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  • čas přidán 14. 06. 2024
  • Today's documentary is a doozy! We go back in time to study the 10 WORST BLOWN CALLS in MLB HISTORY!! These are MIND BLOWING Calls that altered baseball HISTORY!! Umpires have had a hand in playoff winners, potential perfect games and even WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!! It's the Ump's game...
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  • @HummBabyBaseball
    @HummBabyBaseball  Před rokem +14

    Correction: Apparently I accidentally said Joe Cuzzi instead of Phil Cuzzi and Bill Froemming instead of Bruce Froemming. I know their names but somehow got it mixed up in my head and missed it in editing. My apologies.

  • @johnnycoladrums
    @johnnycoladrums Před rokem +45

    Sees that the Yankees benefitted from 3 of these calls.
    "Sounds about right" lol

  • @MST3Killa
    @MST3Killa Před rokem +25

    Thing with Galaraga is people don't tend to remember everyone who had perfect games, but having one robbed actually makes it more memorable than most of the others who DID have a perfect game.

  • @CountrySingerWannabe
    @CountrySingerWannabe Před rokem +31

    More disturbing is that they didn't reverse the call on Gallaraga.

  • @davidstoyanoff
    @davidstoyanoff Před 9 měsíci +5

    The fact that Angel Hernandez still has a job is MLB's #1 blown call.

  • @HonestDoubter
    @HonestDoubter Před rokem +70

    The Gallaraga call is hard to top.

    • @dporter2112
      @dporter2112 Před rokem +4

      I agree

    • @tomnagy3010
      @tomnagy3010 Před rokem +1

      I will be an Indians fan till I die but I felt bad for him for a little while.

    • @asawhitemanidjustliketosay
      @asawhitemanidjustliketosay Před rokem

      I know at face value it looks bad, but during that season there was an abnormally a lot of no-hitters and perfect games and most people forgot about them. Everyone remembers this one and even though it may not be in the record books everyone gives him credit and will be talked about for generations. Pretty okay trade if you ask me

    • @CountrySingerWannabe
      @CountrySingerWannabe Před rokem +1

      You can't top it. Lets say it happened with only a few outs away. It sucks but, everybody goes home. But, it happens on the very last out needed.

    • @asawhitemanidjustliketosay
      @asawhitemanidjustliketosay Před rokem +3

      @@tomnagy3010 Who are the Indians?

  • @ray.shoesmith
    @ray.shoesmith Před rokem +4

    One day an investigative journalist is going to prove that Angel Hernandez was on the take for his entire career.

  • @big8dog887
    @big8dog887 Před rokem +35

    Just watched ESPN's Derek Jeter documentary "The Captain". Jeffrey Maier was never mentioned. That's like doing a Tom Brady documentary and ignoring the Tuck Rule.

    • @HummBabyBaseball
      @HummBabyBaseball  Před rokem +8

      Wow, that's crazy! It was a huge and controversial home run... it wasn't Jeter's fault of course, but that's crazy it wasn't mentioned.

    • @stillaboveground2470
      @stillaboveground2470 Před rokem +13

      Fluff piece. Not surprising. Hope you weren't expecting any tarnish on Jeter's armor.
      Notice how the Yanks installed a railing in that area before the start of the next season, to prevent any copycat incidents. They knew they got away with something shady. I heard that the kid's dad tried to work out a deal for the kid to do publicity for the team. The Yanks were smart enough to say, "No thanks."
      The umpire did admit he made a mistake after seeing the video after the game. Too bad that him saying "Oopsy!" doesn't change anything. Jeter even gave the kid an autographed baseball, with "Thanks a lot" written on it.
      Of course, none of that dirty laundry will be mentioned.

    • @snerdterguson
      @snerdterguson Před rokem +2

      Yankees didn't get away with anything shady. A 12 year old fan, unconnected to the organization, saw a ball and reached out for it. The call was blown by the umpire. Nothing the Yankees had to do with the incident was shady.

    • @jefffinney4233
      @jefffinney4233 Před rokem

      Ball wasn’t gonna be caught by Tarasco. Off the wall

    • @snerdterguson
      @snerdterguson Před rokem

      @@jefffinney4233 man I’m a die hard Yankee fan. That ball was gonna be caught by Tarasco or it would have been an error.

  • @jennyvega8
    @jennyvega8 Před rokem +11

    its crazy how umpires get away with so many bad calls!

    • @heartland4915
      @heartland4915 Před rokem +4

      And they NEVER GET FIRED!!!! This is why I'm not a baseball fan.

  • @SchroederN8
    @SchroederN8 Před rokem +4

    Man.. my Braves have been on the wrong end of some terrible umpiring over the years. The b.s. infield fly rule against the Cardinals could arguably be on this list also.

  • @sethtate2079
    @sethtate2079 Před rokem +16

    Yankees got a lot of breaks.

