Pete Crow-Armstrong loses his mind after umps blow obvious call: New ways to screw something up
Pete Crow-Armstrong couldn’t hold back any longer.A frustrating series in the desert against the Diamondbacks hit its boiling point when somehow an obvious balk in response to his actions at third base went unnoticed by the umpires.The NL MVP favorite, scuffling in the series, suddenly lost his cool, having to be restrained by third base coach Quintin Berry while he questioned the umpires after their incorrect ruling that they later admitted.“I saw four umpires miss a pretty obvious play,” Crow-Armstrong said after the 2-0 loss Wednesday.“They’re out there every day, just like we are.
Their one job is to get calls right.And if they get it wrong, they’re supposed to talk about it, figure it out and get it right.
And they didn’t.”While the casual baseball fan may need a rewind or two to notice a balk, Crow-Armstrong had a right to be furious with the umpires missing a blatant violation Wednesday that ultimately affected the game.Crow-Armstrong danced off third base with two outs in the top of the sixth in a scoreless game, resulting in Eduardo Rodriguez throwing an awkward pitchout in which he stopped his motion.The Cubs’ center fielder should have been awarded home and plated the game’s first run, but the umpires did not make any call on the field.Crow-Armstrong held his hands out out in a stunned manner after returning to the bag, immediately turning to question third base umpire Malachi Moore.The umpires conferred and ultimately opted not to call a balk, which is not a reviewable play, and that decision left Crow-Armstrong fuming.He immediately went back at Moore while Berry restrained him.Rodriguez benefited from that free pass and ultimately stranded two in the inning en route to seven masterful shutout innings.“That’s not to take away from what Eduardo was doing to us today because he was All-Star Eduardo Rodriguez.He was nails.
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