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Andy Nesbitt

Phillies Announcer Rightfully Crushed Ump Over ‘Joke’ of a Pitch Clock Violation Call

The new rules in Major League Baseball this season have done a lot of good things for the game, including making them much faster and easier to watch. 

But they have also led to some mind-boggling calls by umps that have infuriated players and fans. 

The latest example of that came in Wednesday’s Diamondbacks-Phillies game in Philadelphia when things went off the rails in the 10th inning after the home plate ump called Phillies pitcher Craig Kimbrel for a pitch clock violation. That call came after an argument at home plate and it didn’t seem like Kimbrel did anything wrong once play resumed.

The great John Kruk was on the call and he absolutely tore into the umps and MLB.

This was all madness: 

The Phillies went on to win the game, 6–5, and Kruk had more to say about the new rules during a postgame interview: 

Many MLB fans were on Kruk’s side: 

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