of Cleveland being up 3-1 the series went back to New York and the Yankees won the next 2 games

[@DaFloove]

My parents had just gotten married in 1985. After the Don Denkinger blown call my dad just “went for a drive in his car”. My mom thought she might never see him again. ANYWAYS, they just celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary!

[@jessebarfield3419]

The Marlins braves game was insane. FEET of the plate

[@georgeford3687]

As a Orioles fan I was at Game 4 of that Series and the Orioles were still not in sync after that call. Half the media and all of New York were saying well that's baseball. The brat got seats in the first row behind the Yankee dugout for game 2. The Yankees were voted the team of the year on the ESPYs and the audience broke out in a Let's go Yankees chant. That was the year the Bulls won 72 games. 25 years later and I've never watched another awards show.

[@tommyhunter1817]

That Ron Gant call was the worst call ever. The Braves seemed to get F’ed a lot in the 90’s.

[@jab1289]

Not in 1992 against the Pirates. And, in 97, the Hernandez game was payback for the big strike zones Atlanta got.

[@KidFresh71]

Really fantastic video. Humm Baby!

[@quigonkenny]

That first one, it did look like the catcher missed him. And Galarraga's 9 1/3 inning perfect game has to be #1. Even if it didn't cost someone a World Series, those happen every year. Perfect games have only ever happened 20-some odd times at the major league level.

[@DruidsCalling]

Who cares about him? He was a Tiger, who cares about the tigers loool

[@DrtyALGreen]

I always think about thay Maier kid when people talk crap about Steve Bartman. What that kid did was so much more egregious as he actually did effect the outcome of the game. He's a Yankee hero while Bartman got treatment he didn't deserve in the slightest. That's why they're two of the top 3 worst fans in baseball. Guess who the last one is? The fact that the umps didn't call it shows all sports preferences for the big market teams.

[@MrDdaland]

Addendum to #1 To add to the Cards frustration with Denkinger with Game 6. Denkinger was the Home umpire in Game 7. Whitey Herzog compared that to throwing Gas on a fire .....

[@davidaltman8831]

three things about garcias blown call, that i`ve mantioned on other videos about it. 1. he wasn`t right there, garcia was all the way down by the infield dirt and had to run to the outfield 2. the next inning there was another blown call by garcia (also involving tarasco) involing fans down the first base line deflecting the ball away from tarasco. 3. i always felt there was some prejudice towards the orioles because of the alomar spitting incedent.

[@TheLeadSled]

I will never forget the 1996 game, when my Orioles were literally robbed. Looking back all these years later I realize once they called it a home run there was no way on earth they were going to reverse the call at Yankee Stadium with a sold out crowd. Everytime I see that it still bothers me, I'll never forget as a kid jumping up and down yelling fan interference while Jeter jogged around the bases, bad call simply a bad call. There is another blown call that's rarely spoken about and that's the home plate call in the 10th inning of the 1973 World Series Mets vs A's, it included Willie Mays and Ray Fosse.

[@johnathanpatrick6118]

I put half the blame on that call as the reason why the Yankees won that WS. The other half...blame my avatar... 😔🤦🏾‍♂️

[@williammorgan5076]

1970 world series Bernie Carbo, Eli Hendricks tags Carbo with an empty glove while holding the ball behind the umpire"s back - might be #1

[@werewolvesofsanger4649]

Billy Martin was real character and one Helluva great manager. He could take a lousy team and make winners out of them. The fact that he is not in the HOF is a huge blunder in itself. Billy Ball ruled.

[@piercehubbard4086]

How many times did he get hired, fired, and re-hired by the Yankees? Lol I still love that Seinfeld scene where Steinbrenner is listing people he had to let go over the years, and it was always “Billy Martin, (someone else), Billy Martin…”

[@TheLeadSled]

He was a tactician, that man knew the game inside and out. In my lifetime there's only been a few managers I would call great, one being Billy Martin, Tony LaRussa, Tommy Lasorda, and my personal favorite the Earl of Baltimore Earl Weaver, I'm sure others may think otherwise but for me they were great managers.

[@piercehubbard4086]

@@TheLeadSled - Lou Pinella had the most entertainingly short fuse.

[@Dieselweasel12]

Bobby cox could get rowdy

[@jimschultz2179]

The Gant robbery made me cry.

[@jbrhel]

The Brett call was very odd but correct, IMHO. The Denkinger call on Orta still hurts.

[@geoffroi-le-Hook]

With video replay rules, protesting the game is no longer an option.

[@herbwhite7384]

The Gallaraga call is the hardest to watch.

