re: Did Milazzo make a difference or was the ump just better?

To say that framing pitches doesn’t matter to an Ump is just insane and not even close to accurate. Receiving a ball at catcher is one of the major teaching points for playing the position.

Go talk to any catcher, or coach. Or, just do some research. Ump was shite last night but Hayden, as much as I love him, was chasing pitches out of the zone with his glove all night and that 100% factored into some of those calls.