Why do you keep indicating the second at-bat was on the ump? He threw at least one strike in that at bat, he wouldn't have been throwing from the stretch if the previous batter had been properly rung up, even if that is a walk then 1 on 1 out is a very different situation, etc. I think that's excusing too much, though. They were trying to give us an out and he really just didn't perform, whether it was in the stretch or not, etc.