"Between that and the pool-to-bracket format, the WBC feels a lot like travel ball. I've seen a lot of strikes lost when umps are thrown off by a catcher having to react to a pitch that was off-target."
"Mason Miller's put-away slider didn't miss its target, but it did miss the strike zone by a wide margin. With two outs and the tying run on third in the bottom of the 9th, Miller spun a full-count breaking ball that Geraldo Perdomo took for what should have been ball four. Except that, just like he did to Juan Soto an inning earlier, home plate ump Cory Blaser called strike three."
March weather in Indiana swings dramatically from low 70s to 40 degrees colder with snow, coinciding with the first official day of high school baseball season. The WBC tournament nears its finale with Team USA's victory over the Dominican Republic, but the competition reveals significant umpiring inconsistencies. Unfamiliar battery combinations between catchers and pitchers create miscommunications and cross-ups throughout the tournament. A controversial strike call by home plate ump Cory Blaser on Mason Miller's full-count slider to Geraldo Perdomo ended the game with the tying run on third in the bottom of the 9th, mirroring an earlier questionable call against Juan Soto. These umpiring issues underscore the case for automated ball-strike systems.
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