Baseball is never fun when you make it about the umpires, but you can’t talk about this game without talking about the constant frustrations with an inconsistent strike zone. Pitches on the black called balls, pitches off the plate called strikes, and worse was observed by all. Michael Wacha struggled today, to be sure, but when I think about how much was his own doing, I’m left with incomplete answers.
I can’t imagine my fury with home plate ump Mike Winters had the Cardinals (4-4) lost this game. Fortunately, they won 5-3, bringing them back to .