I love that it says awful calls yet there’s a few on here that we’re the right call

The infield fly rule with Bonds isn’t a bad call. The batter is out automatically but the runners can advance at their own risk. Nobody tagged Bonds and it isn’t a force play.

Some of these calls were correct; some of the others, while probably wrong, were not as bad as the title would lead you to think. I was expecting to see Joe West or Angel Hernandez in at least a couple of these.

Rules checks: 00:06 The question here is whether the bat came in contact with the ball. A swing and a miss could be the third strike, and because it was uncaught, the batter could try for first base. If the bat made contact with the ball and the ball was not caught (foul tip), it would be a foul ball and could not be the third strike. The home plate umpire, by raising both hands, ruled that the latter was the case. 00:37 No runner was forced to advance in this case, so rule 5.06(a)(1) provides that the preceding runner is entitled to occupy third base. If both runners were touching the bag, rule 5.06(a)(2) is unambiguous in providing that the following runner would be out when tagged. But here the following runner was touching the bag, but the preceding runner was not, so 5.06(a)(2) did not apply. Also note that the preceding runner was tagged first. The question is whether the following runner can "bump off" the preceding runner by touching the bag without the preceding runner on the bag. Rule 5.06(a)(1) implies in the negative, but there is some ambiguity due to the presence of rule 5.06(a)(2). 01:17 If the runner came off the bag and was tagged while off the bag, he would be out. The question is whether that happened. 01:53 "Infield fly, if fair" was called, meaning that if the ball ended up fair, the batter would be out immediately, but the ball would remain live and runners may advance at their own risk, or they may remain on their base. Since the batter would be out, no runner would be forced to advance. The ball did end up fair, so the infield fly rule was in effect, and because the ball was dropped, runners were not required to tag up. Also remember that there were no force plays in order, so a fielder tagging home plate with the ball did nothing. Because the runner came home and touched home plate, he scored. 02:29 The lower bound of the strike zone is at the "hollow beneath the kneecap". Pitches below this point cannot be called strikes if not swung on. 02:46 On a swinging strike for strike three, if the pitch was caught by the catcher, the batter would be out immediately. If the pitch was not caught (unless there were less than two out and first base was occupied), the batter would become a runner and would be allowed to try for first base. The question here is whether the pitch was caught, and the home plate umpire ruled in the negative. As a result, the batter reached first, and the inning continued. 03:39 Similar to 02:29 above, but the pitch here appears to be in the strike zone. 03:47 If a batted ball hits the batter while he is still in the batter's box, it is a foul ball. The question here is whether the batted ball hit the batter's foot. 04:09 Same as 02:29 above. 04:24 It seems that the umpire did not see the ball going in the first baseman's glove or the first baseman tagging first base. After the umpires discussed the play, they ruled that both had happened and the batter was out as a result. 04:48 Where the batter swings with two strikes, the bat made contact with the pitch, and the ball goes straight back, if the ball "goes sharp and direct from the bat to the catcher’s hands and is legally caught", it is a foul tip, which can be the third strike. If the ball is not caught, it is a foul ball, which cannot be the third strike. The question here is whether the ball was caught. The rule provides that "[i]n establishing the validity of the catch, the fielder shall hold the ball long enough to prove that he has complete control of the ball and that his release of the ball is voluntary and intentional. If the fielder has made the catch and drops the ball while in the act of making a throw following the catch, the ball shall be adjudged to have been caught." The catcher dropped the ball at one point, but has he held the ball "long enough to prove that he has complete control of the ball" and did the drop occur during the transfer (from the glove to the throwing hand)? If either question is in the affirmative, it is a catch and the batter is out. If both are answered in the negative, it is not a catch and batter is not out. 05:30 A tag requires the fielder to hold on to the ball after the tag. Similar to catches, "the fielder shall hold the ball long enough to prove that he has complete control of the ball. If the fielder has made a tag and drops the ball while in the act of making a throw following the tag, the tag shall be adjudged to have been made." It appears that the runner knocked the ball out of the fielder's glove, so the fielder failed to hold on to the ball and it was not a tag. 06:19 Similar to 02:46 above. 06:48 For a tag on a runner to be valid, it must be made with the same hand that holds the glove. Here the fielder tagged the batter-runner with his throwing hand, but the ball was in his glove. Therefore, it was not a tag. 07:19 The question here is whether the batter swung. The home plate umpire called a swing, but in close check-swing situations the base umpire in the opposite side from the batter would have a better view. There is no hard and fast rule as to what counts as a swing and what is not a swing. 07:40 Similar to 00:06 above, but here if the batter missed the ball, because there were two outs, the batter would become a runner and all runners would be forced to advance. As a result, the catcher needed only tag home plate to force out the runner from third base for the third out, which is precisely what the catcher did. 08:08 A runner oversliding the bag is not automatically out; he must be tagged while off the base to be out. The question here is whether a tag was made while the runner was off the bag. 08:41 Ejecting a player for objecting to an umpire's call is up to the umpire's judgement under rule 8.01(d). The question here is whether throwing the bat towards home plate constitutes an ejectable offense. 08:50 Similar to 08:41 above, the question is whether the player's action constitutes an ejectable offense. 09:08 Similar to 04:48 above, but here the question is whether the ball bounced on the ground before going to the catcher's glove. If so, it would not be a foul tip and not a third strike. 09:34 Similar to 00:06 above, but here the umpire ruled that the bat did not contact the ball, which it clearly did. This should have been a foul ball. 09:59 On a walk, a runner can try for a base to which he is not forced on his own risk as long as the ball is live. The question here is whether the runner reached third base before being tagged. 10:35 Same as 02:29 and 08:41 above.

