Brad Ausmus had the right idea. He saw the lining on the wall, saw his team playing their god-knows-how-many’eth game in a row and decided to take the afternoon off.
The cause? Oh, just Mike Trout taking five straight balls and getting rung up as a result.
Mike Trout doesn’t usually complain about calls.
But he had some real beef with Jeremie Rehak over strikes two and three. Brad Ausmus just got tossed for it. pic.twitter.com/wGfQnIddm6— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) June 9, 2019The umpiring crew this weekend of Jerry Meals, Jeremie Rehak, Ron Kulpa, and Gabe Morales is among the worst in baseball.