Beers, Boobs and Bad Umping in Game 5 of the World Series, a breakdown

Oct 28, 2019 2.1M views 2:19

MLB Houston Astros 2019

What Happened

Jomboy's breakdown of Game 5 of the 2019 World Series between the Astros and Nationals mixes lighthearted crowd moments with a real complaint about the umpiring. A fan bare-hands a foul ball off his chest while holding two beers, and a couple of women in the stands give the broadcast a moment to remember. The meat of the video targets home plate ump Lance Barksdale, who appeared to skip a strike call after catcher Yan Gomes threw to third too quickly, then rang up Victor Robles and Ryan Zimmerman on pitches that looked off the plate. Jomboy overlays two pitches to show one inside call as a ball and a wider outside call as a strike.

Why This Matters

Barksdale's zone in this game became a national talking point and another exhibit in the case for an automated strike zone. The Robles strikeout was especially glaring because he had already started toward first, convinced ball four was coming. Jomboy is careful to say the calls did not decide the result, and he is right. Washington still won Game 5 at home, 7 to 1, on their way to taking the title in seven games. The Astros lost all four home games in this series, a strange and historic outcome. The clip captures the 2019 postseason mood, when fan frustration with ball-and-strike consistency was peaking and MLB was already testing robo umps in the independent Atlantic League. For Yordan Alvarez, the rookie sensation, it was a quiet October that ended without a ring.

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Key Moments

Who / What Is Involved

Players: Jordon Alvarez. Teams: Astros.

Key Terms Mentioned

Umpire Controversy

Game five of the World Series brought a

lot of good headlines Jordon Alvarez

gets the start and comes through clutch

for his team to run home or this guy

happy gilmore beard and both hands

doesn't need a glove doesn't need a hand

just take it right off the PEC and go on

his merry way he actually puts the beers

down picks up the ball saves this

woman's life oh no oh he's a hero and

then he got the ball so it's pretty cool

then two other ladies in the stands they

make news with their chests there have

some fun of their own and zoom in and

bam and this guy getting a nice peek

tells his buddy hey you got to check

this out dude she's gonna go to go go go

go go oh yeah okay but back to the bad

humping check this out - - Rainey throws

the pitch he's practices whole life -

throw

uh-uh

mom says you were take it off I meant

because Gomes caught this and started

throwing the third before the umpire

made the call umpire doesn't like that

so he's gonna spite them and say no I'm

not gonna call it now you think you're

so smart I'm the smart one here I got

the power fans in the background no are

you kidding me now it didn't change

anything in the game

Brenton Lee flies out on the very next

pitch and no one saying the Astros won

this game because of the UMP SIF you are

you're wrong come on Lance but if you're

saying that that's not a problem you're

wrong this is a problem take that human

element out of my face please wake up

come on it's the World Series wake up

and then later on the next half inning

Robles takes this four ball four starts

walking to first and he gets rung up as

if it's a strike clearly not a strike

the at bat before Zimmermann walked on

this pitch which that might have caught

some plate it broke right to left but

the UMP calls that a ball you're just

waiting to see what reactions the

players had and then say nah [ __ ] you

I'm in charge here

look at these two pitches overlapped the

one on the inside is called a ball and

the one on the outside is called a

strike it's just nonsense really

and you're absolutely killing us and

again I don't think it's the reason why

the Astros won but it's bad