[@kjorlaug1]

The infield fly call in the 2012 wildcard game...horrible call

[@BuGzShady]

You already know the tigers no hitter was gonna be on here

[@worldtraveler721]

MLB should seriously treat umps like players: the best umps should get paid more and the worst get sent down. Why should we be subjected to years of the "Angel Hernandez's" and "Joe West's?" Encourage accountability. I like the idea of robo umps, but I don't believe that the league can completely switch. There still has to be a human element to in game calls. Umps at home plate, for example, could still be used to make calls such as foul tips, plays at home plate, etc. The robo umps can just take over the one most difficult aspect for home plate umpires to get correct: balls and strike calls. If humans can't get that part of game calling correct, please replace that part with technology. It's so frustrating when some of these bad calls come in game changing moments! Great video Erik! ❤❤

[@HummBabyBaseball]

I completely agree!! Thank you WT!!

[@capresenooj4359]

I think a hybrid AI assisted strike zone should be used. something like a robot ump fact checking the calls and if it disagrees with the umps call it can be challenged, and if the AI agrees than its not challengeable

[@worldtraveler721]

@@capresenooj4359 Well, I bet that robo ump would be on overdrive, disagreeing left and right with the umpires though! 😅

[@jmcd30]

I honestly thought Joe West was a good umpire when it came to actually calling the game. His problem was he always felt the need to insert himself into the game with his tantrums and countless player ejections

[@stevegallo8483]

There have been a grand total of 23 perfect games in major league history, so the Galarraga missed call is hard to top. At least the umpire later admitted he got the call wrong.

[@Cheesefist]

24 now

[@MJones-ur1hp]

Thank you for including that POS Gregg. That still pisses me off as a Braves fan. And don't get me started on the Gant off 1st base play.

[@TheYaegerjeusmc]

That was sly of Hrbek, great play to get the out without being obvious!

[@PoeticProphetic]

So many of these blown calls are always in the Yankees favor 💰

[@snerdterguson]

Aaron Judge has had more bad strike calls against him than anyone in each individual season from 2017-2022. And there were only 2 blown calls on this list. The pine tar call wasn't a missed call, it was overturned because Brett was found to have violated the letter of the rule, but not the spirit. Then there are 2 bad calls on this list for a franchise that is almost 120 years old. I don't think there's any conspiracy trying to assist the Yankees throughout the years, just the basic math of the team that's in the most playoff series will probably have some calls go their way now and again.

[@raybon7939]

My uncle was making a left to go park the car in his 1967 Volkswagen , with barely working a.m. radio, and you heard billy Martin come out, and Brett came out, and the radio ran into interference and had to wait to see it on t.v.

[@smithryansmith]

Wow. You got #1 right. No call was more obviously blown than that.

[@jeffreycurtis4517]

Great list. He's got some of the top ones in there

[@ickcubs102]

Don’t get why baseball doesn’t just reverse the perfect game call. Doesn’t change any playoff outcomes.

[@davidbaron8330]

Boy, does Baseball need Instant Replay.

[@thecaliokieconnexion]

Great video! Those are some crazy calls! Loved seeing all the old footage and photos! ❤️⚾️🧡🖤⚾️❤️⚾️🧡🖤⚾️❤️⚾️🧡🖤⚾️❤️⚾️🧡🖤⚾️

[@HummBabyBaseball]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheLastPrime38]

There's a suspicious amount of these that helped the Yankees 👀👀👀👀

[@Jiltedin2007]

Jorge Orta was out! So glad that you made it your number 1 worse blown call.

[@RippyClippy]

Some of these should be called “times refs made calls to save their life from the mob”

[@arronderian89]

That called foul ball that helped the Yankees was ridiculous they had an extra umpire on each foul line just to make them calls..I'm a Twins fan I'll never forget we're I was when that happened.. Also That Tigers pitcher totally got robbed from a perfect game that was not even a close play at 1st, I've never seen that before, why did it have to happen at that point..Yankees benefited a lot from these bad calls..

[@Johnmartins648]

Great video!

[@JohnnyHands]

Glad you included the Cuzzi left-field "foul ball" call in the 2009 NY vs. Minn playoff game, one I've always remembered. I've always wondered if, because the ball bounced into the seats - and would have been a ground-ruled double had it been fair, if they could have reviewed it, because the ball was dead either way. I'm assuming if it hadn't went into the stands, the call would have to stand because the ball was live, but with the ball going into the stands, didn't that change things? I guess one would need to know the exact replay review rules of that year (not quite the same as now.) Maybe the rules of that year didn't cover the dead-ball possibility, but certainly could have, again, because it was a dead ball situation either way.

