As an avid umpire hater (former umpire myself), this is honestly very impressive. That level of consistency is fantastic and the accuracy is phenomenal. It’s real easy to make the safe call and even out the count when you’re not sure if it was a ball or a strike but he stuck to the zone perfectly. Also no Angel and it’s beautiful. Wonder how that happened
@@danielfrometa7867 It doesn't matter whether you're a doctor, truck driver or former ump- Angel Hernandez elicits the same opinions and level of respect from the entire plethora of the working sector.
Thanks for recognizing the difficulty of being an umpire. It's shocking how little people know about the job but are so eager to get mad over small missed calls.
To clarify, we aren't mad at missed calls. We understand that humans are human. We're mad when a human blows a missed call and fucking acts like they're a damn robot who could not possibly have missed that call. Don't expect the fans to simultaneously give umps leeway for being imperfect while doing a tough job and then also accept that refs cannot possibly fuck up. It's one or the other.
Having a perfect strikezone in community level baseball (I assume thats what you call "pony baseball") is just impossible. you gotta give them a strike on the black every time or else it becomes an irl walking simulation game.
@@hippokrampus2838 Yeah had many of those old folks throwing soft balls that are like clipping the front part of the strike zone but landing at the catcher's feet and got spectators cussing for the "shit" strike zone
@Videos of My Loads 😩 the box on the screen struggles to correctly judge the vertical zone quite a bit. Other views of the pitch showed it was in the bottom of the zone, just the on screen zone was misdrawn.
@Videos of My Loads 😩 watch the part again, just without using the on-screen strike zone. Watching it slow-mo half the ball is at the height of under the kneecap. Tho this shouldn't be part of an argument, Spontaneous sport (this channel owner) even says thay not all on-screen strike zone is accurate.
@@TaggedByTimUmpires stop being paid when the season ends, just like the players. The top rated umpires for the season get assigned to the Wild Card and Division series. The top umpires from those move on to the Championship Series and World Series. As long as umpires keep working, they keep earning game checks. Angel Hernandez sued the MLB because he hasn't sniffed the postseason and claimed racism. MLB won the lawsuit by arguing it wasn't racist but because of his performance.
@@Flockvolpe It isn't umpire abuse to say the union keeps certain umpires in their jobs. They do. Once an umpire gains their membership in the union, they are basically untouchable.
yeah, the fact that a perfect game wasnt recorded before this after almost 10,000 games (statcast inception) is just nuts even more awesome it was done on the biggest baseball stage ever.
One of my moms coworkers actually went to college with Pat. They still had a relationship so he was able to hook me up with some of his old gear and lineup cards. It’s was really cool to see that Pat got a ws assignment and even better that he had such a great performance
Sell some! Strike while the proverbial iron is hot! Maybe someone can extract some DNA from his gear to clone and raise generations of perfect umpires! 🤔
Yea I've known about his prowess for a while. I saw a video talking about him some time ago and the dude is phenomenal. It seems like he's always over 99%. That's basically God tier. To the point that if he says a ball that's clearly a foot off the plate is a strike, I'm going to assume that either the batter swung and no one else saw it, or the plate is simply in the wrong position.
If we just had an entire league of just this 1 umpire there would be no debate about robo-umps. Because he quite literally was better than a real-time robo ump (if they would use the same real-time measurement system as the on-screen box). Sadly we there is only 1 of this legend ;-;
Here is the primary argument against the automatic strike zone, did you miss what the accuracy was for literally the worst full time umpire in the MLB? The worst umpire has over a 91% accuracy. I think instead of trying an automated umpire, we should pull down the strike zone graphic on the broadcast. It isn't accurate and fans don't get that so they get pissed off when the umpire "misses" a call.
@@teebob21 fans and players nowadays are spoiled. Look back at the 90’s strike zones. Pitches were literally a foot outside and called strike 3 and the batter didn’t even bat an eye. Nowadays a pitch is outside by an inch and called strike one and players cry.
I don’t know much about the statistics, but I’d be curious to know about what percentage of those “91%” correct calls were challenging calls. If you’re calling all of the easy calls, but failing 50% of the challenging calls… then I’d say there’s easily an argument for automated umpires. I’m not making that argument, but I think one could be made.
