Sunday, July 29, 2018

You Don't Adjust to Magoo's Strike Zone!!!

Throughout the game, while David B. Fleming was doing the play-by-play, he kept referring to the strike zone as, "he's been calling them that way, all game long." Yes, he had. And Magoo was all over the place in doing so.
How can we expect a batter to adjust to a strike zone that isn't a rulebook zone? Pitches were too low to swing at. Unhittable.

It has always been understood that the batters need to adjust to the umpire and not the other way around. But if the ball is too low, too high, too wide or too inside, YOU CANNOT MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS. The major leagues don't reprimand inconsistent umpires who struggle mightily with discerning a strike from a ball. These Magoos umpire home plate every fourth day despite their futile attempts to run a ball game. And it's unfortunate for the paying customer to witness this hazy focus at home plate. Baseball, by leaving these guys in there to miss calls, doesn't want the repeat customer. Businesses have longed for the repeat customer, baseball isn't one of them.

Kevin J. Marquez