[@steveroe6771]

Sorry but replay was not around then.

[@JohnnyHands]

@@steveroe6771 After researching this, I found there was replay around then, but it was only for home run call disputes, and the final decision was made by the crew chief on the field (after viewing replay video.) Starting in 2008. The replay as we know it now, with final decisions made by umpires in New York, started in 2014.

[@noApologies72]

The Galarraga blown call by Joyce NEEDS TO BE OVERTURNED BY MLB and give Armando Galarraga his PERFECT GAME

[@CrimsonGear80]

funny how 4 of these helped the Yankees...

[@MannyLoxx2010]

That's why you need the electronic strikezone!! These blind or corrupt Umps can't be trusted to make the right calls!! Instant Replay was a Godsend for MLB and baseball, in general!! Some of these Umpires were clearly "paid" to blow calls and outs!!

[@buyerfunrun]

It was my teams championship game and I slid in with the game tying run in the ninth the catcher didn’t even tag me but the umpire called me out ending the game

[@michaelroszell8156]

Don't umpires have coverage for glasses

[@SladeBling]

Royals fan here I'd like to just point out that after 1985's Denkinger's blown call the networks would show it during every subsequent World Series for YEARS. Even I got tired a little tired of it.

[@Coldpack13]

Well…Orta was forced out at second shortly after. Porter had a passed ball, and Clark missed a pop up by the dugout. Although the call changed the momentum, the Cards choked big time. This is from a Cardinal fan.

[@mikeysuzefour]

The blunder call on Tigers perfect game scenario still bothers Detroit fans everywhere to the present day; Joyce should've been fired for his miscue.

[@jmcd30]

Joyce was a good umpire. He made a mistake and owned up to it. He was devastated when he learned he got the call wrong. Now talking about an umpire who needs canned how about Angel Hernandez. That guy can't even get calls right when he uses reply. He makes more bad calls than anyone.

[@robbarbieri8676]

@@jmcd30 As far as I know, it's an umpire not assigned a game that day/night who reviews the replays while sitting in a room at MLB headquarters in NYC, not the game umps. Nevertheless, they do seem to uphold more calls than they overturn, maybe not to upset their colleagues or have that guy overturn one of their calls, when he gets the chance. I've seen plenty of calls upheld that appeared to be clearly wrong. But still, Angel Hernandez should get the boot!

[@tabathasheffroth7981]

Yes, the call was a bad one, but Joyce overall was a solid ump. I recall being at a game in Toronto in 2016 when a play went to review. The call eventually went against the Jays and the crowd cursed Joyce mercilessly...even though the call ultimately wasn't his. Was the Galarraga non-call a huge one? Definitely so, but if you fire everyone who makes a mistake at work, half the country would be unemployed. Humans are human.

[@nhardman]

agreed, and i don't like the tigers. what does an umpire have to do to lose their job?

[@poohbear4702]

Chuck Knoblauch's phantom tag at 2nd while with the Yankees is one of the worst I ever saw.

[@williamwilkinson6665]

Worst was game 5 of the 85 World Series ...Cardinals should have won and clinched the title

[@nedmerrill5705]

Hooray for replay.

[@piercehubbard4086]

That Pirates/Braves safe call when he was clearly out in the 19th inning was the umpires way of saying: “if you won’t finish this, I will…the sun is about to rise!” I mean 19 innings is insane and both teams were fighting so hard, neither deserved such an unfair loss like that.

[@michaelgiebey7007]

I thought the same but I saw an angle that clearly showed the tag was missed. It was in a video investigating the tag and call. They saved the alternate angle for last and you see the tag missed everything by maybe a quarter inch or so.

[@piercehubbard4086]

@@michaelgiebey7007 - Do you have a link for that? I’d be very interested to see.

[@michaelgiebey7007]

I saw it on youtube a few years ago. It came up when I was watching controversial plays. Shouldn't be too hard to search for. I'll see if I can find it.

[@michaelgiebey7007]

It's called The Worst Call in MLB History - Why It Might Have Been Correct.

[@michaelgiebey7007]

Not the right video. I'll keep looking

[@jefffinney4233]

Tarasco wouldn’t have caught the ball. He didn’t jump and it would’ve hit off wall.

[@DoctorEw220]

I wouldn't put the pine tar incident on this list because they did make things right in the end.

