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MLB UMPIRES have been examined for years now, especially those behind the plate calling bullets and strikes.
However, baseball fans were in a riot after an irregular call on Monday night in the game between Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays.
During Al East Matchup, Orioles delivered Zach Eflin starts a pitch that broke left right and ended with the right in the heart of the plate. Blue Jay’s batter Ernie Clement stepped away from the bowl of what seemed to be his acceptance of first place.
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Home Plate Umpire Brian Walsh, #120, returns to the home plate at the bottom of the third round during the MLB game between Los Angeles Angels and Houston Astros on September 22, 202 at Minute Maid Park in Houston. (Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
However, home plate -judge Brian Walsh stood right there, indicating it was a ball in his eyes.
Eflin and Catcher Adley Rutschman both froze at the same time and stared at Walsh in disbelief that he did not call the field a strike.
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“Wait for a moment,” one of the Orioles ads was heard of saying about the broadcast.
“My goodness,” his partner chimed in. “… You couldn’t put it on tee in the heart of the plate better. Look at this pitch right here. How are you going to miss it?”
Umpire Brian Walsh, #120, taping his helmet during a pitch call review using ABS, or automatic ball strike, technology in the sixth round during a spring training game between Los Angeles Dodgers and Seattle Mariners at Peoria Stadium on March 7, 2025 in Peoria, Arizona. (Brandon Sloter/Getty Images)
Fortunately for Orioles, the call was not a big one in the game and they ended up crushing Blue Jays, 11-4, at their home, Camden Yards.
However, Walsh was under fire recently after a strike-three call at the bottom of the ninth to end the game between Arizona Diamondbacks and Houston Astros.
D-Backs were down to Astros when All-Star Ketel Marte waited for a 3-2-tone height from Josh hate with two outs and one runner first.
Haders shooter in the back door was outside the strike zone, but Walsh called it strike three despite the track never in the zone.
Umpire Brian Walsh, #120, stands on the home plate during a spring training game between Los Angeles Dodgers and Seattle Mariners at Peoria Stadium on March 7, 2025 in Peoria, Arizona. (Brandon Sloter/Getty Images)
While Marte went away without saying anything to Walsh, Diamondbacks’ TV team wasn’t happy.
