Umpire's Outburst Sparks Controversy in Mets Game

0:00It's April 27. This is New York Metz News Today, AI-powered updates on your team. I'm Cory with the story. In the fourth inning of the Metz game against the Rockies, third baseman Brett Beatty struck out on a close pitch and showed some frustration by tossing. His bat and shaking his head as he walked away. Home plate umpire Ryan Blackney spotted that and yelled out, challenging Beatty to dispute the call if he had a problem with it even though Beatty hadn't. Set a word back to him. Beatty turned around insisting he stayed quiet and the dugout mics backed him up, catching the ump as the one who started the shouting match first. Tensions ran high partly because Blackney had already faced three challenges in the first inning alone, with two of those calls overturned thanks to the new automated ball strike system. This kind of clash highlights how the ABS tech rode out this season is putting umps under the microscope leading to more overturned decisions and some real embarrassment on the field for guys like Blackney.