text: Pfft!  The umps, both those who are inept and those who think they're bigger than the game are blowing strike calls at an alarming rate.  A whole game can turn on the swing pitch of an at bat, and an umpire missing three corner strikes in a row is frustrating, to say the least.  
  
  As a Rockies fan who has seen some really bad pitching over the years it drives me crazy that the umpires miss calls on or near the corners when the pitchers are putting the ball exactly where they're paid to.  We live in an age where hitters can and will punish a pitcher badly for missing their spot just a little bit.  We don't need umpires punishing them for putting the ball where they need to in order to succeed.
  
  It wouldn't be so galling if not for the fact that many of these umpires, who are paid quite handsomely to do this as a career are so fat and out of shape that they can't get in a legitimate position to call the pitches accurately.  It's time to either go electronic or hold umps accountable.