    • @HummBabyBaseball
      @HummBabyBaseball  Před rokem +6

      Yes I noticed that too.

    • @jaymoon5906
      @jaymoon5906 Před rokem +3

      I’ll especially never forget the jeffry Mayer incident the kid that reached 2 feet over the railing over the top of outfielder Tony Tara sci right in front of umpire Richie Garcia and they called it a homerun instead of 100 blatant fan interference and a definite out you are right I team came close to getting calls then the Yankees not even close and isn’t anazing since replay came into play the Yankees have only been to 1 World Series because they can no longer cheat there way to a championship I. Fact in 2004 when they led 3-0 overboston the first year of replay there were 4 calls overturned if it wasn’t for replay the Yankees would’ve most definitely gotten into another World Series by cheating but they didn’t the rest is history

    • @jaymoon5906
      @jaymoon5906 Před rokem

      Also one year playoffs vs Cleveland there. Was a man on first one out a routine double play ball was hit the Yankee base runner going to second ran 2 feet on to the infield grass to avoid the tag clearly out of the base line and automatic out instead the ump called him safe they got the runner at first out but the runner who ran in the infield grass was called safe Cleveland led 3-2 and had a 2-1 series lead the fans were so incensed in Cleveland they started throwing things at the Yankees there was a 45 minute delay when play finally resumed the next Yankee hitter singled and they tied the score I belive the Yankees went on to win this game in 10 innings tying the series 2-2 instead of Cleveland being up 3-1 the series went back to New York and the Yankees won the next 2 games

  • @IncredibleFulk1
    @IncredibleFulk1 Před rokem +11

    Not even a Tigers fan but that Gallaraga call hurts even me.
    At least Jim Joyce felt horrible about it later and then made a great call in the 2013 World Series with the obstruction call.

    • @HummBabyBaseball
      @HummBabyBaseball  Před rokem +4

      I appreciate he was honest and admitted he was wrong, but I'll never get it.. he had a perfect view and knew the situation.. if there's ANY DOUBT you have to say OUT there.. what did he see to think he was 100% SAFE??

    • @robbarbieri8676
      @robbarbieri8676 Před rokem +2

      @@HummBabyBaseball I remember watching this live (pretty sure it was on ESPN) and wondering what Joyce's thinking was. The only thing I could come up was perhaps he thought Gallaraga didn't have full possession of the ball when the batter crossed first ( notice there is a little snow cone going on there). But Joyce never indicated such, or made any post game comments indicating that, he just admitted he blew it. I've always thought Gallaraga would have gotten the perfecto with a better defensive 1B. Miggy had no business fielding that ball, the second baseman is ten feet behind him in perfect position. If Miggy goes to the bag, the batter is out by 20 feet, unless of course, there's a bad throw, or Miggy drops the throw, or Joyce gets that wrong, ha ha. Pretty sure a Hernandez or a Mattingly is aware of the positioning and knows what their job is in that situation. Oh well, the world keeps turning.

    • @mj23allday247
      @mj23allday247 Před rokem

      He didn’t feel bad about that fat check he got from a book deal after

  • @mikearanda3049
    @mikearanda3049 Před rokem +4

    how bout a top 10 Angel Hernandez blown calls? 🤣🤣🤣

  • @jessebarfield3419
    @jessebarfield3419 Před rokem +6

    The Marlins braves game was insane. FEET of the plate

  • @georgeford3687
    @georgeford3687 Před rokem +4

    As a Orioles fan I was at Game 4 of that Series and the Orioles were still not in sync after that call. Half the media and all of New York were saying well that's baseball. The brat got seats in the first row behind the Yankee dugout for game 2. The Yankees were voted the team of the year on the ESPYs and the audience broke out in a Let's go Yankees chant. That was the year the Bulls won 72 games. 25 years later and I've never watched another awards show.

  • @quigonkenny
    @quigonkenny Před rokem +8

    That first one, it did look like the catcher missed him.
    And Galarraga's 9 1/3 inning perfect game has to be #1. Even if it didn't cost someone a World Series, those happen every year. Perfect games have only ever happened 20-some odd times at the major league level.

    • @DruidsCalling
      @DruidsCalling Před rokem

      Who cares about him? He was a Tiger, who cares about the tigers loool

  • @MrDdaland
    @MrDdaland Před rokem +4

    Addendum to #1 To add to the Cards frustration with Denkinger with Game 6. Denkinger was the Home umpire in Game 7. Whitey Herzog compared that to throwing Gas on a fire .....

  • @TheLeadSled
    @TheLeadSled Před rokem +5

    I will never forget the 1996 game, when my Orioles were literally robbed. Looking back all these years later I realize once they called it a home run there was no way on earth they were going to reverse the call at Yankee Stadium with a sold out crowd. Everytime I see that it still bothers me, I'll never forget as a kid jumping up and down yelling fan interference while Jeter jogged around the bases, bad call simply a bad call. There is another blown call that's rarely spoken about and that's the home plate call in the 10th inning of the 1973 World Series Mets vs A's, it included Willie Mays and Ray Fosse.