The infield fly where the runner scored is the correct call. Yes the batter is out. But because they didn’t catch the ball the runner from 3rd does not have to tag. He is safe.

0:38 that's the correct call, Reyes has the right to the bag, not Lawrie, and since Reyes wasn't on the bag neither of them were safe Edit: AND 1:54 the infield fly rule

What makes the infield fly involving the Expos “awful?” It’s the correct call...

Compilation of umpires actually knowing the rules and teams pulling umpires from the local little league.

Some of these weren’t bad calls it’s just y’all don’t know the rules

A number of these aren't bad calls. They're either the correct call, or calls that are pretty easy to get wrong in real time from the angle the umpire is looking at it, and even some of those were overturned by review. There have been countless worse calls than almost 3/4 of these.....

3:40, as the late, great Harry Kalas used to say, "Right down the middle for a ball."

Clearly the guy that made this knows nothing about the rulebook.

Those weren't all bad calls. The infield fly with the man scoring was the proper call.

1:52 Just because the defense didn't know the rules doesn't make this an awful call. It was the correct call. 2:45 I'm a lifelong White Sox fan, and even I know this was a pretty bad call. I mean, I love AJ, but he was a pretty archetypal high baseball IQ guy that liked to bend situations his way like this. He's the catcher who talks trash while you're in the box. His thinking was to take off and make the umpire question whether the ball was dropped or caught. Catcher's glove is in the dirt, so it's easy to see why he would think the ball was in the dirt, too. Still, AJ is a catcher, and he knew well and good that ball was caught before he took off running.

0:18 The way he said "NO"

2:02 that was the right call. Batter was called out so the runner on third didn't have to go home, making it not a force out.

At 1:00, I disagree with the ump’s call. I’d like to hear what you all think. Here’s my thought, and I admit with limited knowledge on rules associated with two runners on same base. My understanding: When two runners are on the same base (at the same time), lead runner has priority so is considered to occupy the base legit. Following runner is considered not touching a base bag, even if he is physically touching that base bag. Here what happened: during the run down, lead runner had no idea his following runner was coming to 3rd. The lead runner rushes back to 3rd seeking safety, touches his hand on the base bag. Immediately he realizes what happened: his team mate ran up to 3rd base and is standing on the bag. Lead runner decides to sacrifice himself so removes his hand from base bag. At this instant, no more “two runners on same base”. The lead runner is now technically not on base bag, and is in between 3rd & home. NOW the defense tags the following runner standing on the base bag. This tag has no effect. Because at the moment of that tag, that runner was the ONLY runner on that base bag. So the follow-runner is safe, not out. Defense then tags the lead runner. Lead runner not touching base bag. Lead runner is legit out. This is not a double play. Ump made the wrong call. Again, that’s my interpretation based on understanding of the “two runners on base bag AT THE SAME TIME” rule. Your thoughts?

The second one is correct. Reyes had the right-away to third, so Lawrie was tagged out. Reyes got off the bag, and he was tagged out.

Regarding the 2nd play shown, with the run down: The lead runner that originally occupied 3rd base , came off the base.. was not on the base, so the preceding runner was allowed to be there until the lead runner gets back on the base. However, the original lead runner at 3rd base never went back on the base and as he was off the base he was tagged out. So he should be out and that should be the only out. Tagging the preceding runner while on base is not an out, again, because the original lead runner was not on the base and was also put out first. there should only be one out made on that play.

@ :16 ahhhhhh lol 😂....the broadcasters and pirates players thought it was called out!!!!

