I want to make one thing clear, there's no valid excuse for even one umpire, never mind two, to miss that call. Completely whiffing on a baseball is an inherently blatant act and this one was no different, so shame must go to the multiple people who somehow thought otherwise despite being paid to focus intently on what's taken place in front of them on the baseball diamond. That being said, I can kind of feel their pain. Maybe it's the undiagnosed ADD talking, but doesn't crouching behind a plate and paying the closest of attention to what is, at its core, a monotonous game of pitch and catch seem absolutely exhausting? I mean, these two idiots signed up for it, but watching them fail miserably at focusing is a reminder of why I never would. Even during shows I am fully invested in I'm liable to need a replay after catching myself mindlessly watching, so who the hell am I to act like falling asleep at the proverbial wheel isn't an innately human practice? It doesn't particularly make any sense for two separate officials to get caught simultaneously engaging in it during the first inning of a game. However, in (justifiably) mocking these two morons it's important to note that we do so from a high horse, as - generally speaking - our bouts of obliviousness at the workplace aren't being broadcasted. Sidenote: I would definitely be the angle-worker who was taking a selfie during a historically stupid play and left wondering what all the hubbub was about after. The "phone", in my case, would have either been a structurally flawed hot dog (too many condiments) or a beer that was rapidly losing it's refreshment to the summer sun. Either way, I could have been sitting two rows away the ineptitude and it's likely I'd still need the use of the internet to find out about it. Just goes to show that even umpiring has made more difficult by social media, especially when you're really, really bad at it...
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