    • @johnathanpatrick6118
      @johnathanpatrick6118 Před rokem +2

      I put half the blame on that call as the reason why the Yankees won that WS. The other half...blame my avatar... 😔🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @DaFloove
    @DaFloove Před 11 měsíci +2

    My parents had just gotten married in 1985. After the Don Denkinger blown call my dad just “went for a drive in his car”. My mom thought she might never see him again. ANYWAYS, they just celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary!

  • @davidaltman8831
    @davidaltman8831 Před rokem +1

    three things about garcias blown call, that i`ve mantioned on other videos about it. 1. he wasn`t right there, garcia was all the way down by the infield dirt and had to run to the outfield 2. the next inning there was another blown call by garcia (also involving tarasco) involing fans down the first base line deflecting the ball away from tarasco. 3. i always felt there was some prejudice towards the orioles because of the alomar spitting incedent.

  • @jimschultz2179
    @jimschultz2179 Před rokem +7

    The Gant robbery made me cry.

  • @PoeticProphetic
    @PoeticProphetic Před rokem +5

    So many of these blown calls are always in the Yankees favor 💰

    • @snerdterguson
      @snerdterguson Před rokem

      Aaron Judge has had more bad strike calls against him than anyone in each individual season from 2017-2022. And there were only 2 blown calls on this list. The pine tar call wasn't a missed call, it was overturned because Brett was found to have violated the letter of the rule, but not the spirit. Then there are 2 bad calls on this list for a franchise that is almost 120 years old. I don't think there's any conspiracy trying to assist the Yankees throughout the years, just the basic math of the team that's in the most playoff series will probably have some calls go their way now and again.

  • @werewolvesofsanger4649
    @werewolvesofsanger4649 Před rokem +7

    Billy Martin was real character and one Helluva great manager. He could take a lousy team and make winners out of them. The fact that he is not in the HOF is a huge blunder in itself. Billy Ball ruled.

    • @piercehubbard4086
      @piercehubbard4086 Před rokem

      How many times did he get hired, fired, and re-hired by the Yankees? Lol I still love that Seinfeld scene where Steinbrenner is listing people he had to let go over the years, and it was always “Billy Martin, (someone else), Billy Martin…”

    • @TheLeadSled
      @TheLeadSled Před rokem

      He was a tactician, that man knew the game inside and out. In my lifetime there's only been a few managers I would call great, one being Billy Martin, Tony LaRussa, Tommy Lasorda, and my personal favorite the Earl of Baltimore Earl Weaver, I'm sure others may think otherwise but for me they were great managers.

    • @piercehubbard4086
      @piercehubbard4086 Před rokem

      @@TheLeadSled - Lou Pinella had the most entertainingly short fuse.

    • @tylerdarr1456
      @tylerdarr1456 Před rokem +1

      Bobby cox could get rowdy

  • @herbwhite7384
    @herbwhite7384 Před rokem +2

    The Gallaraga call is the hardest to watch.

  • @KidFresh71
    @KidFresh71 Před rokem

    Really fantastic video. Humm Baby!

  • @unkledoda420
    @unkledoda420 Před rokem +1

    The Galarraga perfect game blown call did help in finally bringing the use of instant replay to baseball though. And Galarraga got a free Corvette before the following game.

  • @smithryansmith
    @smithryansmith Před rokem +2

    Wow. You got #1 right. No call was more obviously blown than that.

  • @stevegallo8483
    @stevegallo8483 Před rokem +3

    There have been a grand total of 23 perfect games in major league history, so the Galarraga missed call is hard to top. At least the umpire later admitted he got the call wrong.

  • @jbrhel
    @jbrhel Před rokem +3

    The Brett call was very odd but correct, IMHO. The Denkinger call on Orta still hurts.

  • @unkledoda420
    @unkledoda420 Před rokem +1

    5:05 That is one hell of a bunt.

  • @SSman560
    @SSman560 Před rokem +3

    I was so ready to comment game 6 in 85

  • @raybon7939
    @raybon7939 Před rokem +1

    My uncle was making a left to go park the car in his 1967 Volkswagen , with barely working a.m. radio, and you heard billy Martin come out, and Brett came out, and the radio ran into interference and had to wait to see it on t.v.

  • @BuGzShady
    @BuGzShady Před rokem +2

    You already know the tigers no hitter was gonna be on here

  • @jeffreycurtis4517
    @jeffreycurtis4517 Před rokem +1

    Great list. He's got some of the top ones in there

  • @MJones-ur1hp
    @MJones-ur1hp Před rokem +1

    Thank you for including that POS Gregg. That still pisses me off as a Braves fan. And don't get me started on the Gant off 1st base play.

