I'm guessing you're not watching the game, or you'd have phrased that differently. It's been ridiculous; every pitch that peavy throws, anywhere near the plate, is being called a strike. Pujols took 2 last inning that were at least an inch outside (and even shown as such on gameday, which is rare this year). The pitch that struck Duncan out in the first was almost 3 inches outside.

MLB really needs to do something about this kind of thing. Where is Questec?

You're right, I'm watching Giants at Rockies, a close game in the ninth. Thanks for the information!

The impressive thing is that wells is getting squeezed, doesn't have his best stuff, and has struck out 7.

BTW they just showed the "carl's jr pitch selection" thing for the pujols at-bat i was talking about. Wegner better get a call from Froemming tonight asking him wtf his malfunction was, because this is just silly.

Well, he got his 10. And #10 was legit, as spezio took one right down the middle, swung and missed at the outside pitch that's been a strike all night, then took a legit strike.

The Glavine strike is back in force, though it never really went away. Nobody uses the overhead camera much any more, because it shows how the umps call an extra three to five inches on the outside corner (on the stingy days). When broadcasters use electronic tracking gizmos, they often ignore the evidence that pitches called strikes are really well off the plate. Or they mutter something about how the ump is being "consistent."

Along with (I suspect) the ball being deadened and the advent of hitter hells like PETCO, the effect is a big reduction in offense this year. Today MLB averaged less than seven runs a game. It's like they're trying to take us back to 1968.

Some days the hitters do better, and the overall runs per game average this year is still holding at around historical norms. But even the media has started to pick up on the drop in offense compared to recent years. Many more days like this, and everybody will be talking about it.