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Andy Nesbitt

Nationals-Mariners Game Ended on the Worst Called Strike and MLB Fans Rightfully Crushed the Ump

The 2023 Major League Baseball season has been a rough one for the umpires. There has just been so many awful calls so far, which has often led to fans yelling on social media for robots to take over for the guys in blue. 

That continued Monday night when the Mariners beat the Nationals thanks to a dreadful called strike that ended the game in the top of the ninth inning. Jeimer Candelario was at the plate with the bases loaded when home plate umpire Mark Carlson rang him up on a pitch that was never near the strike zone. 

Check this out:

That was a pathetic call by Carlson. 

MLB fans were not impressed: 

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