Yankees Twitter is furious over strike zone early in Game 2 vs Guardians

Jeremie Rehak’s strike zone is frustrating New York Yankee fans early on in Game 2 of the ALDS. 

As an umpire, it’s never good when you’re one of the main talking points of a game. Early on in Game 2 of the ALDS between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Guardians, Jeremy Rehak’s strike zone is a primary talking point.

In Giancarlo Stanton’s first at-bat of the game, an obvious ball four was called a strike. It was low, way out of the zone. Stanton went on to hit a two-run home run on the next pitch to right field.

Ironically, Yankees fans are still upset about the strike zone today even though it’s arguably the only reason they have any runs on the board through three innings.

It hasn’t been just for the Yankees, to be fair. Nestor Cortes threw a pitch high that was framed particularly well by his catcher, Jose Trevino. It was called a strike even though it was an obvious ball.

Twitter had thoughts.

Here are the best memes and Tweets about the strike zone in Game 2.

Here’s how things look so far for Shane Bieber, the Guardians starting pitcher today:

There’s some important background to note here.

Some fans are thanking Rehak:

Some are having fun with it:

Others don’t think the situation is all that funny:

Of course, it is the playoffs. We deserve a fairly-called game. You’d hope that in the postseason, the umpires are as small of a factor as possible, ideally so small we forget they’re there.

So far today, that’s not the case. For what it’s worth, it is Rehak’s first playoff game behind the plate in the postseason. Hopefully he works the jitters out.