DENVER – Thursday, home plate umpire Mike Winters made a laughing stock of the first couple of innings between the Colorado Rockies and Washington Nationals.
According to Pitch F/X, he called 10 pitches inside the strike zone as balls for Antonio Senzatela in just the first two innings. After that, the strike zone became a kind of impressionist painting made up more of colors than forms.
It was just the latest example in a long line showing that human beings should not be calling balls and strikes. Is it because they are biased? Is it totally subconscious?