    • @TheYaegerjeusmc
      @TheYaegerjeusmc Před rokem +1

      That was sly of Hrbek, great play to get the out without being obvious!

  • @worldtraveler721
    @worldtraveler721 Před rokem +4

    MLB should seriously treat umps like players: the best umps should get paid more and the worst get sent down. Why should we be subjected to years of the "Angel Hernandez's" and "Joe West's?" Encourage accountability. I like the idea of robo umps, but I don't believe that the league can completely switch. There still has to be a human element to in game calls. Umps at home plate, for example, could still be used to make calls such as foul tips, plays at home plate, etc. The robo umps can just take over the one most difficult aspect for home plate umpires to get correct: balls and strike calls. If humans can't get that part of game calling correct, please replace that part with technology. It's so frustrating when some of these bad calls come in game changing moments! Great video Erik!
    ❤❤

    • @HummBabyBaseball
      @HummBabyBaseball  Před rokem +2

      I completely agree!! Thank you WT!!

    • @capresenooj4359
      @capresenooj4359 Před rokem +1

      I think a hybrid AI assisted strike zone should be used. something like a robot ump fact checking the calls and if it disagrees with the umps call it can be challenged, and if the AI agrees than its not challengeable

    • @worldtraveler721
      @worldtraveler721 Před rokem +1

      @@capresenooj4359 Well, I bet that robo ump would be on overdrive, disagreeing left and right with the umpires though! 😅

    • @jmcd30
      @jmcd30 Před rokem +1

      I honestly thought Joe West was a good umpire when it came to actually calling the game. His problem was he always felt the need to insert himself into the game with his tantrums and countless player ejections

  • @Johnmartins648
    @Johnmartins648 Před rokem

    Great video!

  • @RippyClippy
    @RippyClippy Před rokem +3

    Some of these should be called “times refs made calls to save their life from the mob”

  • @noApologies72
    @noApologies72 Před rokem +2

    The Galarraga blown call by Joyce NEEDS TO BE OVERTURNED BY MLB and give Armando Galarraga his PERFECT GAME

  • @williammorgan5076
    @williammorgan5076 Před rokem +1

    1970 world series Bernie Carbo, Eli Hendricks tags Carbo with an empty glove while holding the ball behind the umpire"s back - might be #1

  • @mustang60348
    @mustang60348 Před rokem +1

    I hate that they keep showing that IN FIELD FLY 'screwup' , in fact , according to the rule, that was an IN FIELD FLY.

  • @Coldpack13
    @Coldpack13 Před rokem +2

    Well…Orta was forced out at second shortly after. Porter had a passed ball, and Clark missed a pop up by the dugout. Although the call changed the momentum, the Cards choked big time. This is from a Cardinal fan.

  • @Zevonfan524
    @Zevonfan524 Před 9 měsíci +1

    They craziest thing about that Maier game os that you could get a ticket to G1 of the ALCS In row 1 seat in right field for $30

  • @DrtyALGreen
    @DrtyALGreen Před rokem +3

    I always think about thay Maier kid when people talk crap about Steve Bartman. What that kid did was so much more egregious as he actually did effect the outcome of the game. He's a Yankee hero while Bartman got treatment he didn't deserve in the slightest. That's why they're two of the top 3 worst fans in baseball. Guess who the last one is? The fact that the umps didn't call it shows all sports preferences for the big market teams.

  • @thecaliokieconnexion
    @thecaliokieconnexion Před rokem

    Great video! Those are some crazy calls! Loved seeing all the old footage and photos! ❤️⚾️🧡🖤⚾️❤️⚾️🧡🖤⚾️❤️⚾️🧡🖤⚾️❤️⚾️🧡🖤⚾️

  • @tommyhunter1817
    @tommyhunter1817 Před rokem +2

    That Ron Gant call was the worst call ever. The Braves seemed to get F’ed a lot in the 90’s.

    • @jab1289
      @jab1289 Před rokem

      Not in 1992 against the Pirates. And, in 97, the Hernandez game was payback for the big strike zones Atlanta got.

  • @piercehubbard4086
    @piercehubbard4086 Před rokem +4

    That Pirates/Braves safe call when he was clearly out in the 19th inning was the umpires way of saying: “if you won’t finish this, I will…the sun is about to rise!” I mean 19 innings is insane and both teams were fighting so hard, neither deserved such an unfair loss like that.

    • @michaelgiebey7007
      @michaelgiebey7007 Před rokem +2

      I thought the same but I saw an angle that clearly showed the tag was missed. It was in a video investigating the tag and call. They saved the alternate angle for last and you see the tag missed everything by maybe a quarter inch or so.

