Lowe dominant again

After giving up a first pitch hit, thus ending Lowe's no hit streak, Will settled down nicely to lead Exit Realty to a 4-1?? victory against the Guzzlers. In a game where Exit lost one of their game-breakers, Exit was never quite able to break the game open. With the bases usually pretty full, Exit was never able capitalize with a timely base hit. Their bats have yet to awaken this spring.

Moody Mood

In a game where umpires made us scratch our heads, Will Mood grounded out and, in frustration, threw his bat against the nearby fence. Without hesitation, Mood was tossed from the game and is doubtful for the next game contingent on a review of the league's constitution. Losing Will will be a huge loss for us, so lets hope that the rest of Exit Realty's bats pick up the slack.

In the second inning with one strike, Lowe had thrown a nice strike on the corner of the plate. Surprisingly, from behing the plate we heard, "YOU'RE OUT!!!". Did the umpire just call a strikeout with just 2 strikes??? Clearly, we were going to have a long night with some of the calls from behind the plate.

Equally head-numbing was when Will Mood was at the plate for the first time. The first pitch came in and the ball missed the plate; the umpire announced ball 1. The second pitch was a riseball and went over the catcher's head to the backstop, the count was 1-1. WTF??? Again, it appeared as if something was missed. Mood was getting a little Moody.

At his second plate appearance, there was another call that was unfavorable to Mood. A ball seemed low and away, but it was called a strike. Mood grounded out shortly thereafter, and in frustration threw his bat against the fence.

Most nights, blue does not get a lot of respect. They have a tough job and, naturally, with so many judgement calls, they will be questioned on a regular basis. It's a thankless job, but for the most part, most mistakes can be forgiven. On nights where arithmetic becomes a problem, I begin to have a problem. I can accept a wrong call on a judgement play, but calling a strikeout with only 2 strikes is unfair to both teams in the game. Granted, the call was in our favour, but the attention of the game changes from the game itself to the men wearing blue.