Umpire Cusses Himself Out on Hot Mic After MN Twins’ Successful Challenge

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Umpire calls runner safe before the call was later overturned - Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox
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The Minnesota Twins lost again on Friday, this a 6-1 all-systems failure in Boston vs the Red Sox. It marked the Twins’ fourth-straight loss, pulling their season record down to 13-20. Last weekend, it finally looked like this lineup was starting to heat up, but it didn’t take long for those embers to flame out.

On the bright side, Byron Buxton went 2-for-4 and raised his batting average to .256 (.761). The Twins’ only run on Friday came on a Ryan Jeffers solo homer in the third inning. Alongside Buxton, Jeffers has been one of the few bright spots on offense recently, now carrying a .267 batting average and .758 OPS.

But it wasn’t just offensively that Buxton and Jeffers combined to make some lemonade out of an otherwise lemon of an evening for the Minnesota Twins on Friday. The two also hooked up on defense for an extremely close out at home plate.

The play was so close, in fact, that Red Sox base runner Jarren Duran was originally called safe on the play. When the call was reversed, the best part wasn’t the run it saved. At that point (8th inning) the game already felt like it was over.

Umpire Bill Miller upset at himself for making the wrong call furing Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox

If you were dedicated enough to stick with this game until the 8th inning, what you did get was a show from home plate umpire Bill Miller, who was not happy with himself for getting the call at home plate wrong. And he left his microphone on so we could hear all about his self-reflection.

“F*CK.”

“I F*cking saw that too, goddamnit!”

Home plate umpire Bill Miller on hot mic during Twins vs Red Sox

Honestly, he sounds just like me after I make an error on Tuesday night at beer-league softball or when I give up a touchdown in Madden. In other words, Miller is no different than the rest of us. He wants to get calls right and he’s upset when he doesn’t.

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Of course, Ryan Jeffers wishes he would get more calls right too. Earlier in today’s game, Jeffers was rung up on strikes by Miller, and neither of the called strikes in the at-bat were in the zone. Jeffers was not happy, which likely made the above reversal even more satisfying for Jefferson.

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