    • @piercehubbard4086
      @piercehubbard4086 Před rokem

      @@michaelgiebey7007 - Do you have a link for that? I’d be very interested to see.

    • @michaelgiebey7007
      @michaelgiebey7007 Před rokem

      I saw it on youtube a few years ago. It came up when I was watching controversial plays. Shouldn't be too hard to search for. I'll see if I can find it.

    • @michaelgiebey7007
      @michaelgiebey7007 Před rokem

      It's called The Worst Call in MLB History - Why It Might Have Been Correct.

    • @michaelgiebey7007
      @michaelgiebey7007 Před rokem

      Not the right video. I'll keep looking

  • @DoctorEw220
    @DoctorEw220 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I wouldn't put the pine tar incident on this list because they did make things right in the end.

  • @mikey_suzefour
    @mikey_suzefour Před rokem +5

    The blunder call on Tigers perfect game scenario still bothers Detroit fans everywhere to the present day; Joyce should've been fired for his miscue.

    • @jmcd30
      @jmcd30 Před rokem +3

      Joyce was a good umpire. He made a mistake and owned up to it. He was devastated when he learned he got the call wrong. Now talking about an umpire who needs canned how about Angel Hernandez. That guy can't even get calls right when he uses reply. He makes more bad calls than anyone.

    • @robbarbieri8676
      @robbarbieri8676 Před rokem +1

      @@jmcd30 As far as I know, it's an umpire not assigned a game that day/night who reviews the replays while sitting in a room at MLB headquarters in NYC, not the game umps. Nevertheless, they do seem to uphold more calls than they overturn, maybe not to upset their colleagues or have that guy overturn one of their calls, when he gets the chance. I've seen plenty of calls upheld that appeared to be clearly wrong. But still, Angel Hernandez should get the boot!

    • @tabathasheffroth7981
      @tabathasheffroth7981 Před rokem +2

      Yes, the call was a bad one, but Joyce overall was a solid ump. I recall being at a game in Toronto in 2016 when a play went to review. The call eventually went against the Jays and the crowd cursed Joyce mercilessly...even though the call ultimately wasn't his. Was the Galarraga non-call a huge one? Definitely so, but if you fire everyone who makes a mistake at work, half the country would be unemployed. Humans are human.

    • @nhardman
      @nhardman Před rokem +1

      agreed, and i don't like the tigers. what does an umpire have to do to lose their job?

  • @kjorlaug1
    @kjorlaug1 Před rokem +2

    The infield fly call in the 2012 wildcard game...horrible call

  • @stevenmccart5455
    @stevenmccart5455 Před rokem +2

    Reggie Jackson interference in the 1978 world series. I was at that game looking right at the play and we were fuming mad !!!! It was soo obvious. I already hated Reggie and that multiplied the hatred ten fold. Years later Reggie was traded to the Angels and if he happened to be playing right field my friend and I would wander over to the bleachers and drive him crazy. We would heckle him with words like " blue blab , Abba zabba , flipping flopped floo" and he actually sicked the ushers on us !! We told them exactly what we were doing and why ,and they laughed and left. Our tickets were on the first base line and they didn't even ask to see if we had bleacher seats.

  • @CrimsonGear80
    @CrimsonGear80 Před rokem +3

    funny how 4 of these helped the Yankees...

  • @JohnnyHands
    @JohnnyHands Před rokem +1

    Glad you included the Cuzzi left-field "foul ball" call in the 2009 NY vs. Minn playoff game, one I've always remembered. I've always wondered if, because the ball bounced into the seats - and would have been a ground-ruled double had it been fair, if they could have reviewed it, because the ball was dead either way. I'm assuming if it hadn't went into the stands, the call would have to stand because the ball was live, but with the ball going into the stands, didn't that change things? I guess one would need to know the exact replay review rules of that year (not quite the same as now.) Maybe the rules of that year didn't cover the dead-ball possibility, but certainly could have, again, because it was a dead ball situation either way.

    • @steveroe6771
      @steveroe6771 Před rokem

      Sorry but replay was not around then.

    • @JohnnyHands
      @JohnnyHands Před rokem

      @@steveroe6771 After researching this, I found there was replay around then, but it was only for home run call disputes, and the final decision was made by the crew chief on the field (after viewing replay video.) Starting in 2008. The replay as we know it now, with final decisions made by umpires in New York, started in 2014.

  • @arronderian89
    @arronderian89 Před rokem +2

    That called foul ball that helped the Yankees was ridiculous they had an extra umpire on each foul line just to make them calls..I'm a Twins fan I'll never forget we're I was when that happened.. Also That Tigers pitcher totally got robbed from a perfect game that was not even a close play at 1st, I've never seen that before, why did it have to happen at that point..Yankees benefited a lot from these bad calls..

  • @Jiltedin2007
    @Jiltedin2007 Před rokem +1

    Jorge Orta was out! So glad that you made it your number 1 worse blown call.

