After an egregious called third strike in the seventh inning between New Orleans and Mississippi Valley State on Friday night grabbed headlines across college baseball, the Southland Conference has suspended the umpire responsible.
Delta Devils outfielder Davon Mims took offense to a bad second strike call on a fastball at his shins, jumping out of the batter’s box and stomping around. The ensuing 1–2 pitch was several feet outside over the opposite batting box, but the umpire appeared to retaliate because of Mims’s reaction on the pitch prior.
