Astros’ A.J. Hinch joins chorus of managers chewing out umpires: ‘We’re tired of it’
After the Astros’ 4-0 lo s to the Diamondbacks Thursday, A.J. Hinch wasted no time in laying into home plate umpire Paul Nauert for the way he called balls and strikes in Marwin Gonzalez’s game-ending strikeout.”Not Marwin’s fault he’s got Tug McGraw Jersey to cover twice the length of the plate,” the Astros’ manager said, according to the Houston Chronicle.Hinch: “Not the reason we lost , not the reason we had a tough week, but it’s garbage when you start getting at-bats taken away from you.” Brian McTaggart ( https://www.metsedge.com/new-york-mets/david-wright-jersey @brianmctaggart) August 17, 2017Gonzalez was up in the count 2-0 on Arizona reliever Archie Bradley before Nauert called three straight strikes that were questionable at best.Call hurts #Astros Strike 1 should be ball 3Bot 9 Bradley vs Gonzalez24% call same1.6in from edge pic.twitter.com/Efxlwbfo9L Astros Strike Zone (@AstrosUmp) August 17, 2017 Give Bradley credit, though when he saw Nauert was calling strikes out there he never mi sed the spot again and finished the game off for starter Patrick Corbin who threw 8 2/3 innings of four-hit, shutout baseball.That doesn’t change what Hinch said nor what Cardinals manager Mike Matheny or Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler said earlier this week: Baseball teams are not happy with umpires right now and Hinch is on the bandwagon.Here https://www.metsedge.com/new-york-mets/yoenis-cespedes-jersey ‘s is Hinch’s initial post-game comment on the final third strike call: pic.twitter.com/8dCvSlwBCU Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) August 17, 2017
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