Posted on 07/14/2026 10:50:32 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Things got testy in a game between the Toronto Blue Jays and San Diego Padres over the weekend. Home plate umpire Jen Pawol ruled that Padres hitter Sung-Mun Song didn't make his ABS challenge in time, resulting in Padres hitting coach Steven Souza Jr. being ejected after he took exception with the ruling.
Later in the game, the Blue Jays were heated with Pawol over a controversial balk ruling brought home a run for the Blue Jays.
After the game, MLB writer Dan Clark noted how much Pawol has struggled throughout the year with Grok, X's AI assistant for premium users, which, statistically, has her worse than controversial former umpire Angel Hernandez.
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Or announcer. I don’t mind that women are part of panels and whatnot but do they HAVE to be part of EVERY panel? Can’t we have one show that is all guys?
Same principle as men in women’s restrooms.
They don’t belong there.
Yep it’s a ball she said.
Or a SCOTUS justice.
At best this keeps MLB in the news a bit.
Too much feelings and emotion ? LOL
NHL generally wants to be “modern” and not be left behind our woke times, so they too follow other sports, and have female analysts, and now color-commentators.
I could see the NHL wanting to bring in a female referee, but can they skate as fast as the male referees?
Female lines”men” would be impossible. I can’t imagine any woman being able to step between two 6’3” 220 LB guys in a fight.
CB Bucknor was the lowest ranked MLB umpire (91 out of 91 for overall accuracy and correct calls). Bucknor is even worse than former MLB umpire Angel Hernandez.
Jen Pawol makes Bucknor and Hernandez look competent in comparison.
Or military combat positions, firefighters, and street/swat police work.
“Home plate umpire Jen Pawol ruled that Padres hitter Sung-Mun Song didn’t make his ABS challenge in time, resulting in Padres hitting coach Steven Souza Jr. being ejected after he took exception with the ruling.” Did anyone watch Ángel Hernández call the plate late in his career? He was in a different hemisphere.
VERY true
Really don’t get the apparent balk call on the Blue Jays. The batter backs out of the box, the pitcher throws a strike and she calls it a strike! Then she directs the Padre runner at third to score. ???
I know she is pretty bad but plenty of men umpires make questionable calls as well. Point is, the ABS is a great idea and I expect this approach to expand signficantly.
MLB has gone woke. Lezbo crossdressers ball colored caps. I was a sports official for over 27 years. I worked military sports, high school sports, JC level sports. I never worked with a female. Sorry, but a female in a man’s game cannot do the job in my humble opinion, and this from a retired military who has worked with females on the job and found no problems, except they cannot do PT the same as a man. So, that liability is on a sports field also. Keeping up wise. There are plenty of men who cannot do the job also. Worked with many who I told to go do something else, this was not their chosen thing. Sports officiating is a HARD job. The old say is: You have to be perfect the first day, on your first call, and IMPROVE from there!!!
another good reason for players to boycott the $#@! rainbow hats
No women announcers or umps
The Yahoo article could have been written by the umpire herself. She will continue to improve...... How long with that take and what sort of improvement have we already seen?
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