Nationals @ Cardinals, Game 2

[tomterp]

Pitch track shows it way outside.

[SkinsNatFan21RIP]

That's not even remotely close to being a strike.

[spidernat]

Pitch track shows it way outside.

got a pic of it?

[Baseball is Life]

Umpire fell for Molina's antics. That ball was way outside. I want robots calling strikes soon, please. Baseball will never be the game it can be as long as we have humans back there calling strikes.

[Mattionals]

WTF? Need better strike callers.

[tomterp]

Too close to take, Sanchez

Too outside to swing at.  He did the right thing, just got screwed.

[Baseball is Life]

Too close to take, Sanchez

Not it wasn't.

[tomterp]

got a pic of it?

Does this come up with his at bat?

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/nationals-vs-cardinals/2017/07/01/491322#game_state=live,game_tab=,game=491322,lock_state=live

Pitch 9

[SkinsNatFan21RIP]

Is Fox not going to show a replay? lol

[nattily attired]

Thanks, Rizzo!

[Baseball is Life]

Does this come up with his at bat?

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/nationals-vs-cardinals/2017/07/01/491322#game_state=live,game_tab=,game=491322,lock_state=live

Pitch 9

What a joke. That was the biggest miss of the at bat.

[spidernat]

Does this come up with his at bat?

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/nationals-vs-cardinals/2017/07/01/491322#game_state=live,game_tab=,game=491322,lock_state=live

Pitch 9

WOW! That crap wasn't even remotely close.

[mmzznnxx]

I feel bad for Sanchez. Got robbed of an RBI and great at-bat. freak the other Nats though.

[Baseball is Life]

Swisher calling it a ball. I'm glad the other bozos are happy that Molina fooled the umpire. Sheesh.

[spidernat]

But again, the bullpen bites us in the ass by trotting another piece of this to the mound.

[spidernat]

I feel bad for Sanchez. Got robbed of an RBI and great at-bat. freak the other Nats though.

umpires should get fined for missing pitches that badly.

[RiotAct]

Yeah, that was almost a strike 

[tomterp]

At least Dontrelle and the FOX team acknowledged the ripoff.

[Baseball is Life]

What is pitch framing anyway? The ability of the catcher to fool the umpire? Why is that celebrated? The umps should be ridiculed for it.

[awbb]

That was a quality at bat. Genuinely good. Taylor take note.

In a way I care less about the 'L' as we were so bad with the bat tonight but am sorry to see Sanchez get bent over by the ump there. Did not deserve it at all. If he fell for that BS from Molina? Crazy incompetence.

[baldkid]

A couple weeks ago when I said watch out for Atlanta, this big (11.5 at the time) is in jeopardy. I was ridiculed by some, well it's been shaved to 7.5 in just a couple weeks. This thing is far from in the bag, we are in for a dogfight as long as this roster is not improved.

[mmzznnxx]

https://twitter.com/NationalsUmp/status/881334043404640259

[spidernat]

What is pitch framing anyway? The ability of the catcher to fool the umpire? Why is that celebrated? The umps should be ridiculed for it.

A lot of people praise that crap. I think that if a catcher frames a pitch it indicates that even he knows the pitch was not a strike and umpires should always call those balls.

[Baseball is Life]

The only times I ever get pissed off during baseball games is when I see the incompetence of the umpires behind the plate. Ruins what otherwise would be a perfect sport.

[tomwvr]

No umps should be fired for missing things like that

Time for a computer to call them