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Originally Posted by soccerchamp76
With that said, I would like to make the following announcement:
This has got to be the worst officiated MLB playoffs I have ever seen
I mean, there have been some bad calls (Denkinger in 1985) before, but nothing like the consistent SHIT I have seen so far.
Anywhere from the huge Sox/Angels fiasco in game 2, to the many blown calls in the NLCS. The worst strike zone ever, misplayed calls (pickoffs) and other tag calls, and throwing LaRussa and Edmonds out after legitimate arguments over his horrible umpiring. The fact that the umpire NEVER deferred to the 1st base and 3rd base umpire on check-swing calls is what irritated me the most. Everytime he rang up the Cardinal without any appeal. Apparantly he has the ability to see both the exact pitch location AND whether or not the batter checked his swing. All this in under 1 second.
/rant
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I agree fully with this. It seems like this is just a down year in general for officiating, because the NBA playoffs were also the worst I can remember. And even in football, there have been games with just insane amounts of flags.