Maybe home plate umpire Scott Barry just wanted to end the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates. Or ... he needs to get his vision checked.

Those are the only two reasons I can think of for this strike call that has gone very, very viral for all the wrong reasons.

The Cubs ended up beating the Pirates 18-8 on Monday, and Barry -- who has made a bad call before -- decided to call a 42 MPH pitch from Pittsburgh position player Rowdy Tellez a strike ... even though you can see just how far off the plate it was.

Per Umpire Auditor, that's the worst call in their history:

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This article originally appeared on For The Win: An umpire called a historically bad strike while Pirates position player Rowdy Tellez pitched