a game of inches

centimeters, even... and when an umpire gives pitchers an extra couple of inches on either side of the plate as the umpires have done in this series, it is up to the pitchers to recognize that and use their control to hit those spots and the mets pitchers have done that and the cubs pitchers have no as the mets pitchers moved the ball side to side and the cubs pitchers moved the ball up and down and that's just the nature of the game and i see it all the time pitching softball and yet the announcers just called out the ump for calling the game differently for the mets than they are calling it for the cubs flat out saying the ump gave the mets a bigger strike zone which is ridiculous at this level of play and why the leagues do not reprimand umpires when unbiased sports announcers call the ump out (not to mention electronic measuring machines prove it physically) is beyond me except that people in charge are ok with mistakes by umpires deciding who wins the world series just as mistakes by referees decide superbowls and and basketball championships or worse, the people in charge of sports all umpires to decide outcomes so they can make more money gambling, but then, it's still up to the pitchers to hit those spots that the umpire is giving and it is up to the hitters to stop taking pitches in those spots even though they are actually balls as called out by the unbiased announcers and cameras...

the team that reads the umpire best almost always wins, and records are set...

narf :)