 It was hot as hell in St. Louis. And Ed Hickox is behind the plate calling every outside breaking ball a strike. Getting the game over with or just can't pick up on it. Frustrating everybody, both sides, both teams. Everyone getting annoyed. All the pitchers understanding, oh, I can just use the outside to get myself a strike. This one's brought to you by DraftKings. Thank you to DraftKings. And Trevino calls that one that started outside, never really came back and he's just kind of, I'm a catcher, so I'm enjoying this as well. Looks at Boone, oh god, okay. Now a big spot in the game, base is loaded. Yankees are down by two runs, it's a fifth inning. There's no outs. They can attack here, Marwigan's Alice is up. They try to go outside, two outside, that's a ball. Two-oh, fouls it back, outside, three and one, fouls that fastball, full count, strikes them out instead of walking in the next two-tying run, the fifth run. Marwan's upset, Boone can't believe it. Holding it in for now, the pitch is pretty way outside. Ball four, should be a run, should still be bases loaded, no outs. Next batter, DJ comes up and they're gonna attack them outside again and they get the call and DJ's thinking what the hell? And he looks at Boone, he's yelling, not even close. Shit, what the fuck are you looking at me? I'm not the one messing up out here. Next pitch, that one's dotted by Stratton, but now DJ knows that outside is exposed because it may be a strike, so he chases. That's really good pitching by Stratton and Yachty calling it, because watch, the first pitch, we saw this one, he gets the call outside strike, so then the next one, he throws it again, but it's actually in there for a strike, gets the call again, so they're like, well let's just move that outside again because DJ's gonna have to protect against it and DJ chases it because he doesn't know what it's gonna be called and he's out. Now, Judge comes up, curve ball in the zone, smashes that, that ties the game, we're moving, we're jumping, no one's mad at the hump anymore, we're over it, it's coming down, these kids are excited, let's go! Carpenters up outside, too far outside, then the curve ball outside a strike and they're like, come on man, again, just cause you keep calling it Eddie, just cause you keep calling it doesn't make it a strike. You're gone, get out of here. Boone takes the gum out of his mouth, tosses it, that's what he always does, he needs a clear mouth to argue and he says you just keep calling it, it's not a strike, just cause you keep calling it doesn't make it a strike. It's fucking hot out here, but I don't know how you can stand there and see a ball that fucking far off, you have three fucking two with the bases loaded and nobody out and it was that far off the plate. I don't know how you can stand back there, look at that and call it a strike. And Eddie's like, oh, it's so hot, what are you talking about? And he says, come here, look, I'll show you, it's that far off, come on, come follow me and umpire just follows him and says okay, what are you showing me, a fucking ball. I understand he's throwing gas, all right? I get it, but those pitches are not even close. You got the game on the fucking line right now, let's go. And he's out and umpires just stand there like, I'm 60 years old, it's hot as hell. And you want me to just call it a hundred mile or pitches, ball just strikes an inch off the plate? Or not? This should be a robot's job. Boony leaves and he gets to go enjoy the AC while Hitcox has to stay in the game, hot as hell. This one was brought to you by DraftKings, thank you to DraftKings for sponsoring the breakdown. In all honesty, I don't blame umpires for missing strikes and balls at all. The game moves so fast, it's hot as hell out there and we got 60 year olds standing for four hours in the heat with multiple layers on and a mask and we're saying hey, tell me if that ball is an inch on the plate or not, it's traveling at 90 miles per hour. It's a ridiculous job. And quite frankly, they're a little too old to be doing it. I don't understand. I don't understand why that is what it is. I mean, if you're a 60 year old dad, you found out he was just standing in the 99 degree sun for four hours straight, you'd be worried about him. And these guys are doing it and it held accountable to keep up with the best athletes in the sport. Some's got to change about that. It's not their fault they missed these calls, it's an impossible task.