  • @geoffroi-le-Hook
    @geoffroi-le-Hook Před rokem +1

    With video replay rules, protesting the game is no longer an option.

  • @SwordHMX
    @SwordHMX Před rokem +1

    Jim Joyce blew that call the week after the players voted him the best umpire on planet earth. Every single one of us screw up at our jobs.

  • @dystopianangel5749
    @dystopianangel5749 Před rokem +1

    I’m a baseball traditionalist. But I’m very happy instant replay is happening now. And I really think these umpires with the severe blown calls, were fined and suspended.

  • @user-bu7ko2or8e
    @user-bu7ko2or8e Před 9 měsíci +1

    In defense of umpire Tim Mecllon he tried not to call Brett out but its in the rule book. And he said he had no choice.

  • @thomascaroli1010
    @thomascaroli1010 Před rokem +1

    What about the 1970 World Series with the play at the plate when the umpires back was to the play and Elrod Hendricks missed the tag and the runner was called out

  • @miknak5254
    @miknak5254 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Sigh....A long-time Braves fan. It's painful to see Ron Gant called out and Eric Gregg calling all those pitches strikes. I thank God everyday for the replay system. It eliminates critical human errors at the worst possible moments, although blown calls for balls and strikes still wouldn't be corrected today. The MLB must reprimand an incompetent ump like Gregg after each season.

  • @austin5019
    @austin5019 Před 6 měsíci

    I think we all can agree that despite what happened, Armando Gallaraga threw the first ever 28 out perfect game in history.

  • @coreyhill681
    @coreyhill681 Před rokem +1

    1992 World Series almost triple play, after coming from third going towards second and tagged out but the umpires called him save, when he was supposed to be out

  • @icaanul
    @icaanul Před 10 měsíci +1

    The bank accounts of the umps and purchases made around the time of those world series calls should've been monitored. After 1919, they have have a zero tolerance policy around even possible gambling(or throwing) but umpires get to skate by with calls like that?

  • @piercehubbard4086
    @piercehubbard4086 Před rokem +4

    Number 5 was some of the worst ball/strike calls, but in the 90’s Maddux and Glavine would get a huge zone like this all the time! It was ironic they got the other side of it.

  • @jasonjackson1100
    @jasonjackson1100 Před 11 měsíci +1

    About Galarraga... Why the rest of the umpiring crew before the next pitch did not step in... Yeah yeah dont mess with the other umpire's call....
    this was a perfect game and a disgusting call on top of it

  • @christopherkimber7679
    @christopherkimber7679 Před rokem +1

    As an orioles fan, number 3 hurts. Absolutely terrible call. And the gallaraga one is hurtful to watch. Even the batter knew he was out. I feel for gallaraga. But respect to the ump for owning his mistake.

    • @gregblosser5949
      @gregblosser5949 Před rokem

      I just hate how that little turd was given free tickets to the World Series, the key to the city, and appeared on Letterman. Let's not forget he was skipping school to attend the game.

  • @buyerfunrun
    @buyerfunrun Před 10 měsíci +1

    It was my teams championship game and I slid in with the game tying run in the ninth the catcher didn’t even tag me but the umpire called me out ending the game

  • @TMC1982Part2
    @TMC1982Part2 Před 11 dny

    The Ed Armbrister play in the 1975 World Series is probably the only one on this list where I don't think that it's obvious that it was a blown call. It appears to me at least, that Armbrister instinctively ducked when Carlton Fisk was about to raise had to catch the ball. I don't necessarily believe that it was simply a case of Armbrister stalling on purpose to make it harder for Fisk to throw. It appears that Fisk's left forearm and the overall momentum of his body were about to collide into the back of Armbrister during the initial trip-up at home plate. Plus, you have to take into consideration Armbrister having to be careful in not tripping himself over the bat.

  • @GoGorillas
    @GoGorillas Před rokem

    Bill Russell you mentioned in the first clip is from my home town

  • @brianchua4240
    @brianchua4240 Před rokem +6

    The Gallaraga one still hurts to this day.
    I know the Reggie Jackson controversy stings, but Bill Russell also had a chance to throw Munson out at 3B.
    The 1985 WS was definitely horrific for sure. But Orta was actually thrown out at 3B and it didn't help when Clark can't catch a pop up and there was a crucial pass ball.

    • @HummBabyBaseball
      @HummBabyBaseball  Před rokem +1

      Great knowledge! I appreciate the early comments by my subscribers.. later if this video does well, the angry ones will come in hehe

    • @jmcd30
      @jmcd30 Před rokem +1

      Not to mention didn't the Cards have a batting average of less than .200 for the Series?? Doesn't help when you aren't hitting much.

    • @koryclarke1991
      @koryclarke1991 Před rokem

      Also, it didn’t help that the Cardinals had a .120 team batting average the whole series, and if they’d have won game 5, they never would’ve had to play game 6 or 7.

