Note: I noticed that a lot of you guys are commenting that these pitches were very close if not strikes. The reason why I made this video in the first place was because part 1 was doing well and I thought that part 2 would be something you guys would want to see. These were the worst calls that I could find. I apologize if some of these were extremely close or strikes. Thanks for watching, I appreciate the recent support on the videos!

@flyguyry1

6 жыл бұрын

HLC Highlights not worried about the calls. BUT SHOW THE EFFIBG REPLAY! Like 90% didnt show the replay. So infuriating!!!

@tommyscorner_

6 жыл бұрын

ugh You can simply change the title to controversial calls instead of worst calls pt 2 as a clickbait rite?

@d00mf00d

6 жыл бұрын

Someone has highlight videos of every ejection for each month of the season, most of them are bad calls from the umpires

@Holden308

6 жыл бұрын

Realistically, strike calls are subjective and down to the interpretation of the umpire. What I might think is a strike someone else might think is a ball and vice versa. And unlike us mere mortals who get the benefit of a ball tracking strike zone and slow mo replays on the television, the umps have to make an on-the-spot split second decision based purely on what they see from behind the plate. Sometimes they get it wrong, but on the whole they do a decent enough job.

@Holden308

6 жыл бұрын

I know there is a defined strike zone, but it depends on the umpire as to how its called.

I agree with most of the comments here, maybe 1 or 2 are bad calls, but most of these look like good pitches.

I remember playing last season of baseball. I remember my last at bat because I was the final out. Bases are loaded, my team down one run. I have a full count and the pitcher had good velocity but terrible accuracy. The pitch was outside by at least two feet because the catcher had to dive to prevent the ball from going past and scoring the tying run. I wait and the ump calls "strike 3 outside corner". My coach becomes livid with the ump saying that in a championship game those type of calls should not be made.

3:10 was definitely a strike, sorry Miggy

@ethank7522

6 жыл бұрын

hahahahaha dude im a catcher in college, im pretty sure I know what a frame job is hahaha. So your telling me that a two seam fastball that literally cuts across from the outside part of the plate to the inside part of the plate, when Perez sets up on the outside part of the plate, TAILS INSIDE BELT HIGH is not a strike???? guess someone cant hit a two seam fastball hahaha

"Hey, ump, I'm just trying to do my job, and it's that much harder when you suck at yours."

It’s funny how all the girls decide to look up from their phones when players get thrown out.

I think the entirety of Game 5 of 1997 NLCS between the Marlins and Braves should've been here. I still remember that game vividly and Eric Gregg called pitches that were a foot off the plate a strike. I don't know if there exists videos of the game anymore, but there are GIFs for it still around.

If these are the worst strike calls out there Id say the umps are doing a great job.

Lol other than the foul tips, theres like 1 or 2 pitches tops on here that you could say are legitimate bad calls. Swing the bat.

@TCUsouthpaw

6 жыл бұрын

TJ Meyers I’ve never understood why umps don’t call the official strike zone especially the upper portion. The top of the zone is midway between the top of the shoulders and the players belt.

@tomy5868

6 жыл бұрын

must be watching the other video...lol on you for not knowing baseball.

@theresariehl1747

6 жыл бұрын

TJ Meyers .luke.btyan

@MeyersTJ1

6 жыл бұрын

Theresa Riehl what? Lol

@MeyersTJ1

6 жыл бұрын

Tom Yazel yes lol on me. I guess umpires are infallible robots with the strike zone superimposed in their line of vision. Most of these barely missed.

Every one of those pitches was close enough

@og2tone9o15

6 жыл бұрын

Shawn Sheikh i always knew cards fans were a little slow upstairs

@811chelseafc

6 жыл бұрын

Icy Spicy they are the best but do you think after seeing literally Tena of thousands of pitches a season they aren't going to miss a couple? Have you ever umped before. Nothing made me respect umpires more than umping for a little league game. And then take into account the type of movement and velocity they see.

@811chelseafc

6 жыл бұрын

Icy Spicy the commentators have a better angle, a virtual strike box in the corner, and the benefit of knowing they can replay it.

@811chelseafc

6 жыл бұрын

Icy Spicy because they have no bias on close calls right?

@forgotyou4777

6 жыл бұрын

Og2tone Marvell the first one was borderline my dude... could have gone either way. The 3rd was too. Alot of them were really close... a slight wink of the eye or slight distraction to the ump could have easily caused some of those..

Makes me miss yelling at the tv while my Indians are playing. Can’t wait for the season to start. I enjoyed this video and your others. Thanks for making them

Thanks for posting.

