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The Game 3 home plate umpire is Mark Wegner. Immediately at the start of the broadcast, the Fox announcers pointed out that he's a hitter-friendly umpire. Mark Wegner has a small zone. That benefits the hitters. The second pitch of the game, a curveball to George Springer, was clearly in the zone but called a ball.
Another fan noticed, however, that the call marked the second time in the postseason that Wegner missed a ball-strike call in the Dodgers’ favor. In the seventh inning of Game 4 of the National League Division Series, Wegner called a pitch from Philadelphia Phillies starter Cristopher Sánchez a ball when it appeared to be in the strike zone.
When Bieber and Ohtani pitch tonight John Tumpane will be calling balls and strikes. Tumpane, 42, made his MLB debut behind the plate in 2010 and this is his first World Series assignment.
Mark Wegner will be the World Series umpire crew chief for the first time, joined by Jordan Baker, Adam Hamari, Adrian Johnson, Will Little, Alan Porter and John Tumpane for the matchup between the defending champion Dodgers and Blue Jays.
Toronto Blue Jays star Bo Bichette was left puzzled after a bizarre sequence in Game 3 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Monday.
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We have our first disputed call of the 2025 World Series, a strike signal that created a mess on the bases for the Blue Jays. Daulton Varsho was in a 3-1 count at the plate in the top of the second inning,
Shortly after 8pm ET on October 27, 2025, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays squared off for Game 3 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium. The baseball began, and it would not relent until just before 3am ET on October 28th (which was even after midnight on the West Coast).
Furious MLB fans think Game 3 of the World Series was “rigged” for the Los Angeles Dodgers following a horrific call by home plate umpire Mark Wegner in the top half of the second inning.
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