Tim McClellan (super consistent with his calls (even though he possibly cost Schmidt the nono last night), wears a jacket over his vest, the way he "digests" a pitch and waits to call it a strike, and a THIN ump to boot)
That AL ump who spreads his hands to the sides to indicate the width of his strike zone.
― Leeefuse 73 (Leee), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 16:22 (fifteen years ago) Permalink
― Leeefuse 73 (Leee), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 16:23 (fifteen years ago) Permalink
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/images/2004/04/17/zQdAYJ8N.jpg
― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 16:47 (fifteen years ago) Permalink
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 17:08 (fifteen years ago) Permalink
You could even hear him doing it when you listened to radio broadcasts of the games he was calling.
― boldbury (boldbury), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 17:13 (fifteen years ago) Permalink
Destroy - Angel Hernandez
― Broheems (diamond), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 17:18 (fifteen years ago) Permalink
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 17:44 (fifteen years ago) Permalink
― Leeefuse 73 (Leee), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 18:09 (fifteen years ago) Permalink
― John (jdahlem), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 18:19 (fifteen years ago) Permalink
I've heard Gary Darling needs to be destroyed but I only saw the one game this year where he got into it with the 'Stros. I wouldn't search him out though.
Also destroy: any ump that walks towards a disgruntled pitcher and instigates an argument.
― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 18:22 (fifteen years ago) Permalink
While you're at it, destroy the replacement ump who ruled that the ball nicked the helmet and not the bat from his position beyond second base.
― boldbury (boldbury), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 18:33 (fifteen years ago) Permalink
Tony Randazzo is his name, according to ESPN. I don't recall seeing him before, but destroy!
― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 20 May 2004 01:30 (fifteen years ago) Permalink
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 03:31 (fifteen years ago) Permalink
here's another step, past QuesTec, w/ Zone Evaluation:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4034138&name=Neyer_Rob
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 20:52 (ten years ago) Permalink
via Neyer:
http://awfulumpiring.wordpress.com/
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 02:28 (nine years ago) Permalink
destroy all obvs.
― wishes to be referred under the pseudonym of kronos (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 02:31 (nine years ago) Permalink
I hadnt seen that Victorino ejection (in CF) til now
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 02:32 (nine years ago) Permalink
That Marlins/Astros play at the plate last night was really odd. Hermida very easily beaten by the throw, but Pudge stood over the plate with his glove up and his legs beside the plate (like he was too shocked about Hermida being sent to react normally). Hermida reached plate, tagged high, called out.
― Don Armando Galarraga's Second Inning Give Back Runs Band (Andy K), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 10:13 (nine years ago) Permalink
the marlins tv guys were musing that pudge was preparing himself for a collision since the ball beat hermida there by so many feet and that pudge was taken by surprise by the slide and reacted slowly
― heave pho (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 18:31 (nine years ago) Permalink
Jerry Crawford:
http://twitpic.com/dodfr
Situation: bases loaded, Red Sox leading 5-1 in the fifth.
Thanks, Jerry!
― Don Armando Galarraga's Second Inning Give Back Runs Band (Andy K), Thursday, 13 August 2009 10:06 (nine years ago) Permalink
god joe west is awful
― mookieproof, Saturday, 22 August 2009 00:50 (nine years ago) Permalink
iyho do you think "bad calls" are increasing or merely a byproduct of broadcast/web technology improvements?
― ♪♫(●̲̲̅̅̅̅=̲̲̅̅̅̅●̲̅̅)♪♫ (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 00:14 (nine years ago) Permalink
I always say I like the human element in baseball, unless it negatively affects my team and then its some bullshit.
― mayor jingleberries, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 01:03 (nine years ago) Permalink
Posnanski called out the 'human element' garbage this weekend.
http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/10/10/replays-the-thing/
― Your Favorite Saturday Night Thing (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 01:13 (nine years ago) Permalink
When I was a kid I read an autobiography by some umpire, but for the life of me I cannot remember his name. Even after pulling up a list of every MLB umpire during the last century, I cannot figure it out. He was an umpire during the 80s, and he was incredibly fat. But most umpires were incredibly fat back then. He was known as a "funny" umpire, and his book would be filed under humor. His book included many passages describing arguments with Earl Weaver et al., and how many times managers would storm out onto the field and scream stuff like "I agree with your call 100% I'm out here because I've gotta show my players and our fans that I care about this team and I want them to win! I don't mean to embarrass you, keep doing your job and I'll keep doing mine!", before storming back to the dugout.