Great video. This was a subject we had a conversation about at work the day after the game. And honestly.......I still don't think people understand what they were able to witness that night with his performance. FLAWLESS VICTORY!! Respect.
It really was a thing of beauty, highlighted by the next ump’s performance, which created a strike zone that physics hasn’t found the geometry to describe yet.
Man I’m so happy this channel was recommended to me. Please don’t change your presentation as you grow, all your videos are hilarious and well put together, I look forward to more of them and watching your sub count increase.
I'm glad the is receiving the recognition it deserves. Calling a perfect game should be as prestigious as pitching a perfect game - even if people disagree on the difficulty of doing either, both are peak performance at each of their craft and should be recognised.
As a former ump this is just impressive. Some borderline pitches especially on the outside or at the knees can be really hard to tell if it just ever so slightly knicked the zone. But this man did it with the fastest pitches in the game.
He should get to walk to the field with the full Goldberg intro with the sparks, the bodyguards, the smoke, the music, the crowd chanting his name every single game
Jomboy did a good job physically showing each pitch (including the ones that _could_ be contested, but not counted as wrong), and why he did such a good job. It's fascinating to see examples of strike and ball throws that were maybe two or three inches from one another, but were CORRECTLY counted differently. It really makes you appreciate when good ump-ing is done. I'm imagining two teams negotiating/discussing which umpires to use for the World Series (assuming they can even do that), and when Pat Hoberg is suggested for game X, Y, Z...both teams are instantly like "Yeah sure no complaints here." Sure some teams like that ambiguity to work to their advantage, but I imagine they hate even more a bad call.
tbh, just added you because most shorts or youtubes are about bad calls or umpire games. I haven't watched ball in a long time. The last 3 games In the WS were stellar! And I noticed how none of the highlights were about bad calls. You made a clip with info that is amazingly impressive. My only ask is that you told me more about the total umpire perf with the base umps and compared to the other games. But whatever, you have me subbed
There will be more of them to come. Part of the beauty of technology like video and such is being able to look at something and see if you did the right thing. I umpire and have found it useful to look back at plays when I can, and if I could have a "scorecard" like this after every game I would without a doubt get better. Framing, not seeing the edges and corners quite right, etc can all be fine tuned from an umpires perspective just like players do the same thing. I really hope electronic umpires don't become a thing because if they do, how long until players become robot like to watch as in emotion and such on the field, part of watching the game is seeing the players emotion towards calls
How to get better at umpiring: (1) Go to camp. (2) Go to camp. (3) Go to camp. Far too many umpires below the NCAA level don't pay for training, which is available all summer long across the country.
man, ima be honest with you guys.. the baseball game i find boring and just not for me, but the pageantry behind it.. the stats, the characters.. the unintentional drama surrounding the game is what makes it interesting to me. Congrats you guys have a sport that is fun at times.
So we just witnessed the first ever perfect umpire game in the history of the sport, possibly? It's possible it's been done before this was all tracked. But the fact that it has not happened in all that time until now is kind of crazy either way.
I remember texting my daughter late in the game and commenting that I thought the plate umpire was doing a great job. I almost never say that. I'm a former umpire and there is no way I could get >90% on balls and strikes - especially since I kept my eyes closed most of the time 😀
it helps any umpire when the pitchers are throwing consistent good pitches[strikes or pitches nearly strikes] a pitcher that is wild every which way is a PITA to call a good game
As an avid umpire hater (former umpire myself), this is honestly very impressive. That level of consistency is fantastic and the accuracy is phenomenal. It’s real easy to make the safe call and even out the count when you’re not sure if it was a ball or a strike but he stuck to the zone perfectly. Also no Angel and it’s beautiful. Wonder how that happened
thats ironic umpire hater and former umpire
@@danielfrometa7867 It doesn't matter whether you're a doctor, truck driver or former ump-
Angel Hernandez elicits the same opinions and level of respect from the entire plethora of the working sector.
I doubt you were much of an umpire
How can you be an umpire hater if you’re a former umpire? Weirdo. You’d think you’d understand them and back them up.
@@joeschmoe6667 odds are hes a former umpire cus he wasnt cut out for the job, and hes an umpire hater cus he thought it was so easy
For the record, after an 8th-inning good call, Smoltz actually told the TV audience how good Hobert was.
50% percent of Smoltz would be the perfect amount. But at 51% you already realize he is talking too much and trying to hard to prove something.