    • @koryclarke1991
      @koryclarke1991 Před rokem

      @@jmcd30 Exactly, if you have enough runs to win an umpire’s bad call will be irrelevant.

  • @nedmerrill5705
    @nedmerrill5705 Před 11 měsíci

    Hooray for replay.

  • @earlrichardson625
    @earlrichardson625 Před rokem +2

    #1 is correct - Don Denkinger's blew a huge call in the 1985 WS, but it's unfair to say Denkinger cost the Cardinals the series. The Cardinals have no one blame but themselves, because as the narrator says, they lost their cool the next night and lost 11-0. Good teams collect their composure and recover from a call like that, but the Cardinals didn't do that.

    • @ricknibert6417
      @ricknibert6417 Před rokem

      They lost two of three at Busch Stadium. What was the team batting average in those three games?

    • @patrickstewart3446
      @patrickstewart3446 Před rokem

      The Cards still had 30 outs to win the series. They act as if it was game 7, one out to go and that he knocked in the winning run.

    • @sirjer73
      @sirjer73 Před 8 měsíci

      Yeah Vince got hurt with that damn tarp on that rainy Sunday nite the day before Ozzie hit that homerun. The Cardinals hit under
      . 200 against the Royals in that World Series i was 12 and that to this day is my favorite Cardinals team ever. Still hurts!!!

  • @thnkwthprtls4541
    @thnkwthprtls4541 Před rokem +1

    Amazing how many of these are in favor of the Yankees

  • @poohbear4702
    @poohbear4702 Před 9 měsíci

    Chuck Knoblauch's phantom tag at 2nd while with the Yankees is one of the worst I ever saw.

  • @davidbaron8330
    @davidbaron8330 Před rokem +1

    Boy, does Baseball need Instant Replay.

  • @zachleary108
    @zachleary108 Před rokem +5

    This is why instant replay has been a good thing and why I think the electronic strike zone will end up being the standard. I know in AAA it hasn't been perfect but it will get there and I'll gladly welcome it in MLB. Even this year, the strike zone has been too elastic to the point of it effecting the outcome of a game. Umpires are human, I get it but their mistakes impact the fairness of baseball.

    • @robertroy1878
      @robertroy1878 Před rokem

      Unfortunately the umpires have a powerful union. It's going to cost MLB big $$$ to introduce electronic strike zones.

    • @ryanwallis677
      @ryanwallis677 Před rokem

      The human element of umpires is one of the best parts of baseball.

  • @jamesrichardson381
    @jamesrichardson381 Před dnem

    The only person to blame in that first clip is the shortstop. Not even because of the bobble, the runner at second was right there! Why did he not touch him and then the bag for a much easier double play.What was he thinking?

  • @MannyLoxx2010
    @MannyLoxx2010 Před 9 měsíci +1

    That's why you need the electronic strikezone!! These blind or corrupt Umps can't be trusted to make the right calls!! Instant Replay was a Godsend for MLB and baseball, in general!! Some of these Umpires were clearly "paid" to blow calls and outs!!

  • @jh31415
    @jh31415 Před 10 měsíci

    Love the Beethoven 3rd too

  • @TheLastPrime38
    @TheLastPrime38 Před 9 měsíci +1

    There's a suspicious amount of these that helped the Yankees 👀👀👀👀

  • @MrDefzilla
    @MrDefzilla Před rokem +1

    You forgot the ball three in game one of the 1998 World Series

  • @yugo4606
    @yugo4606 Před 9 měsíci

    There’s an unwritten rule in baseball that when a pitcher brings a no hitter/perfect game late in the game, the first hit must be a clean one, where undoubtedly it was a legitimate hit, and when a play comes as close as the one on galarraga’s, umpires must give preference to gem being performed by the pitcher, because that is what galarraga had on the line, spoiled by a racist umpire who could not allow a Hispanic player to have his moment of glory.
    I’m glad he wasn’t there to spoil Dennis Martinez’s perfect game.
    Joyce, as an MLB umpire should know about that unwritten rule.
    It’s like you know you don’t bunt when your team is winning by 10 or more runs or you will get beaned in your next AB.

  • @ickcubs102
    @ickcubs102 Před rokem +1

    Don’t get why baseball doesn’t just reverse the perfect game call. Doesn’t change any playoff outcomes.

  • @neurospizz75
    @neurospizz75 Před rokem +1

    I had one in Little League.

  • @Cheesefist
    @Cheesefist Před 8 měsíci

    The opening one was so obvious that the umpire just wanted to go the fuck home

  • @lagersparadice8739
    @lagersparadice8739 Před rokem +1

    1978- Plays like happen. Needed to find it as a motivator not a deflator.