These were good calls. If a pitcher can consistently hit his spots, and the catcher is better than average at framing, give him a little bit larger of a strike zone.

2:27 looks like the umpire sayed it looks like a foul ball😂😂😂

Those tv strike boxes, the top of the line is usually at the batter's belt.

The worst calls were in the 90s shortly after the strike when they hired a bunch of amateurs.

I expected this to just be an Angel Hernandez compilation

The problem with these borderline pitches is if the pitches are called strikes, then the batters gets upset, and if the ball is called a ball, then the pitcher gets upset. It all depends on how well the catcher frames it and the judgement of the ump.

It’s not where he catches it it’s where it crosses the playe

Baseball Rule Number One: NEVER ARGUE BALLS AND STRIKES WITH THE UMPIRE!

At least half were good calls. The fact that the batter and manager bitched about all of them doesn't mean they were all bad calls.

I'd never have a problem with any umpire's strike zone as long as he is consistent with it from start to finish. As you can see in Matt Kemp's at bat...that was not the case.

I'm sooooo sick of bad refs/umpires in sports, they can really ruin a game

Has Joe West ever apologized for anything? At bare minimum he owes one broad apology to the entire baseball world for all his bad calls over the yeats

"I never argued with umpires." Ted Williams.

I am not making excuses for the umpires but I had a coach that taught you never give the ump the opportunity to punch you out because they like to do it !

The Cabrera One Had A Sharp Cut It Even Fooled The Umpire, Thats Why He Called It A Strike 😂😂

@stevendale338

5 жыл бұрын

That was a strike , below his tits and he was bent over. Put it in slow motion.

i pitched for years most of these were strikes

@garretnoethe5045

5 жыл бұрын

bob smith hey bob no one gives a shit that you pitched

Some of them are borderline calls. All umpires have different strike zones. Umpires really have a split second to make that call.

Geez, Joe West finally gets one right and it winds up on a worst calls video.

Just accept the damn call, and come back later to knock it out. Such babies!!

sorry I agree with most of these. the worst was gardner, either called out on strikes or struck out swinging the following pitch. that was like that foreign umpire calling a full swing a check swing

Umpire looks scared at 3:50

Livan Hernandez vs the Braves in the playoffs should be on here!

Joe west actually made a good call at the beginning

@davidthieroff3958

6 жыл бұрын

Carter Hazelhoff Lol I thought the same thing. A broken clock is right twice a day I guess.

Most of these are close enough that a poor ump will miss them. The last one the ump was poorly positioned and he just guessed..

most of these got at least a small part of the zone

@arkansasisbetterthanyouthi3963

5 жыл бұрын

mam362 still doesn’t mean it should be strikes

@mam362

5 жыл бұрын

@@arkansasisbetterthanyouthi3963 thats exactly what it means. the whole pitch doesnt need to be in the zone

@arkansasisbetterthanyouthi3963

5 жыл бұрын

mam362 no no no, a small part still means it should be balls, if it’s half inside and outside then it’s a 50/50 but if it’s mostly outside then it’s a ball no doubt.

This starts with a call by Joe West. Surprise, surprise . . .

They look like good pitches especially with 2 strikes. Gotta be swinging at those.

They could easily automate the strike zone we have the texhnology we just need a home ump for calls at the plate

Where’s joe west (the very first clip)

Napoli was frozen. Good pitch in my opinion. A high breaking ball looks weird, but still a strike.

@czarGuild

6 жыл бұрын

You're high if you think that was anywhere close to the strike zone.

@subeyguy66

6 жыл бұрын

czar Guild High outside corner in my opinion. Also, a nice frame job.

@jamesgray7064

6 жыл бұрын

I'm a Yankee fan. That pitch was high imo. I agree Napoli locked up a bit, but it was a ball.

Most of these pitches are actually strikes. Batters don't like the high strike, but it's part of the zone.

2:28 I thought the umpire had a mic😂

16 seconds that was a strike what was he going to argue😭

Honestly that first one was painted great call. The rest were borderline at worst. The foul tip ok that was bad. Give us replay in slo mo for a second look. Check out Phil Niekros 300 win for some generous strike calls

@michaelpeereboom4880

5 жыл бұрын

We don't need slo mo for most of them... there are literal strike zone trackers on the screen for almost all of them...

What ever happened to two strikes protect the plate?

Yeah that was like every umpire when I played little league

Every one of those was close enough to go either way. Batters have to protect the plate.

What the hell is Cain arguing about? That's right down the pike.

