Umpires Bad Calls, Pitchers Shine and Rain

Mets Conforto turns a third strike into a game-winning Hit by Pitch

7:45 – Phillies & Braves – d’Arnaud & Bohn

10:15 – A's & Dodgers – Ump calls Kershaw foul ball pitch a home run

11:00 – Covid closed some Umpire schools in 2020 

11:45 – Umpires grade their own papers

12:20 –  Mark and Brandon discuss Ken Rosenthal’s article on 5 ways to possibly improve MLB instant replay 

24:08 - Umpire Replay Statistics

25:00 – Umpires love the game – least paid person on the field

27:17 – Joe West call for a replay and wins $500,000 from Paul Lo Duca in defamation lawsuit

31:20 – Mets, Marlins – Marcus Stroman does not want to play in the puddles. We need Safety first on the field.

34:05 – Brandon’s Rundown
- Padres, Joe Musgrove  
- Rays, Tyler Glasnow – 14 strikeouts
- Trevor Bauer, notes the click-bait on sticky balls
-  The deaden’ed balls are more bouncy

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