Controversial check swing call loads up the bases and sets the stage for a walk off grand slam for the Red Sox

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9 Comments

Mannivu@feddit.it · 3 pts · 2y

I'm a Sox fan so I'm glad they won. But Urias clearly swung. That should have been a strike.

chemicalprophet@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

Sports!

baruchin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (6 replies)

These kind of situations are getting more and more common. MLB has to take some action. There have been many controversial calls by the umpires this season.

Hux@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (5 replies)

You could cut and paste this comment into any of the last dozen, or so, decades and it would always seem topical.

Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)
  1. bad call
  2. opposing manager: "Whaaaaat????"
  3. umpire: "yer outta here!" wash, rinse, repeat
baruchin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

It's getting tiresome, to be honest.

baruchin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Decades ago we didn't have instant replay challenges. Now we do. MLB has to expand this to every possible play.

runwaylights@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Yeah I agree. And it wouldn't hurt even the pace of play I think, because either you watch the instant replay or you watch a manager get mad and get tossed for a couple of minutes. Just set some limits on the amount of reviews like they have now.

Scene_Shifter@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y

During most of that time MLB didn't use the technology that allows them to realize when a call is wrong.