This Brutally Bad Called Strike on Opening Day Is Proof MLB Still Has an Ump Problem

This was a laughably bad call.
This Brutally Bad Called Strike on Opening Day Is Proof MLB Still Has an Ump Problem
This Brutally Bad Called Strike on Opening Day Is Proof MLB Still Has an Ump Problem /

Major League Baseball is back and the new rules have games moving along at rapid rates, which is great for fans. 

You know what isn’t great for fans? Bad umpires. And those are still very much around. 

MLB has had issues with bad umps since basically the beginning of time. But it feels like they’ve only gotten worse in recent years (I’m looking at you, Ángel Hernández). 

The umps in Thursday’s Mets-Marlins game made a very questionable pitch clock violation call, which had MLB fans rightfully irate.

Then there was this called strike in the Blue Jays-Cardinals game that had everyone wondering how in the world Dan Iassogna could think this was inside the zone: 

That's more than a half a foot outside! 

MLB fans were not happy: 

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Andy Nesbitt
ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.