[@SSman560]

I was so ready to comment game 6 in 85

[@stevenmccart5455]

Reggie Jackson interference in the 1978 world series. I was at that game looking right at the play and we were fuming mad !!!! It was soo obvious. I already hated Reggie and that multiplied the hatred ten fold. Years later Reggie was traded to the Angels and if he happened to be playing right field my friend and I would wander over to the bleachers and drive him crazy. We would heckle him with words like " blue blab , Abba zabba , flipping flopped floo" and he actually sicked the ushers on us !! We told them exactly what we were doing and why ,and they laughed and left. Our tickets were on the first base line and they didn't even ask to see if we had bleacher seats.

[@dystopianangel5749]

I’m a baseball traditionalist. But I’m very happy instant replay is happening now. And I really think these umpires with the severe blown calls, were fined and suspended.

[@GoGorillas]

Bill Russell you mentioned in the first clip is from my home town

[@mustang60348]

I hate that they keep showing that IN FIELD FLY 'screwup' , in fact , according to the rule, that was an IN FIELD FLY.

[@Zevonfan524]

They craziest thing about that Maier game os that you could get a ticket to G1 of the ALCS In row 1 seat in right field for $30

[@coreyhill681]

1992 World Series almost triple play, after coming from third going towards second and tagged out but the umpires called him save, when he was supposed to be out

[@thomascaroli1010]

What about the 1970 World Series with the play at the plate when the umpires back was to the play and Elrod Hendricks missed the tag and the runner was called out

[@scotchsunday]

Gee so many blown calls in favor of the Yankees

[@sunkistlbc]

Guess what, these umpires get to go on collecting $300k a year and pension. No accountability no suspension.

[@earlrichardson625]

#1 is correct - Don Denkinger's blew a huge call in the 1985 WS, but it's unfair to say Denkinger cost the Cardinals the series. The Cardinals have no one blame but themselves, because as the narrator says, they lost their cool the next night and lost 11-0. Good teams collect their composure and recover from a call like that, but the Cardinals didn't do that.

[@ricknibert6417]

They lost two of three at Busch Stadium. What was the team batting average in those three games?

[@patrickstewart3446]

The Cards still had 30 outs to win the series. They act as if it was game 7, one out to go and that he knocked in the winning run.

[@sirjer73]

Yeah Vince got hurt with that damn tarp on that rainy Sunday nite the day before Ozzie hit that homerun. The Cardinals hit under . 200 against the Royals in that World Series i was 12 and that to this day is my favorite Cardinals team ever. Still hurts!!!

[@MT-cm5ne]

Lots of calls going the Yankees way.

[@neurospizz75]

I had one in Little League.

[@stevetackett581]

Jeter, one of the most over-hyped, over-rated dudes ever to step between the lines. Solid infielder at best

[@Nick_Valentine2702]

Fantastic, consistent hitter in the top of the lineup. Definitely overrated defensively but offensively he was a problem for a long time for a lot of teams

[@jh31415]

Love the Beethoven 3rd too

[@icaanul]

The bank accounts of the umps and purchases made around the time of those world series calls should've been monitored. After 1919, they have have a zero tolerance policy around even possible gambling(or throwing) but umpires get to skate by with calls like that?

[@egordonliddy697]

1985 World Series , game 6. Nothing is close Cardinals win

[@BongoShaftsbury1]

Nothing worse in sports than the pain of an egregiously blown call cost your team the game. OTOH If a bad call FOR your team is reversed, it’s annoying, but you shrug your shoulders and accept it. Replays in baseball are great.

[@miknak5254]

Sigh....A long-time Braves fan. It's painful to see Ron Gant called out and Eric Gregg calling all those pitches strikes. I thank God everyday for the replay system. It eliminates critical human errors at the worst possible moments, although blown calls for balls and strikes still wouldn't be corrected today. The MLB must reprimand an incompetent ump like Gregg after each season.

[@zachleary108]

This is why instant replay has been a good thing and why I think the electronic strike zone will end up being the standard. I know in AAA it hasn't been perfect but it will get there and I'll gladly welcome it in MLB. Even this year, the strike zone has been too elastic to the point of it effecting the outcome of a game. Umpires are human, I get it but their mistakes impact the fairness of baseball.

[@robertroy1878]

Unfortunately the umpires have a powerful union. It's going to cost MLB big $$$ to introduce electronic strike zones.

[@ryanwallis677]

The human element of umpires is one of the best parts of baseball.

[@SwordHMX]

Jim Joyce blew that call the week after the players voted him the best umpire on planet earth. Every single one of us screw up at our jobs.

[@christopherkimber7679]

As an orioles fan, number 3 hurts. Absolutely terrible call. And the gallaraga one is hurtful to watch. Even the batter knew he was out. I feel for gallaraga. But respect to the ump for owning his mistake.

[@gregblosser5949]

I just hate how that little turd was given free tickets to the World Series, the key to the city, and appeared on Letterman. Let's not forget he was skipping school to attend the game.

