Umpire Doug Eddings stole the spotlight in Saturday’s Cubs-Tigers game with a string of baffling calls, leading fans, analysts, and players alike to call on MLB for accountability—and a ...

Another week, another umpiring controversy in Major League Baseball. This time, veteran umpire Doug Eddings is under fire after a string of questionable calls in Saturday's game between the ...

And home plate umpire Clint Vondrak called Suzuki for a pitch-clock violation. The penalty for the violation was the third strike of Suzuki's at-bat and the end of the inning.

There was a lot of frustration for Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal, who was reduced to his shortest stint this season with ...

— Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) July 22, 2025 Cubs manager Craig Counsell did not seem happy with this decision, and came up onto the field to plead his case to the umpire.

The Tigers finished off the shutout of the Cubs to take the series, winning the game 4-1. While this was egregious, it was not the first umpire story to come from the Cubs-Tigers series.

Umpire inexplicably issues a third-strike pitch-clock violation to Cubs' Seiya Suzuki while he walks off foul ball to his groin Jason Owens July 21, 2025 ...