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National Baseball Hall of Famer Chipper Jones has had it with a particular MLB judge after a recent game between Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers.
Jones, who has recently been quite active on X with regard to baseball, took the time to devise MLB judge Doug Eddings during Cubs’ 6-1 victory on Saturday.
During the game, several calls were missed by the umpire crew, including Eddings behind the record. Spots that should have been called Balls were instead strike-three calls from Eddings, and Jones thought the referee’s performance was one of the worst he has seen.
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Umpire Doug Eddings talking with Dugout by Chicago Cubs in the third round against Detroit Tigers in Comerica Park. (Rick osentoski-stated images)
In fact, Jones believes Eddings are among the worst in the game today.
“Not only one of the worst umpires in the league to go for 2 decades … but consistently one of the most confrontational. Toxic combination!” Jones wrote on X.
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Apart from the strike-three calls, Eddings never asked for help when calling Kyle Tucker for a strike under his bat after what seemed to be a fully controlled turn.
However, Jones knows about Eddings considering his time with Atlanta is broke from 1993-2012. Eddings started working in MLB in the late 1990s, and he worked 14 autumn series, including two World Series.
Chipper Jones is introduced to the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown, New York. (Gregory Fisher -usa Today Sports)
Jones did not specify his own experiences with Eddings, but they did not sound too positive.
The X account @umpirescorecards published Eddings’ results from the Cubs-Tigers game, where his total accuracy was 92% and he had an 80% called striking accuracy with eight of his 40 called strikes “real balls.”
Umpiring in MLB has been a long -term topic, especially given the technological advances made in sports elsewhere.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says the league will suggest an automated ball-strike challenge system for use in 2026. It was tested during spring training and it seems that the feedback was positive.
Throwers and meetings were able to tap upside down to challenge the ball strike call made by the home plate. If the rule goes through, each team is expected to face two challenges they can use during the game, which makes when to use it for part of their strategy.
Chipper Jones Rev MLB Umpire Doug Eddings after some controversial calls in a game between Cubs and Tigers. (IMagn)
Although it is a massive change of modern game, the human element of Umpires will still apply and Jones will definitely look better from Eddings to move on.
