For one night at least, a double edged Yankees strike zone...

[Absltgreek]

It was apparent that tonight's strike zone, constantly shifting, inconsistent, crazy; seemed to at least be equally applied to both teams.

For years, whether implied or explicit, it always feels teams like the Red Sox, and the Yankees in particular, have always benefited from a more forgiving strike zone than their opponents. Constantly getting calls in their favor, while their opponents, in the same games, often seem to have their own, alternative strike zone.

For one night at least, it was borderline magical, watching the Yankees have the Yankee opponent strike zone used against them. Was it a mix up with the orders from on high? OR more likely, a gift from the baseball gods, for a struggling, yet hopeful franchise and fanbase, to let the Yankees have a taste of their own medicine.

When you read a box score and see 2BB-13k for one team, and 10BB-9K for the other team in a Yankees-Orioles series... obviously the O's had the former and the Yankees the latter, but tonight? No. Tonight the powers that be decided on a level (by level I mean an artillery marred landscape of disaster, holes, balls that are strikes, strikes that are balls), and equally applied zone for both teams, and boy, did the Yankees not like that (Aaron Boone's tirade after the final ball 4 call made that obvious). It was a joy watching the complete breakdown of the Yankees hitters and pitchers tonight (to add to that, if the last two innings of Yankees pitching are not best argument for a pitch clock, I don't know what is. Schmidt and Chapman taking what seemed like minutes between pitches was just excruciating).

It likely won't last, but for one night at least, it felt nice to have a Yankee's' strike zone, for both teams.

[Frobby]

The ball three call on Gutiérrez in the 11th created our opportunity to win.  It was obviously strike three, nothing borderline about it.   But I’m not gonna complain.  

[Aristotelian]

For Baker to get that K was incredible. He was robbed on three pitches and had the guys to go slider. Put it in the same spot that had been called a ball but got the call. He had to throw six straight strikes to get that out. 

[jerios55]

2 hours ago, Aristotelian said:

For Baker to get that K was incredible. He was robbed on three pitches and had the guys to go slider. Put it in the same spot that had been called a ball but got the call. He had to throw six straight strikes to get that out. 

I would argue pitch 4(strike 1 of the at bat) was a ball, but he was calling that a strike more consistently calling 6 inches right off the plate much of the evening. 

It was probably the worst strike/ ball calling over a full game I've seen in a while. 

[Aristotelian]

4 minutes ago, jerios55 said:

I would argue pitch 4(strike 1 of the at bat) was a ball, but he was calling that a strike more consistently calling 6 inches right off the plate much of the evening. 

It was probably the worst strike/ ball calling over a full game I've seen in a while. 

That's right. 1 and 2 definitely caught the zone but called balls. 4 looked like a clear ball but called strike 1. 3 does look like a ball. Either way, gutsy job by Baker to come back from 3-0 with an inconsistent strike zone to say the least!

https://imgur.com/a/XEmVFnK

 

[NelsonCruuuuuz]

96% consistency 

94% accuracy 

https://twitter.com/umpscorecards/status/1515337490353336322?s=21&t=wzODn3d9hEAWu6qDGL_nYQ

[ShoelesJoe]

1 hour ago, NelsonCruuuuuz said:

96% consistency 

94% accuracy 

https://twitter.com/umpscorecards/status/1515337490353336322?s=21&t=wzODn3d9hEAWu6qDGL_nYQ

So Hallion’s strike zone actually favored the Yankees, and they still got beat with their manager losing his &$#@ at the umpire because he didn’t help them enough. 
 

Gotta love it. 

[jerios55]

6 minutes ago, ShoelesJoe said:

So Hallion’s strike zone actually favored the Yankees, and they still got beat with their manager losing his &$#@ at the umpire because he didn’t help them enough. 
 

Gotta love it. 

3 most impactful calls against the Os.  Interesting as well. 

[Camden_yardbird]

Its amazing what happens when you start to have some level of accountability for umpires.