You don’t need that strike zone box and the ball tracker to know that a pitch from San Francisco Giants closer Camilo Doval was definitely NOT a strike to Chicago Cubs slugger Patrick Wisdom.
Yet there was the call from Manny Gonzalez, who said it was a strike despite it being like 10 feet off the plate outside.
The reaction from Wisdom was justified and the Giants booth was mystified. But there you have it.
Congratulations to Gonzalez joining some other umpires — including the now-retired Angel Hernandez — who made some similarly bad calls this year.
Here’s that moment from Monday’s game:
"Wow. Got the call there. Wisdom can't believe it and neither can I."
"It's been uh, one of those games."
Even the Giants announcers couldn't hide how bad this call from Manny Gonzalez was. pic.twitter.com/PonMUkVqBU
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) June 18, 2024