Hoberg's eye IS the electronic strike zone system.
fr... screw robo umps, just make pat hoberg clones
Okay joke, I have wondered if a visor on the ump's mask with the outline of the strike zone would help.
Thanks for recognizing the difficulty of being an umpire. It's shocking how little people know about the job but are so eager to get mad over small missed calls.
Found angel Hernandez burner account
@@Flowerz__ actually im a John Trumpane simp
@@Flowerz__ also angel doesnt miss slight calls if you can read, he makes horrible calls
@@fatshibaballs deadass, he’s the only ump i know cuz he saved a life
To clarify, we aren't mad at missed calls. We understand that humans are human. We're mad when a human blows a missed call and fucking acts like they're a damn robot who could not possibly have missed that call.
Don't expect the fans to simultaneously give umps leeway for being imperfect while doing a tough job and then also accept that refs cannot possibly fuck up. It's one or the other.
Even umpiring pony baseball I don’t think I’ve ever had a perfect game. This guys incredible
Having a perfect strikezone in community level baseball (I assume thats what you call "pony baseball") is just impossible. you gotta give them a strike on the black every time or else it becomes an irl walking simulation game.
@@lanky2592 not to mention that if the pitchers don't throw hard enough you're practically calling curveballs every pitch, makes life hell.
@@hippokrampus2838 Yeah had many of those old folks throwing soft balls that are like clipping the front part of the strike zone but landing at the catcher's feet and got spectators cussing for the "shit" strike zone
@Videos of My Loads 😩 the box on the screen struggles to correctly judge the vertical zone quite a bit. Other views of the pitch showed it was in the bottom of the zone, just the on screen zone was misdrawn.
@Videos of My Loads 😩 watch the part again, just without using the on-screen strike zone. Watching it slow-mo half the ball is at the height of under the kneecap.
Tho this shouldn't be part of an argument, Spontaneous sport (this channel owner) even says thay not all on-screen strike zone is accurate.
I think umpires who have done good all season should receive an award. Might motivate umps to make better calls.
They get rewarded by getting to work the world series, and not being fired for being bad
@@sdurham1662 the umpire union my have a few small things to say about that last part
@@TaggedByTimUmpires stop being paid when the season ends, just like the players. The top rated umpires for the season get assigned to the Wild Card and Division series. The top umpires from those move on to the Championship Series and World Series. As long as umpires keep working, they keep earning game checks. Angel Hernandez sued the MLB because he hasn't sniffed the postseason and claimed racism. MLB won the lawsuit by arguing it wasn't racist but because of his performance.
@@Flockvolpe It isn't umpire abuse to say the union keeps certain umpires in their jobs. They do. Once an umpire gains their membership in the union, they are basically untouchable.
@@brianeleighton (Rep to ur 2nd comment) pretty sure that comment was a bad attempt at a joke, calm down
Umps are underrated
yeah, the fact that a perfect game wasnt recorded before this after almost 10,000 games (statcast inception) is just nuts
even more awesome it was done on the biggest baseball stage ever.
One of my moms coworkers actually went to college with Pat. They still had a relationship so he was able to hook me up with some of his old gear and lineup cards. It’s was really cool to see that Pat got a ws assignment and even better that he had such a great performance
Was he always great?
@@ivancillovelazquez I don’t think he always been at the top but he hasn’t been at the bottom either
Sell some! Strike while the proverbial iron is hot! Maybe someone can extract some DNA from his gear to clone and raise generations of perfect umpires! 🤔
He should get an award for that! That’s an excellent and rare achievement!!
You make videos like you’ve been doing it for years, incredible editing and scriptwriting as always
he has, he has a minecraft speedrunning channel called pikaj
@Videos of My Loads 😩 box isn't 100%, that's in the video bud
Yea I've known about his prowess for a while. I saw a video talking about him some time ago and the dude is phenomenal. It seems like he's always over 99%. That's basically God tier. To the point that if he says a ball that's clearly a foot off the plate is a strike, I'm going to assume that either the batter swung and no one else saw it, or the plate is simply in the wrong position.
Great to praise when deserved. Umps, refs all started for the love of their game and are usually scapegoats. Great piece.
That's what I'm talking about! That's why he's the MVP! That's why he's the GOAT! The GOAT!
