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Very First Call by Very First Female Umpire in MLB Was a Bad One
https://rumble.com ^ | 8/10/25 | Posted on Rumble

Posted on 08/11/2025 4:56:14 AM PDT by Enterprise

Very First Call by Very First Female Umpire in MLB Was a Bad One

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: baseball; doh; mendontmakemistakes; sports; umpire; women

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To: Hot Tabasco

I thought so too. It is where the ball is when it crosses the plate and not where the catcher catches it. Without seeing it from above it is not easy to know if it clipped the plate as it was tailing.


21 posted on 08/11/2025 5:16:16 AM PDT by pas
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To: Hot Tabasco
"Looked good to me"

Agree. It tailed a bit inside as it crossed the plate, but I don't think it was an egregiously bad strike call. I've seen plenty of pitch calls much worse than that from male umpires. Everyone needs to relax.

22 posted on 08/11/2025 5:17:54 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Kleon
Now all the adults are playing “Pickle Ball” and the kids are on their screens.

Senior citizens are playing "Pickle Ball", now all the adults are gambling and the kids are on their screens.

23 posted on 08/11/2025 5:19:33 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’m not.... don’t even know this pickle ball... sounds a bit kinky to me... I’m out.


24 posted on 08/11/2025 5:23:14 AM PDT by LastDayz (A Blunt and Brazen Texan. I Will Not Be Assimilated.)
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To: All

Strike zone should be fully automated. Probably will be within five years. Pitchers and hitters work way too hard at their craft to have an inconsistent strike zone screw things up. Plate umpire should get an audible ball/strike in an earpiece, or should have glasses that project the zone like you see on tv. No “challenges” like they’re messing with. Tech is way too good to not allow it in fully. Plate umpire can function as a backup if there are system issues.

Only logical retort I’ve heard is the home team playing shenanigans with it. Perhaps the tech is brought in and assigned to the crews themselves.

And the NFL should add a new “head referee” that is a group of three in the booth that can make or overturn calls with a quick unanimous buzz in.


25 posted on 08/11/2025 5:23:23 AM PDT by mmichaels1970 ( )
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To: Enterprise

If this was a guy it would be simply a bad call. It’s a woman and all of a sudden she’s not fit to be an umpire. I’d at least like to see her overall performance in the entire game and compare to the average. I’m sure there’s a “bad call” average.


26 posted on 08/11/2025 5:23:28 AM PDT by albie
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To: Enterprise

Dear father’s, do us all a favor and love your daughters for being girls. Don’t make it obvious that you wanted a son.


27 posted on 08/11/2025 5:23:54 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: Enterprise

LOL! That’s hysterically “historical”.


28 posted on 08/11/2025 5:25:25 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (They brought down the WTC now we're electing them to all government positions in the U.S.)
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To: Jolla

The umpire still calls balls and strikes during the game, and each team has two challenges. A call could be challenged by a pitcher, catcher or batter by tapping the hat or helmet. If the call was overturned, the team kept the challenge. If the call was upheld, the team lost one challenge. I was skeptical at first, but after watching a lot of games since then, I am not opposed to it.


29 posted on 08/11/2025 5:26:10 AM PDT by Enterprise ( These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: SaveFerris

I’m a lifelong baseball fan who has refused to watch my favorite sport for the past few years. Let them eat cake


30 posted on 08/11/2025 5:27:16 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: Fury

True. The game was between the Marlins and Braves on Aug 9. I watched other games.


31 posted on 08/11/2025 5:29:10 AM PDT by Enterprise ( These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: Enterprise

Women have been a disaster as generals, police chiefs, and judges. Umpires? What could go wrong?


32 posted on 08/11/2025 5:29:57 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: Vaquero

I hear ya

Similar Woke Garbage has reduced my
slight interest in the NFL to near zero as well.

And then there’s NASCAR


33 posted on 08/11/2025 5:30:09 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: albie
"If this was a guy it would be simply a bad call. It’s a woman and all of a sudden she’s not fit to be an umpire."

Or you can reason that female umpires can make bad calls just like male umpires.

34 posted on 08/11/2025 5:32:48 AM PDT by Enterprise ( These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

If it was supposed to be inside the box, it looks like it did, in a slicing move

Strike !

The player didn’t like the call ? Too bad. The ump and the ball/strike call has always been a fudge factor in the game.

Woman ump ? Meh, at least it isn’t a trans ump. I shouldn’t give them ideas.

I no longer follow the game , but I recall that some umps, earned reputations, not always good, as being blind, crooked , cross eyed , myopic, slobs, bums, etc. I see that the tradition of trashing the ump is still alive.


35 posted on 08/11/2025 5:32:48 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: Fury

“How did she do in the game as a whole?”

Yeah—folks make mistakes sometimes:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/mooned/

“Jackson Lee asked if the Pathfinder succeeded in taking pictures of the American flag planted on Mars by Neil Armstrong in 1969.”

Lol.


36 posted on 08/11/2025 5:34:36 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: struggle

Or Eric Gregg


37 posted on 08/11/2025 5:35:13 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: Leaning Right

We used to go to the city owned park and played baseball at night. We turned the lights on and off the field wasn’t all fenced up and locked. Free reign. Right in the middle of a neighborhood. No one gave a rats ass. That America is gone.


38 posted on 08/11/2025 5:38:57 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: LastDayz
LOL. It's not kinky.

"Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton, and ping-pong, played on a badminton-sized court with a slightly modified tennis net.

It is played using solid paddles and a perforated, hollow plastic ball, which produces less bounce than a tennis ball.

The game can be played in singles or doubles format, with a unique 7-foot non-volley zone near the net, often called "the kitchen," where players cannot volley the ball while standing inside.

The sport is known for its easy-to-learn rules, low-impact nature, and social appeal, making it accessible and popular for people of all ages and skill levels."

What is Pickleball

39 posted on 08/11/2025 5:39:38 AM PDT by Enterprise ( These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: SaveFerris

The greatest umpire and singer of all time.


40 posted on 08/11/2025 5:41:55 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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