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Two bad calls doomed the Dodgers ... (Original Post) Auggie Jul 2021 OP
Dodgers closer, Kenley Jansen totally got burned on his redemption tour to the mound Brother Buzz Jul 2021 #1
Fans could not have seen the check-swing replay ... Auggie Jul 2021 #2
The strike zone was very elastic Brother Buzz Jul 2021 #3

Brother Buzz

(37,795 posts)
1. Dodgers closer, Kenley Jansen totally got burned on his redemption tour to the mound
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 12:58 AM
Jul 2021

The Dodger fans booed him of the field two nights in a row!

That blown check swing call was bad, but it is what it is.

Auggie

(31,798 posts)
2. Fans could not have seen the check-swing replay ...
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 07:35 AM
Jul 2021

even so, they shouldn't boo their own players. Jansen was the victim of bad calls from behind the plate on both nights as well.

Really uneven series as umpiring goes.

Good point -- it is what it is.

Brother Buzz

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3. The strike zone was very elastic
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 12:17 PM
Jul 2021

Curiously it expanded at the top of the innings and shrank at the bottom.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

I believe the check swing did play on the big board, but Roberts charging the field and getting ejected (two nights in a row) might have taken top billing, plus Jansen got pulled later in the inning as things further deteriorated. Jansen DID have a poor outing, pitching erratically with apparent zero ball control, and facing Wilmer Flores only exacerbated thing.

Factoid: Wilmer Flores totally lives in Kenley Jansen's head.

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