Alternate title: East coast shills conspire against history in 4-1 Angels loss, call themselves “umpires.”
Yes, they were bad (again). Yet, like in all sports, the entire game cannot be boiled down to a few calls by the paid officials (last night was an extreme exception).
Because Jaime Barria took the bump for the Halos Saturday night, and in the second inning, you could tell what type of game it was going to be. The fielders might as well have gone home, because Barria walked two and struck out three. For most of the night, he seemed to be overthrowing, attempting to strike out batters when his MO should be to pitch to contact and get easy outs (a la Parker Bridwell).