{"id":251,"date":"2021-05-31T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T22:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/?p=251"},"modified":"2021-06-09T19:34:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T00:34:29","slug":"umpire-maneuvers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/umpire-maneuvers\/","title":{"rendered":"Umpire Maneuvers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the Umpire doing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"397\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-12.png?resize=397%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-12.png?w=397&amp;ssl=1 397w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-12.png?resize=300%2C281&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>How did we get to this Critical Baseball Observation?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Clue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-13.png?resize=450%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-13.png?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-13.png?resize=300%2C207&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Yes, that is the ball in the air.<br>Yes, it was 74mph below the strike zone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Happened?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The left-handed pitcher inherited runners on the corners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stared them down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He gave them reason to worry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The batter called time right when the pitcher pulled the trigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-14.png?resize=451%2C381&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-254\" width=\"451\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-14.png?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-14.png?resize=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>In this picture, you will see that only the umpire knows that the shot has gone off.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was seriously the pitcher&#8217;s first pitch of the game, and it counts as&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The batter had called time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Umpire doing? A Clue What Happened? The left-handed pitcher inherited runners on the corners. He stared them down. He gave them reason to worry. The batter called time right when the pitcher pulled the trigger. This was seriously the pitcher&#8217;s first pitch of the game, and it counts as&#8230; Nothing. The batter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39,73],"tags":[103,85],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255,"href":"https:\/\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions\/255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altsportstats.com\/cbos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}