O/T Is This The Worst Call You’ve Ever Seen?

[packs]

When I was a little league umpire I'll never forget my first ever game. I was working the plate and before the game started the home team coach gave me $20 as soon as I got there. I thought he was paying me for the game and that maybe home team pays. Then a few minutes later the visiting coach came over while I was putting on my pads and he gave me $20 too. I thought that was weird but maybe they split the cost of me being there.

A week later I got a check in the mail from little league for working the game, and that's when I figured out I'd just accepted my first two bribes.

By the way, this was for a softball game between 13 year old girls.

[kmac32]

If it were ESPN commentators, i am sure Jessica Mendoza and A-Rod would be praising the umpires on how great the umpires were especially if it was for the team they liked. Or Joe Buck would call it a wonderful call especially if the Call was against the Cubs.

[Piratedogcardshows]

I have no problem watching Brandon Crawford not fail lol. Oh and terrible call. Maybe the sun was in both of their eyes from different directions?!?!

[AGuinness]

This is a horrible call, and perhaps in a vacuum, the worst. But I believe that this is essentially a league equivalent to Triple-A and as far as I know, the game had no significance. The story doesn't even mention how the at bat ends - does the missed strike matter in any way? Did he walk because of it and score a run that made the difference in the game? Or was it inconsequential? I'm guessing it was inconsequential...

Unlike the Jim Joyce blown call in Armando Galaraga's non-perfect game. That's an umpire at the apex of his profession who blew a call that was very consequential. That's a worse call than this ball, in my opinion.

What are the other candidates out there? Any blown/missed calls that had an impact on a playoff race, playoff game or playoff series? I'd say anything like that would also be worse than the one in the link...

[Sean]

I just saw this call on PTI. What were those umps watching?

[mechanicalman]

I don’t know guys. Looked like he checked it to me.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by AGuinness

This is a horrible call, and perhaps in a vacuum, the worst. But I believe that this is essentially a league equivalent to Triple-A and as far as I know, the game had no significance. The story doesn't even mention how the at bat ends - does the missed strike matter in any way? Did he walk because of it and score a run that made the difference in the game? Or was it inconsequential? I'm guessing it was inconsequential...

Unlike the Jim Joyce blown call in Armando Galaraga's non-perfect game. That's an umpire at the apex of his profession who blew a call that was very consequential. That's a worse call than this ball, in my opinion.

What are the other candidates out there? Any blown/missed calls that had an impact on a playoff race, playoff game or playoff series? I'd say anything like that would also be worse than the one in the link...

Yes in terms of impact on a significant game there have been much worse calls in sports. But as far as just completely missing such an obvious call I'm not sure any compare. If anyone has one to share I'd like to see it.

Here's a link to the 10 worst calls in sports according to espn, taking into account the significance.

https://www.espn.com/page2/s/list/wo...ls/010730.html

[bmattioli]

Don Denkinger's blown call in the 1985 World Series comes to mind.. Changed the outcome and swung the series in the Cards favor..

[Dewey]

This strike zone still haunts me.

But worst call or not, that Mexican league nonsense is unacceptable. They were right to suspend them.