Someone better tell those baseball players that there's a giant arrow pointing at a big red circle.

1:48 I think the umpire called him out because the heel of the foot motion upwards and because he didn’t have good angle he assumed his foot came off the bag

Regarding the infield fly rule called at 1:56, I see several comments saying the runner from 3rd base does not need to tag-up (go back to 3rd base and step on 3rd base), which is completely irrelevant. What is relevant is that the batter-runner was called out very quickly according to the infield fly rule so the other runners are not forced to advance; therefore a force out cannot be made on any of the other runners. To get any of the other runners out, somebody from the other team needs to tag (touch) one of the other runners with either the ball in hand or ball in glove, which did not happen. The home plate umpire made the correct call on both infield fly rule (batter-runner Bonds) out and the runner from 3rd (Perez) safe at home.

1:53 - the call is correct. Infield fly, runner going to 1st is out, runner from 3rd can advance at his own risk. He's safe and call is correct.

The play with the Expos and Giants with the infield fly rule is the right call. The runner is safe because once the infield fly rule is called the force out is eliminated from the play.

Half of these are the right call

Lmao that really was a "Umpires Against?" moment right there

I was telling my son that some of these baseball missed calls, especially the strikes, or non strikes, are kind of misleading. We haven't seen the whole game to see what Blue's strike zone is. But still, a blatant bad call is still a bad call.

3:43 I’m dying for some reason

To all the people saying first, I have a blue shell.

1:17 cant even blame the ump for that, that’s hard to tell from his view

can we appreciate the smarts of the umpire in the second clip. knowing the rule well and executing it, great call

The Ron Kulpa one is so gross. Dude was literally bragging about how he can do anything he wants. That kinda arrogance man.

Now... Anyone who hits a home run off Burnette has EVERY RIGHT to stay at the play and watch it fly over the fence. If a pitcher can punch an out... batters can watch and relish over homers.

The infield fly rule clip was the correct call. The batter is immediately out because of the infield fly, removing all force plays. Since the pop-up was not caught, the runners do not need to tag up, and since there was no force play, you must tag the runner, not just step on home plate.

That Pierzynski play, the ball hit the ground. Chicago Trib had a picture from the angels dugout of the ball kicking up dirt.

2:22 was the right call

4:25 Where's the awful call? Great job by the crew here. The umpire had a brain fart, knew he screwed up, then they conferenced and made the right call.

The Yankees and Blue Jays call was also correct the man on third base did not go home so third base was not open for the man on second to progress.

So I'd say 1/3 of these were actually the right call, 1/3 of these you can't even tell what the call was because the editing is so bad, and 1/3 are the wrong call (but most are close enough that you can't call them "awful")

Fun fact:not three people can be first

4:45 umpires having a conference to get it right is.... awful? Okay...

Can you do Derek Jeter best plays love your videos

Nice sound mix on the out music. Woke up the entire house.

I though this was about MLB you know the show with ladybug and Chat or Cat Noir

The infield fly call on the giants was the right call

2nd clip is correct. The runner going back to the bag "owns" that bag, he wasn't on base and was tagged so he is out, the other runner cannot occupy that base therefore he is out.

0:38 I think the second one is correct because I've seen something like it before and they said the lead runner gets the base and since he tagged the runner that was previously on second first, and then the guy on third when he was off the base it is a double play

Some umps are just completely out to lunch sometimes, like they’re at the game physically but definitely not mentally

And then you watch a baseball game and see how good umpires are most of the time.

The Blue Jays-Yankees clip reminded me of what happened in the 2009 ALCS against the Angels

I'll never forget the strike 3 call on Zobrist in the Rays vs Rangers to end the game. That was the worst I've ever seen. How is that not on here?

@4:10 (Houston Astrisks) White wasn’t looking back at the dugout because a ball was called a strike... he was looking at the dugout wondering where his trash can bangings where!

as a baseball player who has shitty umpires this video makes me so mad but this video is also so relatible

The number of correct calls in here is nuts

Of all the truly awful calls that have been made in the past decade alone, none were included in this video. If anything, this shows how hard it is to be an umpire, especially at the pro level. On the bases, it’s pretty hard to get a perfect angle to see the whole play without missing any important parts while players are going all out to touch the base/ make the tag. Behind the plate, it’s near impossible to make the right call on every pitch/swing when you’re dealing with fastballs that top out well over 100mph and breaking balls that defy the laws of physics, with a huge blind spot on any ball that ends up below the catchers knees. Umpires are human, they make mistakes sometimes, but their truly awful calls come when they let their egos best them and make the games about themselves.

