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Come Fan with UsMonday, June 29, 2026

Umpires Continue to Put on a Fine ‘How Not To’ Clinic

Hey, it’s still preseason for the umpires, too. Wait, what’s that? It’s actually the postseason. Well, huh, I’m not sure what’s going on then. I guess maybe the first base ump just wanted to get in on the act.

After horribly blown calls by the third and second base umps earlier, the first base umpire just called Rollins out on this play:

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That resulted in the third out of the sixth inning, and cost the Phillies a run that crossed the plate just as the wrong call was being made at first.

But hey, no need to be greedy, Phillies: You had already scored five runs in that inning. How many do you need?!

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