I agree that Hoffman was squeezed big time and the first base ump had not a clue about swings. The idea that pitchers should "challenge " batters sounds manly and all but it's unrealistic. With a good man at the plate, you simply cannot just blow pitch after pitch by him. When forced to serve up center cut batting practice, this is what happens. Working the corners and edges but being in the strike zone is not nibbling, it's good pitching.