Whoever you are, mystery funny umpire, you are searchable.
― I got RIPPED in 4 weeks (Z S), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 01:38 (nine years ago) Permalink
It's Ron Luciano.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 01:58 (nine years ago) Permalink
he committed suicide.
― Your Favorite Saturday Night Thing (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 02:01 (nine years ago) Permalink
Yeah, car/garage/CO poisoning IIRC.
I used to enjoy reading his books though.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 02:03 (nine years ago) Permalink
Not trying to make light of a man's suicide here ... but in life, he was a funny guy, and umpires' memoirs are still undervalued quantities in the baseball lit market!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 02:06 (nine years ago) Permalink
Durwood Merrill wrote a pretty good one, too.
― Conservative HOT Mom! (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 02:19 (nine years ago) Permalink
"I never called a balk in my life. I didn't understand the rule." - Ron Luciano
Good lord. RIP, I had no idea.
― I got RIPPED in 4 weeks (Z S), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 02:47 (nine years ago) Permalink
Cuzzi had called it foul, negating a leadoff double, and he spent much of the next 24 hours trying to figure out what happened. Part of it, he thinks, was playing an unnatural position - baseball only uses umpires along the outfield foul lines in the postseason and for the All-Star Game.
"We're not used to playing that far down the line,” Cuzzi said. "The instant the ball is hit, we usually start running. I think I may have been looking too closely at it. I never had a feel for where the left fielder was on the play."
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/sweetspot/0-6-36/Chewing-on-Cuzzi-s-call.html
― Your Favorite Saturday Night Thing (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 12:47 (nine years ago) Permalink
The location of the left fielder does not matter, dipshit.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:08 (nine years ago) Permalink
Cuzzi had called it a strike, negating a leadoff walk, and he spent much of the next 24 hours trying to figure out what happened. Part of it, he thinks, was playing an unnatural position - a plate umpire isn't usually scratching his ass during the postseason or the All-Star Game."We're not used to standing that way behind the catcher," Cuzzi said. "The instant the ball is thrown, we usually start watching. I think I may have been looking too closely at it. I never had a feel for where the hitter was on the play."
"We're not used to standing that way behind the catcher," Cuzzi said. "The instant the ball is thrown, we usually start watching. I think I may have been looking too closely at it. I never had a feel for where the hitter was on the play."
― Andy K, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:12 (nine years ago) Permalink
if his glove is in fair territory when he (nearly?) touched the ball, it might
xp
― Your Favorite Saturday Night Thing (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:17 (nine years ago) Permalink
That's true, although in this case, the ball, the fielder's body, the fielder's feet, and the fielder's glove were all in fair territory during the entire play.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:43 (nine years ago) Permalink
but he was too close to notice.
― Your Favorite Saturday Night Thing (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:45 (nine years ago) Permalink
So it didn't make any difference where the fielder was, i.e. the ball landed in fair territory, so it was fair, there's no other possibility.
I guess that umpires are trained to watch the fielder's glove and feet on a play like this, and if the ball isn't caught, only then they focus on where the ball is? For plays at first base, for example, umps aren't supposed to watch the ball, they're supposed to watch the bag and listen for the sound of the ball hitting the glove.
Otherwise, I have no clue what Cuzzi is talking about.
xpost
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:51 (nine years ago) Permalink
While federal laws prohibit Major League Baseball from discussing injuries of employees, FOXsports.com has learned that the sidelined umpires include crew chiefs John Hirschbeck (testicular cancer), Charlie Reliford (back), Jerry Crawford (back), Tim Welke (concussion), Ed Montague (concussion and neck), Gary Darling (ankle and foot) and Rick Reed (stroke).Other umpires who are sidelined by injuries include Kerwin Danley (concussion), Alfonso Marquez (back), Brian Runge (details unknown), Bill Hohn (back) and Ed Hickok (concussion).
Other umpires who are sidelined by injuries include Kerwin Danley (concussion), Alfonso Marquez (back), Brian Runge (details unknown), Bill Hohn (back) and Ed Hickok (concussion).
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Saturday, 17 October 2009 07:41 (nine years ago) Permalink
holy crap!
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Saturday, 17 October 2009 16:11 (nine years ago) Permalink
Concussions from foul tips??