If we just had an entire league of just this 1 umpire there would be no debate about robo-umps. Because he quite literally was better than a real-time robo ump (if they would use the same real-time measurement system as the on-screen box). Sadly we there is only 1 of this legend ;-;
Here is the primary argument against the automatic strike zone, did you miss what the accuracy was for literally the worst full time umpire in the MLB? The worst umpire has over a 91% accuracy. I think instead of trying an automated umpire, we should pull down the strike zone graphic on the broadcast. It isn't accurate and fans don't get that so they get pissed off when the umpire "misses" a call.
@@brianeleighton In on other job does someone call for a replacement after they get it right in real time at 90+ MPH 10 out of every 11 times
@@teebob21 fans and players nowadays are spoiled. Look back at the 90’s strike zones. Pitches were literally a foot outside and called strike 3 and the batter didn’t even bat an eye. Nowadays a pitch is outside by an inch and called strike one and players cry.
I don’t know much about the statistics, but I’d be curious to know about what percentage of those “91%” correct calls were challenging calls. If you’re calling all of the easy calls, but failing 50% of the challenging calls… then I’d say there’s easily an argument for automated umpires. I’m not making that argument, but I think one could be made.
MLB just signed him to a new $480M contract.
Great video. This was a subject we had a conversation about at work the day after the game. And honestly.......I still don't think people understand what they were able to witness that night with his performance. FLAWLESS VICTORY!! Respect.
It really was a thing of beauty, highlighted by the next ump’s performance, which created a strike zone that physics hasn’t found the geometry to describe yet.
Great video man, love the throwback and acknowledgment, gotta respect the craft
Man I’m so happy this channel was recommended to me. Please don’t change your presentation as you grow, all your videos are hilarious and well put together, I look forward to more of them and watching your sub count increase.
I really liked this video and the tone with which you delivered the info. Nice job.
maan it is good to highlight this kind of things.
Thankyou for making baseball videos
Much respect to those that are good at their job as well as keeping things fair.
I love this! Lett's respect great umps. Goat him up 🐐
Absolute masterful video. No joke I was not ready for how entertaining this video was. Subscribed.
This is awesome. Umps get ragged on so much its nice to see an ump get recognized for doing well.
Lmao dude this was gold. Nice touching waiting til the end to show that 100% accuracy
Dude this video is legit, your writing is a chefs kiss
Amazing!
Subbed. That was a solid video. Good content and commentary.
I don’t think I’ve ever giggled from happiness at an ump doing well, but here I am.
Legend
I'm glad the is receiving the recognition it deserves. Calling a perfect game should be as prestigious as pitching a perfect game - even if people disagree on the difficulty of doing either, both are peak performance at each of their craft and should be recognised.
Beautiful video ❤
Its 4am, I have to sleep, but this made me pretty happy. I've never watched a baseball game even, just my god, give this man a statue
lol that I Robot meme was great.
Respect.
I’m just glad it’s a game my team won so I can rewatch this masterpiece
Way to go Pat! First an umpire perfecto, then a no-no, what a series! And I don’t give three flying prince Phillips about the Astros or Phillies.
What a great video!!! Imma sub
Goated with the calls
Another banger video from the future king of MLB youtube
He's good but needs to use his real voice.
Badass video, love the narrator 😂😂
its funny cuz you can see the players react perfectly, like damn you right about that one
Awesome
Mlb should now test him for performance enhancing drugs or see if he had sticky stuff on his eyelids
Ha ha I like your way of thinking
Well sir, you have got my subscription
great content my guy woohoo hell yea
Great video!
Great video
As a former ump this is just impressive. Some borderline pitches especially on the outside or at the knees can be really hard to tell if it just ever so slightly knicked the zone. But this man did it with the fastest pitches in the game.
As a Phils fan, gotta respect this ump. He was incredible!
Your videos are really good. Easy subscribe. :)
I loved the in conclusion 😂 lmao pay the man.
Congratulations Pat - your demeanor and consistency is so refreshing - you are a great umpire already - stay on top -
I’m sure nobody can beat Pat Hoberg in umpiring
Credit where its due.
Respect.
Lol I love the video.
