# Mike Winters should be fired: Baseball

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-winters-should-be-fired-baseball/664540>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 26, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-winters-should-be-fired-baseball/664540 "2013-07-26T01:03:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-winters-should-be-fired-baseball/664540/1 "2013-07-26T01:03:17Z")

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Anyone watching the Pirates v Nationals? The strike zone is absurd. I’m a Bucs fan, but the Nats manager has been ejected and players on both sides are arguing the inconsistent calls.

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**Author:** ![cardsfan1975](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@cardsfan1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardsfan1975)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-winters-should-be-fired-baseball/664540/2 "2013-07-26T15:47:46Z")

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Not before Angel Hernandez. He’s an abomination; without a doubt, the worse umpire in baseball.

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-winters-should-be-fired-baseball/664540/3 "2013-07-26T16:37:29Z")

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Really? I thought the most erratic strike zone belonged to CJ Bucknor.

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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-winters-should-be-fired-baseball/664540/4 "2013-07-27T01:21:41Z")

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I forgot about Hernandez and Bucknor. But Winters was giving those guys a run for their money yesterday. Pitch six inches outside: strike. Pitch same location but on the outside corner: ball. A foot outside: strike. Six inches outside again: ball. Same pitch again: strike.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a manager leave the dugout to argue balls and strikes. He knows that an insta-ejection. But Davey Johnson did it anyways.

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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-winters-should-be-fired-baseball/664540/5 "2013-07-27T01:27:54Z")

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One word: Schnorbitz.