― Super Smize (Leee), Saturday, 17 October 2009 17:39 (nine years ago) Permalink
From looking at replays the next day and smacking themselves in the head.
― WmC, Saturday, 17 October 2009 17:56 (nine years ago) Permalink
laz diaz is the worst
― no hongro (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 October 2009 18:00 (nine years ago) Permalink
Sheehan on Aybar's neighborhood play:
"Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, maybe 995 out of a thousand, Cabrera is called out. Last night, Jerry Layne, at random, called him safe. He suspended the de facto rules in favor of the de jure ones in extra innings of a playoff game. It's good for baseball that the Yankees didn't score in the inning, leaving the call as an afterthought.
You cannot run the game a certain way 99 percent of the time, then randomly decide to make a by-the-book call in a high-leverage moment. It turns the game into a farce. We see this now and again, an umpire calling a runner safe, or denying a batter first base for not making an effort to get out of the way of a pitch, and it becomes a nightmare every time. If the umpires want to have a set of rules separate from the ones in the book, fine, but they can't go back and forth between the two at will."
(several BP commenters disagree)
― Your Favorite Saturday Night Thing (Dr Morbius), Monday, 19 October 2009 17:46 (nine years ago) Permalink
Pretty sure the "problem" was that the umpire WAS going by the rules in the book, and according to the production team, Aybar had actually touched second on every other force at second prior to that.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Monday, 19 October 2009 17:59 (nine years ago) Permalink
Bill (New Mexico): What do you think of the MLB move to install "veteran" umpires in the World Series after all the umpiring screwups of the post season so far? Will it actually help? Color me skeptical.
Eric Seidman: A lot of these blown calls have been from veteran umpires. In my mind there is no solution other than a correction-based system. Either the umps need to correct each other or someone needs to be watching the game capable of making corrections. If official scorers are simply watching the game and making decisions why not something for umpires?
― Your Favorite Saturday Night Thing (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 24 October 2009 13:58 (nine years ago) Permalink
Long... but well-done:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100606%2FSPORTS02%2F6060457%2F1318%2FHow-ump-went-from-Ohio-to-bigs-to-national-scrutiny&;template=fullarticle
(could be xposted tot he kisckass media thread?)
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 03:52 (nine years ago) Permalink
http://twitter.com/DSpxp/status/24543405780
― Andy K, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 11:04 (eight years ago) Permalink
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- New York Yankees catcher Russell Martin said plate umpire Laz Diaz decided on an unusual way to punish him for arguing balls and strikes.
Martin said Diaz wouldn't allow him to throw new baseballs back to his pitchers after fouls during New York's 6-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.
"Laz Diaz is a d---. Write it hard," Martin shouted as he came into the clubhouse.
Martin said the ball ban was put into effect after he and Diaz exchanged some words over strike calls early in the game.
"He said that it was a privilege that I had to earn, for me to throw the ball back," said the catcher, a seven-year veteran and three-time All Star. "That's never happened to me before. I even told him, because there's guys on base, I like to keep my arm loose. Nope. 'I'm not letting you throw the ball back.' That's pretty strange, to me. That's a good story, huh?"
― mookieproof, Thursday, 31 May 2012 19:16 (seven years ago) Permalink
Angel should learn to discriminate btwn balls and strikes
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 15:33 (one year ago) Permalink
This is still my all time favorite WBC moment, courtesy of Angel Hernandez pic.twitter.com/QbIW2bpUDd— Nutzo, the Clown (@azta110790) March 22, 2017
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 18:10 (one year ago) Permalink
you can be bad at your job and still be discriminated against ; some of these complaints sound fairly valid
http://deadspin.com/veteran-mlb-umpire-sues-commissioners-office-for-racial-1796613520
― na (NA), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 19:10 (one year ago) Permalink
yeah my first thought on this was "oh god why did it have to be angel hernandez of all people" but it's easier to swallow when the other guy is joe torre lol
― qualx, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 01:43 (one year ago) Permalink
kinda just seems like something joe would do, use his dumb bureaucratic post to shit on an ump he had a feud with a decade ago
― qualx, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 01:46 (one year ago) Permalink
https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/07/20/joe-west-umpire-major-league-baseball
Look: We know you’re getting paid $25 million a year, but before you step into the batter’s box and try to hammer a fastball, you’re damn well going to say hello to Joe West.You have no choice. If you don’t greet him before your first plate appearance, West will hold up the game. He is the only umpire who does this, but so what? He is the only umpire who does a lot of things, like moonlight as a country-music singer, which has made him the only umpire with three nicknames: Country Joe, Cowboy Joe and the Blue Cowboy. He has a website, umpirejoewest.com, where he sells umpiring equipment, including a chest protector he invented, the WestVest. There is a reason Royals reliever Peter Moylan splits the umpiring profession into two groups: “There’s umpires, and there’s Joe West.”Other umpires work games; West controls them. He is the only umpire who stands between managers and other umpires on his crew, effectively ending arguments before they begin. Arguing with West directly is just as futile. When Ron Gardenhire managed the Twins, he went to dispute a call, and West warned him, “Don’t step in my dirt.” He meant the dirt around home plate. Gardenhire put one foot on it and was ejected before he opened his mouth.