At 9:11 bro who cares like look at the score 😂

If this was a video of awful calls it would be 69420 days long

Where's the bad call on Arnaud at @7:25? Wieters drops the third strike, the bases are loaded, he steps on home plate, game is over.

My boy.... I/we appreciate the videos n uploads definitely, but seeing what the final ruling is on some of these is half of the enjoyment. Include em next time if possible. And if I'm alone in that sentiment, by all means disregard my nonsense.

2:23 that’s not a bad call, it’s the right one. A lot of the close ones in here aren’t “awful” it’s difficult to make those in real time

The catcher cut the tip when it was the Yankees batting😂😂😅

4:30 I think the umpire jenuinly couldn't see if he touched the bag or not because you can see him stuttering before making the call

These ads in the middle of the videos are getting ridiculous.

2:43 thats ball its not strike is this umpire paid by the Min?

2:12 great call! Expos made a mistake

Still can’t figure out what the video is about when I get titles like these🤦🏻‍♂️

only like 40% of these are the wrong call, and most of them are split second close calls, almost NONE of them area AWFUL.

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i have a feeling they'll start reviewing ump calls in the future.

Whoever made this video doesn't understand the rules very well. At least a couple of these calls are correct. A lot of others are super close.

Angel Hernandez would be saying how delicious the burger is all the while we’re watching him eat a hotdog.

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The more there are of these titles I think it’s a bot account

10:00 “don’t give me no fuckin hand”🤣🤣🤣🤣

This is great

Watching this makes me sooooo mad

Broadcasters using slow motion cameras and multiple replays: “yeah the umpire is completely wrong and I don’t know how he can miss that”

I hate to admit but the 2nd clip is actually correct. Lawrie has to get off the base cuz it’s Reyes’ base and that’s when he gets off the bag so it’s a double play

really hate to admit it, but Angel might be right on this one 8:15 . Perzynski's left hand hits the Mariners glove as he is reaching back to touch second base. he is out ONLY if his right foot is not on the bag which i cant tell. Looks like his right foot is still on the bag. (i cant stand Angel Hernandez BTW)

Half of these are completely correct calls. WTH is this?

2:00 is just a case of the players not knowing the rule

Its great we have replays and cameras now. Umpires have gotten completely ridiculous and awful at calling plays.

4:54 Time for me to be unbiased with my umpiring knowledge. There are 3 things that contribute to a catch; Secure possession, transfer and intentional release. Yes the catcher caught the ball, but he did not intentionally release the ball, therefore not having secure possession either. Before you guys come at my throat in the replies, don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger. I'll be more than happy to answer the questions.

The Yankees double play was correct and so was the infield fly rule...why say awful call?

This video should be called “umpires are human and make errors too”

Goddamn dude I used this video to learn how this game works and now I have bunch of angry parents calling me with death threats. This video has ruined my life.

I was so great full for the first Yankees one I was watching it on tv and I’m like yessssss and I threw a popcorn at the tv in excitement

No context, no explanation, just hodge podge of videos spliced together.

I still think that with the technology that we have today that the home plate umpire should be wearing a headset that is in communication with the broadcasting booth and giving him real time feed that is telling him the right call. The amount of headaches, and wrong calls made on the field would end and that would stop all this crap of players being thrown out. Fans used to pay good hard earned money to come see their favorite player's play not get thrown out by some idiot umpire that is having a bad day. This is ridiculous when a call is wrong and then the player start's to argue and gets thrown out of the game because of it. I umped a lot of games and I always told the crew that if they had a better angle at a call to call a conference and we would make the right call. Ya some of our games might have taken a little longer but the teams I believe appreciated that we did our best to get the calls right. I think that I only through out two people the entire time I umped, and that was five or six seasons.

Umpires are so overly sensitive and they all have such big egos. How can someone like Joe West or Angel Hernandez still have their jobs? If I messed up my job as much as they do I would’ve been fired YEARS ago

0:41 is the right call lead runner has the right to the bag so he tags the second runner but then the lead player gets off. They're both out.

Some of these are awful calls; some are actually the correct call; and most are just close calls that the umpire ended up being wrong on when reviewed on replay

Powerful punches I liked

Blue Jays: Who’s out? Reyes or Lawrie? Ump: Yes

I recommend you read the rulebook and you wouldn’t have put a lot of the plays that you did in here

1:54 Is the correct call

I had an ump in little league call a strike on me when the ball literally hit home plate. The game was dead to me at that point.

On the tag at second where bogarts was called out on “the transfer” it was accidentally the right call as bogart slapped the hall out with his hand which is against the rules meaning it should’ve been an out