Umpire gets suspended for this call, a breakdown
What Happened
During a Southland Conference college game involving Mississippi Valley State, a home plate umpire seemed to decide he was done for the day. Trailing late, the offense needed baserunners, but the ump started ringing up obvious balls as strikes. The breakdown zeroes in on the final straw: a pitch that bounced four times in front of the plate, which he called strike three to end the inning anyway. The catcher popped his mask off in disbelief, opposing players whispered that the ump was finished, and the dugout's jaws hit the floor. He got pulled from the series and suspended indefinitely.
Why This Matters
Umpires get plenty wrong, but missing a pitch and ringing up a four-hopper as strike three is a different category. This wasn't a borderline call you could argue depth perception on. Conferences rarely hand down public discipline this fast, and the Southland's statement that the ump's conduct was 'detrimental to the conference' is about as harsh as these things get before they go silent. What makes it stick is the body language. The catcher knew. The bench knew. Everyone in the building seemed to clock that the guy had checked out mentally and just wanted to go home. For a college game that would've vanished into a box score, one bad inning turned into a 3 million view clip and a suspension that ended a season's worth of assignments overnight.
At 3 million views, this sits at #54 of 1,583 Jomboy breakdowns, top 3.4% of the whole catalog and proof a no-name college game can outdraw plenty of big leaguers.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentMississippi Valley State sits at six and
six on the season they're down by four
on the verge of a losing record but
they're gonna try and make it come back
here they're going to get on base okay a
couple more base runners than a home run
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umpire has a different agenda he just
wants to go home he's a little upset
that that guy got on base he's like man
that's a bummer calls that a ball but
wants to call it a strike we're 1-0 on
the next batter but now that Runner gets
picked off oh man where are you going
one run doesn't do anything you need a
lot of base runners well how are you
going to get picked up these people are
out there I have seen enough how are you
going to get picked off there that run
means nothing dude we need a lot of runs
they're packing up heading out they're
going to miss the whole show so now this
umpire's like let's just get on with it
oh great one more strike let's get
another one and he calls that a strike
in a batter goes one hop two hops
three four four hops he's gonna come and
say that was that low man what are you
doing smile's gonna get back and the the
teammates of the other team are
whispering to each other like oh he's
[ __ ] now like he'd done it look at
this pitch I don't know the pitcher's
leg gets comes in the frame
that could have crossed above the knees
we really have by that point it's behind
him so the depth perception here is
tough whatever hump wants to go home
that's a strike wait till you see the
next pitch catch her with some you know
Swag dropping it up framing it now the
catch like come on just throw it he's
pissed I can feel him I can feel the
heat coming off him he's calling this a
strike way outside strike three
battery's like what pops his mask off
and the hump leaves in the other team
the catcher's like hey man I know I know
he's like oh you you go you know he's
like I know I know I don't know but he's
been in a bad mood all day just leave
him alone leave him alone unbelievable
unbelievable strike three call
you can't do that I mean everybody kind
of knows you can't look at this pitch
[Laughter]
umpire didn't even track the ball he
didn't care he honestly you gotta love
the conviction from him he didn't care
where that was gonna go that could have
been bounced and dribbled and he was
ringing that dude up can't take four
hops on him when there's one out to go
before the pitch I think I think the
guy's on the on the bench were like I
bet you this one's a strike watch oh
oh look at all their faces just oh
the coaches
the coach's mouth is just as open as his
as his team behind him but he can't you
know show that so they do a good job
holding their mouth right there look at
these fans oh that's the lean on them
look at that
just Jaws dropping everywhere I mean
everyone this woman
not good not good
not good humping I think it we it's safe
to say not good humping but pretty
badass the way you pop his mask off boom
boom boom what if he got suspended and
definitely home plate umpires conduct
and actions were deemed detrimental to
the conference and they're in violation
the Umpire has been removed from the
series and has been suspended
indefinitely from Southland Conference
baseball games the conference will have
no further comment we're done we're not
talking to you this is all we have to
say that guy is out but if you want to
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umpire for giving us entertainment
button but no thank you for how bad that
was and kind of like giving all the
other umpires a bad name and they're
counting on you you know