You have no choice. If you don’t greet him before your first plate appearance, West will hold up the game. He is the only umpire who does this, but so what? He is the only umpire who does a lot of things, like moonlight as a country-music singer, which has made him the only umpire with three nicknames: Country Joe, Cowboy Joe and the Blue Cowboy. He has a website, umpirejoewest.com, where he sells umpiring equipment, including a chest protector he invented, the WestVest. There is a reason Royals reliever Peter Moylan splits the umpiring profession into two groups: “There’s umpires, and there’s Joe West.”
Other umpires work games; West controls them. He is the only umpire who stands between managers and other umpires on his crew, effectively ending arguments before they begin. Arguing with West directly is just as futile. When Ron Gardenhire managed the Twins, he went to dispute a call, and West warned him, “Don’t step in my dirt.” He meant the dirt around home plate. Gardenhire put one foot on it and was ejected before he opened his mouth.
― Andy K, Friday, 21 July 2017 14:11 (one year ago) Permalink
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFwrgUWV0AI2J-z.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:08 (one year ago) Permalink
is this a Joe West incident?
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:10 (one year ago) Permalink
Will Little just threw a pitcher and catcher out of game on the same close pitch. Embarrassing. Bring on robot umps. pic.twitter.com/tnajBzV0Nu— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) July 27, 2017
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:19 (one year ago) Permalink
i'm still mad at whoever tossed adrian beltre for moving the on-deck circle
― na (NA), Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:57 (one year ago) Permalink
imagine
http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2017/08/08/report-umpire-joe-west-suspended-three-games-for-bashing-adrian-beltre-publicly/
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 14:16 (one year ago) Permalink
what the hell, that's totally undeserved
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 14:47 (one year ago) Permalink
the suspension that is, not the comments on Beltre. dude is a whiner.
though I do support him getting a 3-game suspension just for being a dick in general
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 15:17 (one year ago) Permalink
rare angel hernandez footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfqq48OEDdo
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 10 August 2017 00:57 (one year ago) Permalink
Kinsler was asked if he was surprised how quickly he was ejected: "No, I'm surprised at how bad of an umpire he is." Angel Hernandez— Chris McCosky (@cmccosky) August 15, 2017
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 21:41 (one year ago) Permalink
Kinsler on Angel Hernandez: "He needs to re-evaluate his career choice. He really does."— Chris McCosky (@cmccosky) August 15, 2017
Kinsler asked if he wanted that on the record: "Yeah. If I get fined for saying the truth, so be it."— Chris McCosky (@cmccosky) August 15, 2017
― Andy K, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 21:44 (one year ago) Permalink
Fair amount more here. Uh...WOW.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/08/15/kinsler-angel-hernandez-hes-messing-baseball-games-blatantly/104635246/
― Andy K, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 22:55 (one year ago) Permalink
Ian Kinsler!!!— Rick Sutcliffe (@Sut_ESPN) August 15, 2017
Angel Hernandez went up to Kinsler and shook his hand. Kinsler did not seem comfortable with it. But shook with him anyway— Chris McCosky (@cmccosky) August 17, 2017
― Andy K, Thursday, 17 August 2017 00:24 (one year ago) Permalink
Some umpires across Major League Baseball wore white wristbands Saturday, a show of solidarity after Detroit Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler was fined -- and not suspended -- for harsh criticism of Angel Hernandez earlier this week."This week, a player publicly and harshly impugned the character and integrity of Angel Hernandez -- a veteran umpire who has dedicated his career to baseball and the community," the World Umpires Association (WUA) said in a statement. "The verbal attack on Angel denigrated the entire MLB umpiring staff and is unacceptable."Kinsler, speaking after the Tigers' 3-0 loss to the Dodgers in Detroit on Saturday, said he didn't care much at all about the umpires' protest.Ian Kinsler did not disclose the amount of the fine, but did note that he had no regrets for what he said about umpire Angel Hernandez."I really don't think too deeply into it. I hope they wear the white wristbands for the rest of their careers. I don't care. I said what I felt and what I thought. If they take offense to that, that's their problem.''
