‘No woman should ever be an official or umpire’: Criticism rises against female umpire in MLB after rough outing

Yahoo Sports ^ | Jul 13, 2026 | Qwame Skinner

[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.

[Tommy Revolts]

I agree. Although women have been infiltrating men's sports for a long time. This is a
perfect example.

I don't support getting men out of women's sports until we get women out of men's sports.

[SkyDancer]

Women are not in men’s sports, it’s men in women’s sports.

[Tommy Revolts]

Did you read the article?

[dfwgator]

The only sport I watch is Alabama football. If I ever turn on a game and there’s a female announcer that will be the end of that.

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Your time is coming.

[SkyDancer]

Yeah, the ref business ... guys don’t make mistakes, only women do.

[Tommy Revolts]

guys don’t make mistakes, only women do.

No, it's Major League Baseball (MLB). Men are more qualified, it's men's sports.

[SkyDancer]

True. I dislike women trying to push ourselves into men’s sport just like I do not guys posing as women to enter into our sports to compete against us and win.

[Tommy Revolts]

We agree. I just think it is a two-way street.

However, I will say that women's sports gets hit with the most disgusting part,
perverted men that are physically stronger.

[SkyDancer]

True.