20 Of The Biggest Refereeing Blunders You’ll Ever See in a Professional Game

14. Poor Form, Eric Gregg

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Home plate umpires have an unenviable task. Calling balls and strikes is not as easy as it sounds, but in Game 5 of the 1997 NLCS, Eric Gregg failed horribly. Gregg was consistently bad throughout the game. Pitches that were nearly a foot off the plate were being called strikes. The pitch that ended the game was especially egregious. Atlanta’s Fred McGriff was rung up on a pitch that was easily a foot outside. The Marlins carried the momentum to Atlanta and scored four runs in the first inning of Game 6 — a game which ended in a 7-4, series clinching victory.