Chris Sale wasn’t blaming his performance on home plate umpire Mike Estabrook’s floating strike zone. The Red Sox southpaw wasn’t faulting him for the nine hits or eight runs he allowed on Saturday.
But Sale was pointing to an issue he feels baseball needs to address. The Red Sox felt Estabrook missed calls all afternoon, and when Sale and manager Alex Cora argued, they were both ejected. The pitcher and manager had to face the media after the Yankees’ 9-2 whipping of the Red Sox in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. Estabrook did not.
“Nothing is going to happen to him, I’m sure.