MLB Owes Detroit's Spencer Torkelson an Apology for This Embarrassing Number of Bad Calls Against Him

This is a whole lot of terrible umpiring.
MLB Owes Detroit's Spencer Torkelson an Apology for This Embarrassing Number of Bad Calls Against Him
MLB Owes Detroit's Spencer Torkelson an Apology for This Embarrassing Number of Bad Calls Against Him /
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Being a hitter at the major league level is hard enough, thanks to so man pitchers throwing just ridiculously filthy stuff, but it’s even harder when umpires can’t do their jobs correctly and routinely put players in difficult situations with bad calls. 

Nobody likely knows more about that than Detroit Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson, who has seen a large number of pitches outside the zone get called for strikes against him this season. 

Torkelson, who has 103 hits and 21 home runs on the year, should send the video below to the powers that be in MLB and ask for an apology, because this collection of bad calls against him is brutal to watch: 

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Here's more proof that he’s getting worked by the umps this season: 

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That all just doesn’t seem fair. 

MLB fans agreed: 

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Andy Nesbitt
ANDY NESBITT

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