  • @RedSoxfan95
    @RedSoxfan95 Před rokem +1

    At least Jim Joyce admitted that he blew the call.

  • @kenmckinnell8153
    @kenmckinnell8153 Před 5 měsíci

    I'm glad that my favorite umpire, Nestor Chylak, isn't on this list.

  • @devonbrooks246
    @devonbrooks246 Před 8 měsíci

    As a Cards fan, yes 85 was the worst but I also blame the team for giving up and crying about the call. They had one of the best teams in their history, they could have proved that in Game 7.

  • @craigfazekas3923
    @craigfazekas3923 Před rokem +1

    Ump # 55 will make a unbelievably horrid call that is plain to everyone in the park- then throw you out of the game for arguing the obvious.... That dude, whos name I won't say, needed to go ages ago !!
    🚬😎
    🚬😎

  • @michaell874
    @michaell874 Před rokem +3

    The call against George Brett was not a blown call. It was a technicality Billy Martin knew about but was waiting for the right moment to argue about to try and nullify Brett’s home run.

    • @VisibilityFoggy
      @VisibilityFoggy Před rokem +1

      Well, it was blown in the sense that the call has to be made before the ball is put in play, versus after the play is completed. The umpire should have been aware of it.

    • @davidaltman8831
      @davidaltman8831 Před rokem

      yeah i heard he knew at least a week before that game

    • @unkledoda420
      @unkledoda420 Před rokem

      Supposedly Billy Martin knew for a long time that Brett liked to put too much pine tar on his bats and waited until a big moment to call him out on it. Martin was known for trying to use any loophole or obscure rule to get an advantage.

    • @michaell874
      @michaell874 Před rokem

      @@unkledoda420 He did because he admitted to knowing about, and was just waiting for the right time to make it into an issue.

  • @user-wf6fw5ul9w
    @user-wf6fw5ul9w Před dnem

    You blew the call on the 1975 world series bunt call. Larry Barnett made the correct call and MLB backed him up on it. The pine tar incident with George Brett wouldn't have been an issue if MLB had done the right thing and banned the use of pine tar. It isn't necessary to help you with your grip on the bat. I had a team mate tell me I needed to put some on my bat. I told him no, he tried to put it on my bat anyway. I grabbed his arm a shoved the tar soak rag in his face. He refused to play the rest of the season. We went on a winning streak after that game and played for the league championship which we won. I never like pine tar, I found it way to messy and didn't need it to improve my grip on the bat. I have always believed it should be banned.

  • @dmmamc
    @dmmamc Před rokem

    03:48 Look at those fan's faces!!!

  • @PageMarker1
    @PageMarker1 Před rokem +2

    Yankees get a lot of breaks going their way. Losing a perfect game on a blown call has to be the worst.

    • @snerdterguson
      @snerdterguson Před rokem

      Yup, been around since 1903 and they had 2 blown calls on the list that helped them. Meanwhile every season from 2017-2022, Aaron Judge leads all of MLB in most balls called a strike.

  • @stevetackett581
    @stevetackett581 Před rokem

    Jeter, one of the most over-hyped, over-rated dudes ever to step between the lines. Solid infielder at best

    • @Nick_Valentine2702
      @Nick_Valentine2702 Před 11 měsíci

      Fantastic, consistent hitter in the top of the lineup. Definitely overrated defensively but offensively he was a problem for a long time for a lot of teams

  • @rkip123456
    @rkip123456 Před rokem +1

    The infield-fly call was the correct call.

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      @billycausgrove9657 Před rokem

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  • @piercehubbard4086
    @piercehubbard4086 Před rokem +4

    I don’t see why the blown perfect game call on the last out was #2. That’s like the worst call ever, especially in the even it was such a rare thing occurring - The perfect game. You just can’t miss that call! I know Jim Joyce was so apologetic to Galarraga and even cried, there was no bad intentions and Galarraga forgave him. I still don’t know why they refuse to change the call and give him his perfect game, if they could change the ruling on George Brett’s pine tar incident, why can’t they change this, MLB knows he deserves it! That call is really the main reason why we even have replay today!

    • @GarrettSaxon
      @GarrettSaxon Před rokem +1

      They don’t need to change the call. Everyone knows it’s a perfect game

    • @piercehubbard4086
      @piercehubbard4086 Před rokem +1

      @@GarrettSaxon - They do need to change it for the record books! Galarraga had an arguably forgettable career after this, if you don’t put him down in the books for one of the rarest feats in all of baseball, time will wash away his memory and it won’t take long. We all know about it now because we were around when it happened, but kids born 20 years from now will likely never know about it if it just remains a one-hitter.

  • @jennyvega8
    @jennyvega8 Před rokem +4

    bad ump calls deflate players and throws their minds off the game

  • @scotchsunday
    @scotchsunday Před rokem +1

    Gee so many blown calls in favor of the Yankees