"This week, a player publicly and harshly impugned the character and integrity of Angel Hernandez -- a veteran umpire who has dedicated his career to baseball and the community," the World Umpires Association (WUA) said in a statement. "The verbal attack on Angel denigrated the entire MLB umpiring staff and is unacceptable."
Kinsler, speaking after the Tigers' 3-0 loss to the Dodgers in Detroit on Saturday, said he didn't care much at all about the umpires' protest.
Ian Kinsler did not disclose the amount of the fine, but did note that he had no regrets for what he said about umpire Angel Hernandez.
"I really don't think too deeply into it. I hope they wear the white wristbands for the rest of their careers. I don't care. I said what I felt and what I thought. If they take offense to that, that's their problem.''
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20389152/umpires-ban-together-ian-kinsler-criticism-angel-hernandez
At first, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said he didn’t care if the umpire’s union was staging a protest against what they consider a lack of support from Major League Baseball.“I couldn’t be less concerned,” he said. “I don’t even care.”But then he looked deeper into the content of the umpire’s protest, particularly the part where Ian Kinsler’s rant against umpire Angel Hernandez earlier this week was at the center of it, and that the umpires thought Kinsler’s fine with no suspension was too lenient.At that point, he called reporters back into his office and was much more fired up, calling the union’s action “petty.”“To single out one player is completely wrong and goes against what the sport is,” Ausmus said. “It's a team sport. There are often arguments between players and umpires, managers and umpires, coaches and umpires, and it's part of the game. To single out one player as a union is completely uncalled for.“I've been a part of many arguments, and there are many things said both ways, player to umpire and umpire to player."To act like anyone's innocent in a particular argument is not only unfounded, it's a lie.”
“I couldn’t be less concerned,” he said. “I don’t even care.”
But then he looked deeper into the content of the umpire’s protest, particularly the part where Ian Kinsler’s rant against umpire Angel Hernandez earlier this week was at the center of it, and that the umpires thought Kinsler’s fine with no suspension was too lenient.
At that point, he called reporters back into his office and was much more fired up, calling the union’s action “petty.”
“To single out one player is completely wrong and goes against what the sport is,” Ausmus said. “It's a team sport. There are often arguments between players and umpires, managers and umpires, coaches and umpires, and it's part of the game. To single out one player as a union is completely uncalled for.
“I've been a part of many arguments, and there are many things said both ways, player to umpire and umpire to player.
"To act like anyone's innocent in a particular argument is not only unfounded, it's a lie.”
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/08/19/ump-union-blasts-mlb-kinslers-lenient-punishment/104756494/
― Andy K, Sunday, 20 August 2017 01:39 (one year ago) Permalink
kinsler, hernandez,, MLB, the union, and ausmus are all wrong
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 20 August 2017 01:47 (one year ago) Permalink
None of the umpires at Comerica Park are wearing white armbands as Justin Verlander makes his first pitches to Curtis Granderson.— Jason Beck (@beckjason) August 20, 2017
― Andy K, Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:13 (one year ago) Permalink
yikes
https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/8/21/16181980/home-plate-umpire-hit-by-pitch-head-leaves-game-red-sox-indians
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 18:15 (one year ago) Permalink
lol timing
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20421613/mlb-commissioner-rob-manfred-says-computer-umpires-available-sooner-later
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 10:33 (one year ago) Permalink
I wonder who they hire to play the game at Umpire School so the students can practice.
― May contain peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat, pits or pit fragments. (WilliamC), Saturday, 26 August 2017 00:32 (one year ago) Permalink
good question!
maybe ask here https://twitter.com/HWumpireschool
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 August 2017 00:35 (one year ago) Permalink
Ah, college and high school teams, according to their website. So, unpaid labor.
