This sure looked like a ball.
The 2024 Major League Baseball season has featured way too many bad calls by umpires that have left players, managers and announcers in utter disbelief.game when Seattle's Ryan Bliss struck out looking on a 3-2 pitch that seemed to be well outside of the strike zone. Umpire Gabe Morales, however, didn't hesitate in calling it a strike, which left the Mariners' broadcast booth in shock.
The league has a serious problem with the quality of their umpiring yet they fail to address the problem Bliss didn’t see a single pitch in the strike zone in this AB yet still managed to get called out on strikesAndy Nesbitt is the Assistant Managing Editor of Audience Engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking & Trending News Team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. He has been working in sports media for over 20 years, appearing on Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe, and NBC Sports.
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