Umpire lies about strike 3 call, a breakdown #baseball #losangeles #angels #whitesox #mlb #chicago
What Happened
In the 2005 American League Championship Series, an umpire named Doug Edings incorrectly called a batter out on a dropped third strike, despite the batter beginning to run to first base. The umpire later claimed that his signal was just indicating a swinging strike, not an out, but the players and manager disputed this and said the umpire had clearly called the batter out. This incorrect call allowed the batter to reach base, and he eventually scored the winning run for his team.
Why This Matters
Doug Edings absolutely rang up a batter on strike three, then immediately claimed he never called him out when literally everyone on the field saw the out signal. The guy ends up scoring the winning run, and the ump just keeps insisting his hand gesture was just his 'mechanic' and not an actual call. Classic umpire gaslighting.
This breakdown pulled 62K views and ranks #1202 all-time, proving people will always lose it over an ump getting caught in an obvious lie.
Key Moments
Who / What Is Involved
Players: Doug Edings. Teams: Angels.
Key Terms Mentioned
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentIt's 2005. It's the American League
Championship Series. Swing and miss.
Strike three. Rings him up. They start
walking off the field. Pzinski starts
running to first base. Essor's like,
"What? You said out." Every infielder is
like, "No, dude. You said out. Like, you
said out. We all saw it. He can't It
can't be drop third strike." And he gets
to go to first. This breakdown's brought
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get Empire Doug Edings immediately
defending himself. No, that's just my
mechanic. That's just my mechanic.
I didn't call him out. And so the
manager is like, "Hey, hey, Doug.
Doug, you called him out.
You went like that.
>> That's my mechanic, Mike. I didn't call
him out. That's my That's my mechanic.
No way.
>> No. Mike. Mike. Mike. Hold up. Hold.
Just listen to me." Okay. And he's
listening. And he's tuned in. He's
focused. The eyes are locked in. This is
what you're telling me. What? What?
Dude, what do you what? Now, let's
watch. It's a swing. He puts his right
arm out. The signal swing. And then he
drops the hammer right there. And that
everyone assumes means batters out. He's
saying that's just concluding that it's
a swinging strike. And it didn't mean he
called him out. Now, this is what Doug
Edings had to say after the game. My
interpretation is that's my strike three
mechanic when it's a swinging strike. If
you watch, that's what I do the whole
entire game. But Doug, the atbat before
ended on the same thing. And that's not
what you did. You threw the right arm
out and then you waited very intently
until the tag was made to say batters
out. So feel like you lied. How did this
affect the game? Again, we're bottom of
the ninth inning in a tie game. Pinch
runner immediately steals second base.
So now Bzinski, the drop third strike,
becomes the go-ahead runner in scoring
position. The next batter hits a double
off the wall and the pinch runner rounds
third, touches home and is the winning
run. Thank you very much for tuning in.
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