Oof, Laz Diaz.
This was not a great strike three call from the umpire on Aaron Judge, a ball from Kevin Gausman that was clearly low, especially to the ginormous New York Yankees outfielder. (For what it’s worth, we’ve seen this happen a lot with Judge, with pitchers trying to throw low enough and get a strike out of it).
What’s worse is Diaz defended it as Yankees manager Aaron Boone argued a little from the dugout and was clearly wrong.
Check out the pitch and the resulting argument, as Diaz tells Boone, “Ain’t no way that pitch is down.”
It was indeed down
"Ain't no way that pitch is down"
Laz Diaz makes a bad strike three call on 6-foot-7 Aaron Judge and he remains confident that he did not get the call wrong pic.twitter.com/BhlmJSFaZK
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) September 27, 2022
Many think Angel Hernandez is the worst umpire in MLB at calling balls and strikes. FYI: Laz Diaz has missed more such calls this year than anyone else and that was true before this game even started. pic.twitter.com/mGxmDFrc33
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) September 27, 2022
Laz Diaz to Boone: “Ain’t no way that pitch is down” #repbx pic.twitter.com/6YbhSLS4O3
— Pinstripe Strong (@PinstripeStrong) September 27, 2022
Laz Diaz on an Aaron Judge strikeout: “There’s no way that pitch was down, not even close”.
Narrator: “it was in fact down, it wasn’t close indeed”. pic.twitter.com/dHzuJS9t1A
— Jared McInnis (@CupStradamus) September 27, 2022
Entire baseball world: We want to see #AaronJudge
HP Umpire Laz Diaz: I don't care pic.twitter.com/yDSmKM7a5N
— Tim and Friends (@timandfriends) September 27, 2022
Laz Diaz just wow man
— Todd Frazier (@FlavaFraz21) September 27, 2022
Laz Díaz just made a terrible strike three call to Judge. Terrible.
— Randy Wilkins (@pamsson) September 27, 2022
It would be pretty nice if Laz Diaz wasn’t a complete loser and could simply not call balls 4 inches below the zone for strikes
— AT (@YankeeWRLD) September 27, 2022
Laz Diaz yelling back at Aaron Boone “pick another spot because there’s no way that pitch was down”
The pitch: pic.twitter.com/4Ec96LfMM9
— Rich (@chardcollects) September 27, 2022