From my view, they were all strikes. Swing the bat whiney batters!

@doubledee2080

6 жыл бұрын

Fletcher Whitworth 3:44 is not even close lmao

It's sad, we create sports, and with our participation, we completely ruin everything that was good with the sport.

I saw a few outright bad calls but not many. Granted these umps were going back to an older strike zone that I am not sure was ever officially changed but the strike zone needs to be shoulders to knees and crossing some portion of the plate. The corners are acceptable which I sometimes feel is missed by the complaining public when it is against their team. To the owner of this channel "You need to find replays of definitive bad calls if you are going to label it the worst".

If a umpire makes a bad call,karate kick them in the face,please

The only ones that were bad was the foul tip ones and the lorenzo cain strike. Other than that you gotta swing at those

Not all of them, but some of those calls were gd.

MLB has to have the worst officials in pro sports bar none.

First, most of them were not strikes. They were balls. Worst calls ever? Well, no, but it is a part 2. But this does show just how good mlb umpires are ahead of every other sport, except maybe hockey.

Well the first pitch was a strike so I'm out.

@davidthieroff3958

6 жыл бұрын

As much as I absolutely Joe West you're right. That was a great pitch.

@og2tone9o15

6 жыл бұрын

The first pitch was 4 inches off the plate the catcher just knows how to frame watch the ball not the glove dummies

Nearly all these pitches were close and more importantly right where the catcher set his glove.

Even on a video about strikes A.J. Burnett still cant get one to go his way 😂

Hard to tell on most pitches. The angle of the Camera lies. (The strike zone picture helps.) Only a couple of terrible calls here. Some may have been strikes.

With two strikes on you, swing at anything close

A lot of these are just as close as the worst balls called video

Nothing from the Canada Day game against Cleveland in 2016?

all close strikes, not bad, umps did good

@carsonwendt8672

5 жыл бұрын

Bruh... You blind?

@carsonwendt8672

5 жыл бұрын

Those sucked ass

At 2:27 the announcers voice matches with the umpires lips

@thehyperspacemaster6789

6 жыл бұрын

Bradenv31 4 yeah I know

Cabrera gets the worst out of all of these lmao

Those pitches look ok. The k zone dont look lined up

So let me get this straight. You can't be mad at all when there was a bad call made? And if you do get mad you'll get thrown out of the game?

I wonder how many of these were so called revenge strikeouts bacause a player whines and cries too much

It’s not easy calling a 90 miles per hour pitch.

3:10 looked right down the middle, belt high. Keep crying, Miggy.

A lot of these are close I wouldn't really call A lot of these really terrible most are just borderline.

Too damn close to let go by when you have 2 strikes

Rip Ventura

Not quite sure why the announcers are so emphatic about the calls being bad. The only bad one was the AJ Burnett strikeout that wasn't. Otherwise, they're not at all horrible calls.

Go play at the world masters and the strike zone is brutal . Way to many games and limited quality umpires . Hard enough when your old and crusty .... but hey I love it .

Pretty close,good movement,maybe hard to call during live action,I really don't fault these umpires!!!

2 strikes on you ... youre going to get wrung up by certain umps... swing the bat !!!

Can you do a 90's Atlanta Braves Edition. The video would be hours long, though.

Give me a break... The backward punch outs were all close.

A few of these were strikes.

God Joe West is the worst ump ever. Plus what’s with the umps being eject happy? I even think the players and MLBPA talked about it that you can’t even say “you know I disagree”, “was that really a strike” or anything along those lines without being ejected.

First clip Joe West. Anybody surprised?

The first replay was a strike.

I see a bunch of these as strikes.

Other than the foul that wasn’t and foul that was, all of these are borderline. Take the bat off of your shoulder. Especially if you have two strikes on you.

You see these calls every game. Nothing crazy here, the foul tip was odd though

First pitch was a strike

Most of these are in the strike zone

Dang i didnt know the mlb hired umpires from my league...

what about the joe nathan call

1:42. I know it's hard to tell, but that looks like a strike.

Most of those pitches are too close to be looking at on 2 strikes, idc what that computerized box shows, those pitches are just hitting the corners of the plate

Should be called "worst video part 2". I watched the first 2 "worst" strike calls, and guess what? They were both strikes. I was hoping for.. you know... bad calls.

The first one was a strike

I don't think it was intentional, but this video displayed just how good the umpires truly are

I knew I would see Joe west!

You need to include the slo-mo replay when possible. There is no way of knowing whether most them are strikes or not. The title of your video is misleading clickbait.