Major League Baseball has had a big problem with its umpires for the past few years, but especially this year. We’ve seen way too many mind-boggling calls made by umpires who should be a lot better at their jobs than they are. We’re looking at you, Angel Hernandez.
On Saturday we had another controversial call when Brewers star Christian Yelich was called out after running safely through first base on a bunt.
That’s when things got weird. The throw to first was a wild one and once the ball was collected Yelich was tagged and was quickly called out by the ump, who thought Yelich made a move to go to second.
Check out this video:
Christian Yelich was NOT happy with that call & gets thrown out of the game.
He was tagged out after a wild throw to first, and the umpire said that he made an attempt to go to second. Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/N59dLJdKx2
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) July 11, 2021
Did he make a move to second? I mean, he kind of did a little hip move but it didn’t seem to me like he had any real ideas of going to second. The ump sure did, though, as he seemed to love calling him out and then throwing him out of the game.
I think it was a lame call that maybe could have gone either way but really should have been ignored by the ump.
Twitter had mixed reactions: