Say it ain’t so, Davey! We got on board with the 1-0 Every Day thing even when it seemed like a trite aphorism for a 19-31 team. We may have even shed a tear or two or three with your “bumpy roads lead to beautiful places” line. But this, Mr. Martinez? Are you for real?
Before the start of the series opener with the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park last night, Davey Martinez told reporters that he’d prefer to have human umpires over robot umps.
[shudders]
It came up during his pregame Zoom call with reporters, one of whom wondered if the number of egregiously bad ball/strike calls this season was something those playing in games during this 60-game MLB campaign noticed or acknowledged.