Are you hoping to make me stroke out tonight?
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That strike three call was ATROCIOUS.
And brought to you by James Hoye, another one of the numerous below average umpires in the MLB.
It wasnât close. There has to be some sort of remediation for this nonsense. I hate it when it happens to teams I hate, never mind when it fucks a team Iâm rooting for.
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I think you might be the only person in the world that hates Eshenfelder even more than I do. You did say you were a glutton for punishment
MLB umpires are sort of the opposite of the situation in Lake Wobegon where all children are above average.
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Top 9, last call for the Rangers. Josh Hader in to finish it for the Padres in a non-save situation. Sporting a seeeeeeexy 0.95 ERA.
Jung takes ball one, out. Fouled down the RF line, but way down there, 1-1. Ball, out. Fouled back a fastball at the top of the zone, 2-2. PONCHE! on heat at the knees! 1 out.
I was listening to Esh the other day and he was bad but nowhere near, say, Dave Raymond bad.
Rangers broadcasts are ALWAYS on mute. No matter what
1 out, Taveras up. Bounced a breaker, 1-0. A mile behind a 95 MPH fastball at the top of the zone, 1-1. Inside, 2-1. Way out, 3-1. Fouled back a heater, 3-2. Check swing a mile behind a heater up, just got a piece. Fouled again. The fucking SD broadcaster keeps saying what Iâm about to type, and itâs starting to freak me out. Lazy fly to center field, 2 outs.
Martin Perez started for the Rangers tonight and gave up 4 Earnies over 5.2.
Dude. I almost feel sorry for Rangers fans, the auditory abuse those people have to put up with.
But, of course, theyâre Rangers fans by choice so fuck em.
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They love them! Stockholm syndrome at itâs finest
2 outs, it all comes down to Mitch Garver. Takes a filthy slider right at the bottom of the zone, 0-1. Fouled back a high heater, quickly 0-2. Fouls back 97 at the top of the zone. Takes a bouncing slider, 1-2. Check swing on a slider at the shins, PONCHE!
4-0 Padres final!
It looks like Hader releases the ball like a third of the way to the plate. I honestly donât know how anyone hits him, ever.
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FIFY
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The main problem I have with Esch is that he refuses to finish his thoughts. He talks for 30 seconds then interrupts himself to move on to a new thought. Itâs fucking aggravating as hell.
Itâs absolutely mindboggling that he was bad last year
Glad to know they get what they deserve then.
I think Raymondâs tenure with the Astros predated your arrival here, but we complained ceaselessly and loudly. And ceaselessly.
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And pairing him with another fucking muppet in Brett Dolan. Fucking hell.
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Correct you are. It was Ashby by the time I joined here, and oh boy those were dark days
He also never shuts up, not for 2 seconds can he let the game breathe. I have nightmares of the Esh/Stanton broadcasts.
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