[GarthB]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

How about the rat for Maryland that kept on questioning the strike zone by asking his catcher, "where are those pitches missing? In? Out?," and then the kid shrugging his shoulders as if to say, "search me, coach. The umpire just missed them."

The real problem was that Arizona was pounding everything that was in the strike zone, so the umpire didn't have a chance to call many strikes. The rest of the pitches were off the plate, and Minnesota's manager just kept blaming the umpire 'cause his little rugrat couldn't hit the corners.

Welcome back Steve.