Nick Mahrley Latest Bad MLB Umpire to Make Himself Known
Major League Baseball's umpire problem somehow continues to get worse with each passing day as sports fans are regularly introduced to new bad umpires. Nick Mahrley was behind the plate for Monday night's Detroit Tigers - Oakland Atheltics game. The fact that we're writing a blog post about him is really all you need to know.
Pitch No. 4 on the left (high, a ball) was called strike 3 to end a Tigers rally. Pitch No. 8 on the right (in the strike zone, 4 inches lower than the one called a strike on the left) was called a ball to extend an A's rally. If you're going to be bad, at least be consistent. pic.twitter.com/ClebpENm0V
— Derick Hutchinson (@Derick_Hutch) May 10, 2022
Mahrley was all over the place tonight with the Detroit Tigers getting the worst of it. Mahrley did such a bad job that even the staunchest defenders of baseball's Human Element couldn't help but speak out. Tigers manager AJ Hinch had his first conversation with Mahrley when the 3rd inning ended on a questionable call.
Robbie Grossman had a lengthy conversation with plate umpire Nick Mahrley over the called third strike (pitch 4) that ended third inning. Manager A.J. Hinch eventually came out and picked up the discussion for him. pic.twitter.com/0nwmyiZLSF
— Jason Beck (@beckjason) May 10, 2022
When they would meet again in the 9th, Javy Baez and Hinch were both tossed.
"You don't give a fuck"
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) May 10, 2022
Javy Baez and AJ Hinch were both ejected after arguing a third strike call pic.twitter.com/RjuYwVzfiF
Even Baez's ejection didn't sit right with the Tigers.
Hinch on Baez's ejection: "I didn't think he needed to be thrown out at that point, with me standing in between them. There was nothing aggressive going on. He got tired of the argument and threw him out." https://t.co/W9ubn9B6ga
— Evan Woodbery (@evanwoodbery) May 10, 2022
After tossing Baez, Mahrley called this a strike on Miguel Cabrera.
Here’s the called strike on Miggy ??♂️
— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) May 10, 2022
pic.twitter.com/uRGpUzzxRP
And Nick Mahrley caps the night by calling this first pitch, 4 inches below the zone, a strike with 2 outs and the tying run on base.
— Derick Hutchinson (@Derick_Hutch) May 10, 2022
Embarrassing job by him tonight, and he continued to double down and one-up himself by getting worse and worse. pic.twitter.com/BIYaEdadgr
Just a bad, bad job. And something MLB is seeing way too often this season.