I tend to agree. Houston's bullpen is no match for LAs.Dodgers really turned things around tonight. I think they will close things down in game 6.
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I tend to agree. Houston's bullpen is no match for LAs.Dodgers really turned things around tonight. I think they will close things down in game 6.
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LA's bullpen needs some rest. What an incredible series.
Indeed they do. But it's made even more difficult when the home plate umpire can't call a game correctly. Close balls typically swung in favor of Houston, causing the pitchers to pitch down the middle or risk going down on the count. There were at least 4 or 5 calls against the Dodgers where clear balls were counted as strikes. I can recall 2 against Puig, 1 against Pederson, 1 against Bellinger, and don't get me started on the strike-call on Hernandez. That thing wasn't even anywhere near the strike zone.
It's difficult to pitch when the umpire isn't allowing them the same calls both ways.
With that said Kershaw was horrible after the 1st and Houston bats are just on fire. Those guys gun for the fences each and every hit.
Dodgers have lost 2 very close extra-inning games. I think the series is over even if they manage to win game 6 somehow. Houston bats are just too hot. Actually, hot is an understatement.
Bill Miller's strike zone is inconsistent. McHugh complained about it in addition to the LA's hitters. When I umpired for Little League games a century ago, we were instructed to have a large strike zone. If we didn't the pitchers would not get anybody out and we would prolong the games! You don't expect that in the Majors, however.
Oddly, after the 8th inning, there were no strikeouts by either side. You would have thought that the large strike zone of Miller would work against homers.
Bill Miller's strike zone is inconsistent. McHugh complained about it in addition to the LA's hitters. When I umpired for Little League games a century ago, we were instructed to have a large strike zone. If we didn't the pitchers would not get anybody out and we would prolong the games! You don't expect that in the Majors, however.
Oddly, after the 8th inning, there were no strikeouts by either side. You would have thought that the large strike zone of Miller would work against homers.
This makes a lot of people mad, but I've thought for years we need to have camera/computer system that calls strikes and balls. Still have an umpire behind the plate to call if the system malfunctions and he would have an earpiece or something that would relay the call to him, so a human would the deliver the call to the field. We have cameras that can drive cars, they can call strikes and balls. The fact is as good as the umpires are and they are good, they still make mistakes and we have the technology today that could make things fair and consistent both between at bats for each team and between both teams.
Houston does it. Morton certainly was worth his salt.