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Blue Jays Announcer Had Perfect Reaction to Ump’s Laughably Bad Called Strike

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Major League Baseball continues to have way too many umps struggling to do their jobs correctly, and that trend continued in New York on Wednesday night when Lance Barrett had a dreadful night calling balls and strikes in the Blue Jays-Yankees game. 

Barrett started the game off by throwing out a foul-mouthed Aaron Boone in the second inning after he chirped the ump about some calls. And then Barrett proceeded to frustrate both teams with a strike zone that made absolutely no sense. 

Blue Jays announcer Dan Shulman had a perfect reaction to one called strike by Barrett that was just laughably bad. 

Check this out: 

That wasn’t even close to being a strike, via @umpscorecards:

MLB umpire Lance Barrett had a brutal night behind the plate in Blue Jays-Yankees game.

 MLB fans crushed him: 

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