― May contain peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat, pits or pit fragments. (WilliamC), Saturday, 26 August 2017 00:45 (one year ago) Permalink
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/incredulous-responses-to-bill-millers-strike-zone
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 October 2017 20:37 (one year ago) Permalink
damn i know it was bad but wtf why even have a strike zone ffs
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 30 October 2017 20:42 (one year ago) Permalink
imagine what the score would've been if he called those all correctly as balls
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 30 October 2017 21:19 (one year ago) Permalink
shit is pure vertiginous
― brimstead, Monday, 30 October 2017 21:39 (one year ago) Permalink
Dale Scott has retired after 4 concussions in 5 years.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/MLB-ump-Dale-Scott-retires-rather-than-risk-more-12423444.php
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 December 2017 15:37 (one year ago) Permalink
Ex-MLB umpire Dale Scott downloads on 32 seasons behind the plate... and why Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds are HOF’ers https://t.co/XIKiKTtyaT— John Canzano (@johncanzanobft) January 3, 2018
this is pretty good (plus dale scott was a top-40 dj in the late seventies and has the radio voice to prove it)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 17:53 (one year ago) Permalink
uploads, canzano, uploads! and even that is sort of wrong.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 19:10 (one year ago) Permalink
Michael Fulmer, after reviewing the video, told home plate ump Pat Hoberg that there were 10 pitches in the strike zone that he called a ball. Said Hoberg apologized. Fulmer said it was the worst strike zone he'd ever seen— Chris McCosky (@cmccosky) July 14, 2018
― Andy K, Saturday, 14 July 2018 23:54 (eleven months ago) Permalink
Sensitive umpire Laz Diaz turns baseball game into extended temper tantrum: https://t.co/cJpIGFgA71 pic.twitter.com/25SsdJrxGg— Deadspin (@Deadspin) September 15, 2018
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 September 2018 19:55 (nine months ago) Permalink
i'm surprised umps don't lose their cool like that more often, tbh
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 15 September 2018 19:59 (nine months ago) Permalink
@Buster_ESPNDidi Gregorius was safe; for a third time tonight, Angel Hernandez will have a call overturned.
wow, who could have guessed
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 01:38 (eight months ago) Permalink
he's fucking suing mlb?!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 02:39 (eight months ago) Permalink
no idea who these people are, but
MLB's senior umpire, ALCS Crew Chief Joe West, fell one pitch shy of perfection in Game 3, correctly judging 159 of 160 callable pitches for a plate accuracy score of 99.4% as Boston's Red Sox defeated Houston's Astros. West's score sets a UEFL record, as this is the first time our system has ever tracked an umpire missing just one pitch during a postseason game.
https://www.closecallsports.com/2018/10/joe-west-sets-record-in-near-perfect.html?m=1
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 23:34 (eight months ago) Permalink
joe west is apparently joe westing
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 20:54 (two months ago) Permalink
joe west in the fieldwest in the fieldwest in the fieldwest in the fieldong gone, long gone, long gone, long gonejoe west in the field
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 21:05 (two months ago) Permalink
I get that Tanaka missed his spot and Sanchez didn’t do a great job framing this, but when the result is a ball right down the middle... https://t.co/7v4rRiiWrr— Jon Tayler, Smiling Politely (@JATayler) June 5, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 00:51 (three weeks ago) Permalink
gotta love this guy
Officiating is incompetent in all sports. Either he had something in his eyes or he has money on the outcome— And with the 15th pick the Habs select... (@CJ_Casselman) June 5, 2019
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 00:55 (three weeks ago) Permalink
when i think back to my childhood in the 70s and 80s it's stunning how much better umps are at calling balls and strikes now. you used to have umps who'd have "their zone", often low and an extra inch or two off the outside edge. pitchers would be rotated specifically for particular umps. just ridiculous.
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 16 June 2019 20:42 (one week ago) Permalink
another big difference from the baseball of my childhood, which i guess tangentially relates to umpiring, is how pretty much any contact of any kind - bat, dirt, plate - results in the catcher grabbing a fresh ball from the umpire. the decadence! the daintiness! where do all those barely-used balls go???
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 16 June 2019 20:55 (one week ago) Permalink
just realized there's probably a long read or five answering that last question
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 16 June 2019 21:01 (one week ago) Permalink
They are all sold for money duh
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 17 June 2019 13:47 (one week ago) Permalink
they're sent to Nigeria to be recycled, but instead get incinerated.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 17 June 2019 15:50 (one week ago) Permalink