The new rules in Major League Baseball this season have done a lot of good things for the game, including making them much faster and easier to watch.
But they have also led to some mind-boggling calls by umps that have infuriated players and fans.
The latest example of that came in Wednesday’s Diamondbacks-Phillies game in Philadelphia when things went off the rails in the 10th inning after the home plate ump called Phillies pitcher Craig Kimbrel for a pitch clock violation. That call came after an argument at home plate and it didn’t seem like Kimbrel did anything wrong once play resumed.