[@MrDefzilla]

You forgot the ball three in game one of the 1998 World Series

[@PageMarker1]

Yankees get a lot of breaks going their way. Losing a perfect game on a blown call has to be the worst.

[@snerdterguson]

Yup, been around since 1903 and they had 2 blown calls on the list that helped them. Meanwhile every season from 2017-2022, Aaron Judge leads all of MLB in most balls called a strike.

[@jasonjackson1100]

About Galarraga... Why the rest of the umpiring crew before the next pitch did not step in... Yeah yeah dont mess with the other umpire's call.... this was a perfect game and a disgusting call on top of it

[@TMC1982Part2]

The Ed Armbrister play in the 1975 World Series is probably the only one on this list where I don't think that it's obvious that it was a blown call. It appears to me at least, that Armbrister instinctively ducked when Carlton Fisk was about to raise his hand to catch the ball. I don't necessarily believe that it was simply a case of Armbrister stalling on purpose to make it harder for Fisk to throw. It appears that Fisk's left forearm and the overall momentum of his body were about to collide into the back of Armbrister during the initial trip-up at home plate. Plus, you have to take into consideration Armbrister having to be careful in not tripping himself over the bat.

[@RandallDenison]

In defense of umpire Tim Mecllon he tried not to call Brett out but its in the rule book. And he said he had no choice.

[@brianstrutter1501]

Braves/Marlins was terrible. But Braves got full karma with all the calls they received over the years

[@genecalhoun9587]

Wait, how is any of angel hernandez's calls not on here? he's the worst ump in mlb

[@michaell874]

The call against George Brett was not a blown call. It was a technicality Billy Martin knew about but was waiting for the right moment to argue about to try and nullify Brett’s home run.

[@VisibilityFoggy]

Well, it was blown in the sense that the call has to be made before the ball is put in play, versus after the play is completed. The umpire should have been aware of it.

[@davidaltman8831]

yeah i heard he knew at least a week before that game

[@fuktrumpanzeeskum]

Supposedly Billy Martin knew for a long time that Brett liked to put too much pine tar on his bats and waited until a big moment to call him out on it. Martin was known for trying to use any loophole or obscure rule to get an advantage.

[@michaell874]

@@fuktrumpanzeeskum He did because he admitted to knowing about, and was just waiting for the right time to make it into an issue.

[@billrusso6422]

Im still mad to this day about the Gallaraga call and im not a Tigers fan

[@brianchua4240]

The Gallaraga one still hurts to this day. I know the Reggie Jackson controversy stings, but Bill Russell also had a chance to throw Munson out at 3B. The 1985 WS was definitely horrific for sure. But Orta was actually thrown out at 3B and it didn't help when Clark can't catch a pop up and there was a crucial pass ball.

[@HummBabyBaseball]

Great knowledge! I appreciate the early comments by my subscribers.. later if this video does well, the angry ones will come in hehe

[@jmcd30]

Not to mention didn't the Cards have a batting average of less than .200 for the Series?? Doesn't help when you aren't hitting much.

[@koryclarke1991]

Also, it didn’t help that the Cardinals had a .120 team batting average the whole series, and if they’d have won game 5, they never would’ve had to play game 6 or 7.

[@koryclarke1991]

@@jmcd30 Exactly, if you have enough runs to win an umpire’s bad call will be irrelevant.

[@thnkwthprtls4541]

Amazing how many of these are in favor of the Yankees

[@austin5019]

I think we all can agree that despite what happened, Armando Gallaraga threw the first ever 28 out perfect game in history.

[@RedSoxfan95]

At least Jim Joyce admitted that he blew the call.

[@lagersparadice8739]

1978- Plays like happen. Needed to find it as a motivator not a deflator.

[@jennyvega8]

bad ump calls deflate players and throws their minds off the game

[@HummBabyBaseball]

100%!!

[@Cheesefist]

The opening one was so obvious that the umpire just wanted to go the fuck home

[@jroggs85]

Disagree on #7 showing the runner is "clearly out;" even frame-by-frame looks like a tie or very near, and good luck calling that in real time with only one look. To be a really bad call, it has to be flagrant, and this one definitely isn't even if you think the ball made it to first a millisecond or two before the runner. And I see this on every "worst calls ever" list, but #6 looks like Gant tripping over Hrbek's leg and no one can DEFINITIVELY say otherwise no matter how badly they want to. Also, it never would have happened if Gant slid in responsibly instead of coming in high at a bad angle. Good video, and I appreciate you being fair enough to present the opposing side of arguments even when you don't agree with them.