What the ****?

Dear God

Umps a Rangers fan…

Wow that was bad

Pitiful

Real tough to hit with this zone.

That wasn't anywhere close

Saw the Rangers d|cks off!
Saw the Rangers d|cks off!
Saw the Rangers d|cks off!
Short!
A!

This is playing to be one of those +2 runs to the umpires type game

Who knows what will be a strike. There were several pitches in the same place that he called a strike and a ball. Then that last one was way off the plate. Clear ball.

We get hosed again and again, and again and again you'll see Joe sitting sitting peacefully in the dugout. I do wish he would lose his ish once in a while.

Blue's momma knows how to hug a corner

OK, a question from a baseball junkie to anyone with umpiring experience. A play in the first inning made we wonder about a hypothetical. Even after looking at the MLB rulebook, I cannot find a clear answer.

Obviously, if a runner on 1B attempts a stolen base on a pitch which ends up being ball 4, the throwdown is rendered irrelevant as the runner is granted the base automatically. However, it is not a dead ball situation. If the runner attempts to advance past second, he can be tagged out.

My question, if in the stolen base attempt on ball 4, the runner slides in, the ball is thrown down and the tag is applied, can the runner be called out if he slides past the base or pops back off the bag after touching it initially? This type of tag situation comes up on snap tags at the base all the time now.

Would the runner be "live" so to speak having already touched his automatically granted base and coming back off again on his slide? Or is it like a play on running through first where you have to make an obvious turn towards the next base to be considered live again?

Can the runner sliding into 2B be tagged out after popping back off the bag, or is he considered safe until he makes a deliberate act towards the next base?

Given the frequency of reviews on pop-off plays at 2B on stolen base attempts, I am wondering if this could be a challengable play in the scenario above on what is usually treated as a de facto dead ball (even though the ball usually remains live on a BB).

Not gonna blame Brown for a short outing in this game. Blue has screwed him sideways compared to wide zone Heaney.

Jesus!!

That was an f'ing strike several times last inning! And now it's a hit. Screw this chode.

Where the hell was that blue?!? That's a strike for Texas 10 out of 10 times…

That's a strike.

I would think the play would be dead and time would be called.

For **** sake

**** this ump

Another Framber special.

Blue

This umpire scorecard might not show too much shift because of the double plays... not sure how that works into the math... but this guy is blatant with two zones so far.

Brown at 48 pitches through 3

How about them Apples ! DP

And F this ump

But the play is not inherently dead. Time out is often granted afterwards, but a BB is still a live ball situation.

Heaney got that same location called a strike tonight

Seager booting grounders what's new?

C'mon Chas!