Major League Baseball umpires often catch a lot of heat for being bad at their jobs, and rightfully so—they do seem to make a lot of mind-boggling calls.
But we can’t ignore an ump when he does his job correctly and nails a call, especially one that comes after his world gets turned upside down.
That’s exactly what happened Tuesday night in Kansas City when first base umpire Vic Carapazza get absolutely lit up by Royals reliever Aroldis Chapman, who was running to first to try to help on a ground ball.
Carapazza was able to shake off the huge hit and make the call. He confused people at first by making a safe call, but he was giving an indication of how he was doing. He then stood up and made the out call on a close play, which was the right call:
Aroldis Chapman just flattened an umpire pic.twitter.com/mt5bCw2ALD
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) April 5, 2023
If Vic Carapazza seemed to be surprised to get steamrolled by Aroldis Chapman, that's because he was.😂 pic.twitter.com/myNZvZNeUL
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) April 5, 2023
Here are some more looks at it:
Aroldis Chapman solves the umpiring problem pic.twitter.com/d3dW2qySjd
— Welcome to the Ump Show (@umpjob) April 5, 2023
not something you see every day pic.twitter.com/Op45xNNXfz
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) April 5, 2023
All class right there from Carapazza. Way to stick with they play, dude.