He should get to walk to the field with the full Goldberg intro with the sparks, the bodyguards, the smoke, the music, the crowd chanting his name every single game
Jomboy did a good job physically showing each pitch (including the ones that _could_ be contested, but not counted as wrong), and why he did such a good job. It's fascinating to see examples of strike and ball throws that were maybe two or three inches from one another, but were CORRECTLY counted differently. It really makes you appreciate when good ump-ing is done.
I'm imagining two teams negotiating/discussing which umpires to use for the World Series (assuming they can even do that), and when Pat Hoberg is suggested for game X, Y, Z...both teams are instantly like "Yeah sure no complaints here." Sure some teams like that ambiguity to work to their advantage, but I imagine they hate even more a bad call.
Pat is the goat!!
tbh, just added you because most shorts or youtubes are about bad calls or umpire games. I haven't watched ball in a long time. The last 3 games In the WS were stellar! And I noticed how none of the highlights were about bad calls. You made a clip with info that is amazingly impressive. My only ask is that you told me more about the total umpire perf with the base umps and compared to the other games. But whatever, you have me subbed
Dude you found yourself in this editing stuff good job PikaJ
Did you edit him skiing on the water?!? I’m too high for that man… 😂🤣😂
he shall henceforth be known as "Perfect Pat Hoberg"
Totally zoned in. He was very much in a super dialed in groove. As close to a robot as humanly possible
Angel Hernandez be like “he gets 100%, I get 50%, we all get paid so why’s it matter?”
hats off to him.
Pat One-Oh-Oh Berg. What a legend.
"This is called the strikezone" 😂
There will be more of them to come. Part of the beauty of technology like video and such is being able to look at something and see if you did the right thing. I umpire and have found it useful to look back at plays when I can, and if I could have a "scorecard" like this after every game I would without a doubt get better. Framing, not seeing the edges and corners quite right, etc can all be fine tuned from an umpires perspective just like players do the same thing. I really hope electronic umpires don't become a thing because if they do, how long until players become robot like to watch as in emotion and such on the field, part of watching the game is seeing the players emotion towards calls
How to get better at umpiring: (1) Go to camp. (2) Go to camp. (3) Go to camp.
Far too many umpires below the NCAA level don't pay for training, which is available all summer long across the country.
Wow! Credit due... credit given!
"barley clips the zone" and "just a bit off target" my guy that was a whole ball off of the black💀
🐐
That is fucking absurd 🤣🤣🤣bravo, bravo sir
He should umpire all ws games
The home run impressed me. The umping did too.
Pat Hoberg SURFING hahahaha!!!
He should win the Wilson Platinum Facemask Award.
129/129 is insane!
hey pikaj will you be uploading speedruns soon. its been a 3 month drought.
Glad we can commend good umpiring when it is deserved since the umpires are constantly berated for missed calls
These sort of games for umpires should be recorded like Perfect Games are for pitchers.
man, ima be honest with you guys.. the baseball game i find boring and just not for me, but the pageantry behind it.. the stats, the characters.. the unintentional drama surrounding the game is what makes it interesting to me. Congrats you guys have a sport that is fun at times.
So we just witnessed the first ever perfect umpire game in the history of the sport, possibly? It's possible it's been done before this was all tracked. But the fact that it has not happened in all that time until now is kind of crazy either way.
Masterclass in plate mechanics.
I remember texting my daughter late in the game and commenting that I thought the plate umpire was doing a great job. I almost never say that. I'm a former umpire and there is no way I could get >90% on balls and strikes - especially since I kept my eyes closed most of the time 😀
I didn't even think about the perfect game the ump was playing
Did Pat Hoberg make this video? ‘Cos it was perfect.
I love good ump.
Watching the game, I told my brother something was special about that Ump. There wasn't a call I disagreed with all night
it helps any umpire when the pitchers are throwing consistent good pitches[strikes or pitches nearly strikes] a pitcher that is wild every which way is a PITA to call a good game
Didn't know umpires' games were tracked. Congratulations to Pat for a perfect game!
It's an independent project that I fully endorse because excellence deserves recognition.
Dude, humans just keep pushing what’s possible.
MLB, give this man a raise.
I was a baseball umpire for many years, including many years behind the plate (though not at the pro level). It's not as difficult as it looks.
He looks like a younger guy so we can likely expect him to be around for the next twenty years or so which is great.
I can perfectly call machine pitch games
1:41 😂
“Whatever his salary is, he deserves more.”
Just take it from Angel Hernandez.