Am watching the first game of the Colorado Rockies,

Which happens to be at the Brand New, Billion dollar Texas Ranger Home Field.

And I wonder how much $$$ changed hands, between Texas oil money and the MLB Umpires assoc.

The dickhead behind home plate isn’t even trying to be subtle, while making sure the First Ever home game of the Texas Rangers ain’t gonna be a loss.

There are two separate strike zones. One for Rockies at bat, where anything within a foot is a called a strike. And then there’s the home team strike zone. Right down the middle, or it’s a ball.
When the strike zone is highlighted on the TV screen, it ain’t that hard to see....
It will be REALLY embarrassing for the ‘homer’ ump to see on his DVR. Maybe illegal...

It’s what I hate about major league sports.

The officiating is (too often) obviously For Sale, esp when you are in Texas.
Three times, so far, with a called strike three, when the ball is obviously out of the strike zone,

Game’s not over yet, 0-0 in the fifth, but it’s sickening.
OK, in the ninth, the ‘bought and paid for’ ump called TWO Rockies batters out, with ‘strikes’ that were six inches outside. Unbelievable....There were at least FOUR, ‘called strike three’ on balls that weren’t even close, in a game the Rockies lost, 1-0.

Some things never change.
Money talks. There’s no other reason one ump could make SO MANY bad calls in pressure situations.
Welcome to Texas, where the Billion Dollar stadium started out with a (stinking) win.