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National Baseball Hall of Fame Chipper Jones has it in a specific one MLB After a recent match between the umpire Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers.
Jones, who has been very active in X recently when it comes to baseball, took a while to write MLB Umpire Doug Eddings. Cubs‘Saturday’s 6-1 victory.
During the game, several calls were missed by referees, including edging behind the plate. The pitch, which should have been called the ball instead, was a three-strike call by the Eddings, and Jones believed the umpire performance was one of the worst performances he had seen.
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Umpire Doug Eddings speaks with the Chicago Cubs dugout in three innings with the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. (Image of Rick Osentoski-Immagn)
In fact, Jones thinks Eddings is one of the worst games of today.
“It’s not just one of the worst referees in the league over 20 years, but one of the most confrontational combinations consistently!” Jones wrote in X.
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Apart from Strikes Lee Call, Eddings did not ask for help when calling Kyle Tucker for a strike during his batting time after appearing to be a fully checked swing.
But Jones knows about the time given to him Atlanta Braves From 1993 to 2012. Eddings began working for MLB in the late 1990s, working for 14 postseason series, including two World Series.
Chipper Jones was featured at the National Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony held in Cooperstown, New York. (Gregory Fisher Usus Today Sports)
Jones didn’t specify his experience, but he wasn’t very positive.
X account @umpiresCorecards posted the results of Eddings in the Cubs-Tigers game, whose overall accuracy is 92%, and he had 80% called 80%, where eight of the 40 strikes dominated “True Balls.”
Judgment in MLB is a topic that has long been inferred, especially considering the technological advances made in sports elsewhere.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said the league will propose an automated ball strike challenge system for use in 2026. Tested during spring training and the feedback appears to be positive.
The pitchers and batters were able to tap their heads and challenge the ball strike call made by the home plate umpire. As the rules go, we expect each team to get two challenges they can use during the game, and we expect when they will use some of their strategies.
Chipper Jones tore MLB referee Doug’s wedding after making some controversial calls in the game between the Cubs and the Tigers. (image)
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It’s a big change to the modern game, but the human element of the judgement is still applied and Jones clearly wants to see better from moving forward.
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