I agree with your last point HOWEVER, if you’re yelling loud enough for the home plate ump to hear you, you’re kinda asking for it.

I hope one day they accidentally set it to Leslie Nielson.

I’m all for it.  Harper is a man-child.  These guys need to shut their mouth and play baseball.  It’s a fucking game.  They need to stop acting like they are curing cancer.

Yawn. I watched the game, he was calling that high pitch a strike all night. The Phils and the Mets had batters swinging at that ball because of it. Really, that should have been the response, “Ok Blue, so long as it’s called for us as well.” and then move on.

And then you lose the human element of strategy. Pitchers, catchers, and hitters work with the zones they get night to night, umpire to umpire.

This is criminally underrated.

Umpire Tosses Dick Who Argued Balls And Strikes; Tossed Ball Strikes Umpire’s Dick And Balls

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