Umpires - S/D

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?"

Destroy all.

@Tom_Gage
"Umpire told Alex (Avila), he missed the 2-2 pitch," said #Tigers Leyland about two-out walk that led to Boston's tie-breaking run in 7th

OH, THANKS.

New York Yankees catcher Russell Martin said plate umpire Laz Diaz decided on an unusual way to punish him for arguing balls and strikes.

He forced him to watch an eight-hour Filipino movie about melancholy?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_satkzCjK2F4/SPrB_tlklzI/AAAAAAAABKQ/Du_tHNiQugc/s320/melancholia2.jpg

(Directed by Laz Diaz--I'm just kidding, I was intrigued by it until I had to leave a couple of hours in for reasons that had nothing to do with the film.)

Oops--the film's by Lav Diaz.

tbf, it was just the new baseballs, and some umps throw them themselves as a matter of course -- i mean if russell martin can't keep his arm loose throwing back every other pitch that isn't fouled off, then he's got some other issues

that said, i don't think we need umpires who are so obviously petty and passive aggressive

laz diaz is the worst

― no hongro (J0rdan S.), Saturday, October 17, 2009 2:00 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

cb bucknor thinks that's a bad call

The third vacancy stems from the retirement of Crew Chief Tim McClelland, who served 32-plus years and more than 4,200 games, including 94 Postseason games, as a Major League Umpire. The Michigan native had the second-most Major League experience among the active staff, trailing only 37-year Umpire Joe West. The Michigan State University product worked four World Series (1993, 2000, 2002 and 2006) in his career along with nine League Championship Series, five Division Series and three All-Star Games (1986, 1998, 2003). McClelland was the home plate umpire for the “Pine Tar Game” between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on July 24, 1983, as well as Game Seven of the 2003 American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium. He also called balls and strikes in the perfect game by Yankees left-hander David Wells on May 17, 1998 in New York.

His night ended with Freeman standing along the first base line, the All-Star's hands on his head after he bounced his batting helmet off the ground. From across the diamond, third base umpire John Hirschbeck ejected him.

Freeman said afterward he told Hirschbeck the call wasn't right, but stressed he didn't make it personal.

"I was just walking toward first base and I just told him ... I didn't say 'You're bad,' I said 'That's bad' a few times and (Hirschbeck) started pointing at me," Freeman said. "I kind of looked in the dugout and I heard him say 'Shut your f'n mouth.' So that's when I kind of looked at him and just (waved him off). Once I raised my hands is when he kicked me out."

Freeman said he had never heard an umpire say anything like that to a play before and made a point to stress there were young fans in the crowd.

"There's some kids in the stands and that's just not nice what he said," Freeman said.

http://www.foxsports.com/south/story/three-cuts-emotions-run-high-as-atlanta-braves-jump-on-slumping-washington-nationals-042715

Hirschbeck looked like he was seriously spoiling for a fight last night. I was glad the cameras caught the "you shut your fuckin' mouth" part.

Mike Winters, framing critic

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/30/home-plate-umpire-mike-winters-criticized-a-j-ellis-framing-ability/

we needs robots

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/65689/are-you-ready-for-robot-umpires-in-the-world-series

https://twitter.com/sung_minkim/status/722061770844717056/photo/1

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cg-jz1tUcAAkYjk.jpg

i really wish they'd update that legend so that it clearly indicated which ones are called strikes and which are swinging strikes. i forget and have to look it up every single time

life is so hard

dale scott picking up right where barrett left off last night in colorado

The minimum monthly salary for rookie and short-season Class A umpires, which had started at $1,900 under the previous five-year agreement, will rise to $2,000 under the new deal and increase to as much as $2,300 for a fourth-year umpire.

For full-season Class A, the minimum rises from $2,000 to $2,100 and increases to $2,600 by a seventh season. At Double-A, the minimum goes up from $2,300 to $2,500 and rises to $3,100 by a ninth season. At Triple-A, it goes up from $2,600 to $2,900 and rises to $3,900 by a 14th season.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/18439218/minor-league-umpires-get-hotel-upgrade-family-leave-raises

only human

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2017/4/19/15355792/mets-umpire-stops-mid-game-smells-kc-barbecue-wrapper

possibly as entertaining: umps may give miked explanations of relay rulings

JOE WEST: THE ANGLE DIDN’T SHOW CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT ... LISTEN, SHUT UP. ALL OF YOU SHUT UP AND STOP BOOING. I SAW THE VIDEO, AND YOU DIDN’T, SO SHUT. UP. ALRIGHT ...

[points into the stands]

YOU’RE GONE.

[points into the stands]

OUTTA HERE.

[points into the stands]

I WILL FIND YOU AND BITE YOU.

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/4/18/15342348/umpires-microphones-video-review-instant-replay

lol

and yeah, that's a really dumb idea. and kind of a humiliating demotion for the umps as well. over a course of a few years they go from being the all-powerful arbitrators of justice to messengers for the decisions made by a mysterious replay room in nyc

hey rookie umpire kid, go out there and tell the notoriously friendly philadelphia crowd that a call is going against them and explain why in really boring, obvious ways

super - so they found another way to make them take up even more time.

my dream job is to be the guy who holds the bag for the umpire replay reviews:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Instantreplaymlb.jpg/280px-Instantreplaymlb.jpg

http://deadspin.com/wow-that-was-some-bizarre-umpiring-in-nats-braves-1794446772

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9vHo-IWsAEhS3P.jpg

Werth struck out without swinging at any of those.

i'm fine w/ calling pitchouts as strikes on Werth

So 2b Umpire Alan Porter just told Daniel Murphy "F-- you" when asked to shift in #nats game. @FightinHydrant and I are aghast. pic.twitter.com/jrd2QKPN6G

— Steve Weddle (@steveweddle) June 13, 2017

personally i'm cool with anyone saying fuck you to daniel murphy

Joe West umpired his 5000th game tonight, and weighed in on last year's election for metaphorical reasons.

http://deadspin.com/lets-check-in-with-umpire-joe-west-about-wikileaks-and-1796281278

joe west is the umpire america deserves

U have got to be kidding me https://t.co/VQJaeIfbaX

— Chipper Jones (@RealCJ10) July 4, 2017

Angel should learn to discriminate btwn balls and strikes

This is still my all time favorite WBC moment, courtesy of Angel Hernandez pic.twitter.com/QbIW2bpUDd

— Nutzo, the Clown (@azta110790) March 22, 2017

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

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

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

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.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFwrgUWV0AI2J-z.jpg

is this a Joe West incident?

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

i'm still mad at whoever tossed adrian beltre for moving the on-deck circle

imagine

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2017/08/08/report-umpire-joe-west-suspended-three-games-for-bashing-adrian-beltre-publicly/

what the hell, that's totally undeserved

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

rare angel hernandez footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfqq48OEDdo

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

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

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/

Ian Kinsler!!!

— Rick Sutcliffe (@Sut_ESPN) August 15, 2017

curious about how this CWS-CIN ump gets rated, he was in a different universe in the top of the 2nd.