Bob Pompiani

He's from Bethel Park, went to Waynesburg.

And for some reason, I don't know the reason, Oakland just dumped him to San Diego.

I would have been all over that kind of trade.

I don't know what they offered.

I'd have to look back at that deal.

But Austin, Mason Miller, dating back to last September, hitters against him are 0 for 59 with 39 strikeouts.

And he got a call last night that a lot of people made a big deal about.

And there is no ABS challenge system in this World Baseball Classic.

But it was a really good pitch that if you're down to your last strike and you're per domo, you've got to fight that off.

You can't allow it to be the third strike, even though it appeared to be below the strike zone.

But you can't do that.

And now they're going to moan and complain.

It was a really good pitch set up by a 101-mile-an-hour fastball, and Mason Miller got him on a, I don't know if it was a slider, curveball, whatever it was, but it was a really good pitch.

Tempting.

He took it.

They called it a third strike.

Against the NBA, which seems to be trending in that direction, this game will help it get over the hump.

I didn't like the call.

It was the wrong call.

It was a ball.