Another one

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

But what if the pitch was balled and it could've been a strike?

Should he bring the guy back and say..."I know I called ball, but the more I think about it, it was a strike."

Or are we talking only about game ending strikes that should've been balls?

You know ... one pet peeve of mine when watching MLB (and ONLY MLB - I don't see this problem in NCAA games or even MiLB games) is that the umpires seem to have forgotten what's drummed into the rest of us constantly... See it... think it ... THEN call it. Seems the MLB guys (or a lot of them at least), while being far superior to us in every other way, have this bizarre need to make BIG calls - and to make them big, they make them FAST - especially the bangers at first, and ESPECIALLY strike three called. This was one example. If it really was ball four (still not sure it was), then if he's not so eager to make the SuperLoud PunchOut call - perhaps he gets this one right. We are told 100 times a year, until we don't have to be - SLOW DOWN.

Maybe it's just me.

[asdf]

David Brown is the typical thin skinned sportswriter that loves to criticize, but hates criticism.

His premise that an umpire should change a call is consistent with someone who spends all his free time playing fantasy sports or computer "what if" games.