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- The White Sox and Blue Jays game on Tuesday was historically bad — but not for the players.
- Umpire Doug Eddings blew a season-high 26 calls during the game.
- MLB fans torched Eddings for the atrocious evening.
Things did not go well for MLB umpire Doug Eddings during Tuesday’s Chicago White Sox and Toronto Blue Jays game.
How bad?
Well, Eddings blew 26 ball and strike calls during the game. Yes, 26!
In case you missed it, here are just some of the brutal calls from Eddings.
Doug Eddings missed more balls and strikes calls last night (26) than any MLB umpire in any single game this season, last season, or the season before. 😬🤖 https://t.co/2HELHoZWnW
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) June 22, 2022
*NEW SEASON HIGH*
Umpire Doug Eddings missed a season high 29 calls in the #BlueJays #WhiteSox game for a correct call rate of 86.2%. This included 6 blown strikeouts. pic.twitter.com/UljFJn2I1A
— Umpire Auditor (@UmpireAuditor) June 22, 2022
Eddings scorecard via Umpire Scorecards shows how bad it was for him.
Umpire: Doug Eddings
Final in 12: Blue Jays 6, White Sox 7#NextLevel // #ChangeTheGame#TORvsCWS // #CWSvsTOR pic.twitter.com/xF7KTGcGQi— Umpire Scorecards (@UmpScorecards) June 22, 2022
And, well, here’s one inexcusable call. Really, this can’t be explained.
Santiago Espinal has grounds for a lawsuit against Doug Eddings: pic.twitter.com/KHFMJnAz4I
— Nick Ashbourne (@NickAshbourne) June 22, 2022
The reactions came pouring in.
MLB Fans Torch Doug Eddings For Historically Bad Night
Eddings might want to block everybody from his phone, email, and social media. Really anything of that nature.
It was that bad.
It does not appear as if Doug Eddings tonight knows the difference between a ball and a strike
— Arash Madani (@ArashMadani) June 22, 2022
Looking forward to the @UmpScorecards on Doug Eddings tomorrow. This is legitimately one of the worst-umpired games I have seen in the strike box era. #Bluejays
— Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness) June 22, 2022
Umpire Doug Eddings with one of the worst performances in recent memory and that’s saying something.
Angel Hernandez would be proud. #MLB | #WhiteSox | #BlueJays pic.twitter.com/CucwAJw53A
— Tyler Milliken ⚾️ (@tylermilliken_) June 22, 2022
Doug Eddings was brutal yesterday pic.twitter.com/RJ4eqbduIT
— Bad Sports Refs (@BadSportsRefs) June 22, 2022
These strikes are absolutely absurd. Early in the game it was like Doug Eddings wanted things to move fast so he could make a late-night dinner reservation. Now that he's missed it, he's making everyone suffer.
— Gregor Chisholm (@GregorChisholm) June 22, 2022
Doug Eddings tonight pic.twitter.com/B21mpVC8b7
— Kevin Thang (@Skip2MyJays) June 22, 2022
Prolly slanted in Sox favor a tick but it was seriously the worst game I've ever seen an ump have. Not embellishing. It was sooooo bad https://t.co/2CEUkip3Hm
— whitesoxdave (@barstoolWSD) June 22, 2022
Be prepared to never watch a game again.
Doug Eddings' punishment for doing a horrible job calling balls and strikes will be that he's the third-base umpire tomorrow. https://t.co/I1DShbL9tt
— Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness) June 22, 2022
This was, to be frank, one of the worst umpiring jobs in MLB history and easily the worst in recent memory. As others said, Angel Hernandez would be proud.
The robot ump conversation once again came back, and we saw this already when Hunter Wendelstedt threw out some terrible calls — although Eddings performance is much, much worse.
Umpiring is not an easy job, but missing that many calls in one game is simply inexcusable. Let’s see when — or if — Doug Eddings returns to the diamond.