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Controversial check swing call loads up the bases and sets the stage for a walk off grand slam for the Red Sox (streamable.com)
submitted 2 years ago by runwaylights@lemmy.world to c/mlb@lemmy.ml
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[–] Mannivu@feddit.it 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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 points 2 years ago

Sports!

[–] baruchin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
  1. bad call
  2. opposing manager: "Whaaaaat????"
  3. umpire: "yer outta here!" wash, rinse, repeat
[–] baruchin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It's getting tiresome, to be honest.

[–] baruchin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] runwaylights@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

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 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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