The video breaks down a frustrating night for the Pirates during a game against the Brewers where questionable strike calls piled up. It starts in the fifth inning with the Pirates looking to rally, but things go off the rails after a strike is called way off the plate. The call ends the inning and triggers an ejection from the Pirates’ bench. Don Kelly, fired up, gets tossed arguing the call. He even walks out to the ump and points to where the pitch crossed, insisting it wasn’t a strike. A replay from the same angle confirms he was right. An on-screen overlay shows his finger and the ball landing exactly where he said it did.
The clip then rewinds to the first inning, showing three called strikes against the Pirates that were all clearly outside. The caller counts six missed strike calls against the Pirates and only three against the Brewers. He uses an on-screen tally to track the imbalance, and the footage supports it. The Pirates had legitimate reasons to be frustrated.
After Kelly’s ejection, veteran coach Gene Lamont takes over. The tone briefly shifts as the narrator throws in a fun fact about Lamont hitting a home run in his first major league at-bat in 1970. The segment closes with a list of amusing player names from that era before ending. The core of the video is about inconsistent umpiring and how it impacted the Pirates on both ends of the game.