VIDEO: This pitch was called a strike

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. With two outs in the 9th inning, the Detroit Tigers had a call blatantly go against them. No, Armando Galarraga was not on the mound, and no, Jim Joyce was not in attendance (I hear he has a Tigers’ voodoo doll though).

The call was made by the umpiring crew of Gary Cederstrom, Ed Hickox, Fieldin Culbreth, and Marty Foster. You’ve probably heard of them before. They travel the country 7 months out of the year doing their best “Three Stooges” routine. Home plate umpire Gary Cedserstrom does a mean Curly.

See the call for yourself:

Just to give you an idea of how far that pitch was off the plate, here is where Fox Trax put it

With my untrained eye, that looks to be about 12-18 inches from the strike zone. I realize that it was probably a hot day in Atlanta and a ball more than likely sends the game into extra innings, but is it too much ask for some integrity?

Fellas, you’re getting paid in upwards of 350,000 dollars a year. Do your damn job and do it right for once.

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