Jerry Layne's Strike Zone

I saw plenty of frustrated tweets and Facebook posts decrying the umpires and MLB's admittedly featherbrained method of determining home-field advantage. In my opinion, blaming Texas's World Series loss on home-field advantage and/or the umps is misguided. As in, "I know we're all upset but let's not be stupid" misguided.The Rangers twice were one pitch away from victory and couldn't execute one more successful defensive play. They set the Series record for walks allowed. They made myriad other mistakes in the field and from the dugout. They didn't lose because of a blown HBP in Game 1 or a blown tag in Game 3 or the lack of a DH in Game 7. They, themselves, are responsible for the outcome (along with, by the way, a heroic effort by the St. Louis Cardinals).Having said that, Jerry Layne sure had himself a terrible Game 7 behind the plate. I saw a few status updates claiming precisely "82.3%" of the bad or borderline calls went in St. Louis...