Strike three to end the season? 🧐 pic.twitter.com/jIGOCnFTsJ
— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) September 27, 2020
The end to the Giants’ season might not have been fair, but it was certainly apropos.
San Francisco’s 2020 campaign ended on a controversial called strike three by home plate umpire Rob Drake, ringing up Austin Slater on a pitch that the appeared to land well below the strike zone. It was the final bizarre call in a game full of them, which also included the pitch prior, a called strike on a pitch well outside.
And that's how the season ends: with the Giants dugout shrieking at plate umpire Rob Drake as Austin Slater stares daggers into him. pic.twitter.com/ckpuzsDr4f
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) September 27, 2020
The final call led to screams at Drake from the Giants dugout, most notably via Gabe Kapler. It wasn’t the first time he was hollered at. Mauricio Dubon looked one comment away from getting tossed when he was rung up on a pitch that looked both high and inside in the seventh inning.
Rob Drake with two brutal strike 3 calls on Dubon and Slater. The pitch is not a strike to begin with and considering they were sliders-these pitches were never strikes at all. Adams missed his location badly. Rarely does that get called. Happens twice this inning. #SFGiants pic.twitter.com/1mfk1dLxK5
— Jules Posner (@julesposner) September 27, 2020
Needless to say, Giants twitter was not happy.
https://twitter.com/KO_Crowley/status/1310335417648992256
https://twitter.com/PavlovicNBCS/status/1310346039556296704
https://twitter.com/hankschulman/status/1310346212965453826
https://twitter.com/GrantLiffmann/status/1310346208880111616
https://twitter.com/DaltonJ_Johnson/status/1310346173643853825
https://twitter.com/BaySean/status/1310342315492343808
https://twitter.com/Wittnessed/status/1310345739692802052
https://twitter.com/knbrmurph/status/1310345998858727425
https://twitter.com/Mark_T_Willard/status/1310345734772805633
https://twitter.com/MattLeland/status/1310342093533974529
