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The story
In the Pacific League on August 29, the Nippon-Ham Fighters beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 9-7, taking their third straight win while Lotte dropped their third straight in a back-and-forth slugfest. Imagawa’s go-ahead three-run homer, Nomura’s three hits, and Tamiya’s three RBI kept the lineup rolling, but what got 5ch talking most wasn’t the game flow — it was home-plate umpire Shikita’s strike-zone calls. Commentator Shinya Miyamoto reportedly went as far as saying on the radio broadcast, “They should just bring in ABS already,” splitting opinion over how consistent the calls were.
Lotte ０ ０ ３ １ ３ ０ ０ ０ ０｜７
Nippon-Ham ０ ０ １ ５ ３ ０ ０ ０ Ｘ｜９
[Batteries]
Source: nikkansports.com / Original article here
What people said
Started calling the low pitch too from around the 7th inning lol
Prior offense
https://imgur.com/a/k6SR4Uj
– Don't let the starter go deep, pull him early
– Don't move a guy who wants to start into the bullpen
– Don't make relievers pitch multiple innings
– Don't overwork relievers with back-to-back outings, let them rest
– Any reliever who blows it should get sent down to the minors to rest and get swapped out
Do every single one of those and the bullpen that's already short-handed gets even shorter lolww
NHK Radio — Commentator: Shinya Miyamoto
Early in the game: "Today the umpire's calls aren't consistent. This much inconsistency is a problem."
6th pitch of a 2-2 count:
"Isn't that a strike? Catcher Sato has every right to be angry."
7th pitch of a 3-2 count:
"They should just bring in ABS already. It'd settle things, because right now even the umpire is getting stubborn about it."
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School's already back in session
School's been back since last week
In a sense both sides got hit equally, but the damage wasn't the same
these days I just enjoy watching individual stats
Yamaguchi is incredible
It really was a seesaw game.
And then you get calls like this afterward
Saying dumb stuff like that is exactly the problem
make it "at least a .300 average" instead
Same story in Yokohama and at Jingu (stadium), though
With the "home-pire" bias, the Fighters keep losing anyway.
Even 3rd place is shaky, dreaming about the pennant is way too much
barely holding onto 3rd thanks to the "Ham-pire"
Early in the game: "Today the umpire's calls aren't consistent. This much inconsistency is a problem."
6th pitch of a 2-2 count:
"Isn't that a strike? Catcher Sato has every right to be angry."
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2093589038787874816/vid/avc1/898×720/PCHTTrca0lA7mlIr.mp4
7th pitch of a 3-2 count:
"They should just bring in ABS already. It'd settle things, because right now even the umpire is getting stubborn about it."
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2093589038796345344/vid/avc1/898×720/k1YOJpHglW9iUXxl.mp4?tag=29
So nobody's bothering to clip the video of the Fighters' Okawa's mysterious run of walks, huh
If you didn't watch the game, you don't get to weigh in
Well, there was that whole "Asama third-base-runner incident"…
Background and key points of this discussion
In this game, complaints about home-plate umpire Shikita’s calls kept coming up repeatedly, and commentator Shinya Miyamoto reportedly said on the radio broadcast that “they should bring in ABS.” ABS is an automated system that uses machines to call balls and strikes, and whether NPB should adopt it has been debated repeatedly. This time there were claims that the standard for calls shifted during the game for pitchers on both the Fighters’ and the Marines’ sides, so it’s worth noting this isn’t simply a case of one team being favored over the other. The thread also contained unsubstantiated, definitive-sounding claims like “sign stealing” and “bribing the umpire,” but since these haven’t been confirmed as fact, this article does not include them. The game itself was a back-and-forth affair, with Lotte closing a three-run gap only for Imagawa’s homer to put the Fighters back in front.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Baseball] Pacific League F 9-7 M [8/29] Nippon-Ham win 3rd straight — Nomura 3 hits, Tamiya 3 RBI, Imagawa go-ahead 3-run homer — Lotte drop 3rd straight in seesaw game.”
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