terrible ejection of Rendon today. he didnt even say anything!
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Wouldn't it be great if the league did anything about "all about me" umps? But alas, absolutely nothing will happen and if anyone in the Nats dates to not how terrible that election was, they'll get themselves fined...
terrible ejection of Rendon today. he didnt even say anything!
It's an explanation. Fair is another matterWell, it's a fair explanation at any rate.
He did more to lose everyone's respect with this ejection than he would have if he did nothing.Well, it's a fair explanation at any rate.
He’s a blind squirrel who ran into an acorn. (Twice.)Doesn't Joe West enjoy lifetime immunity around here?
I suspect it was a quick trigger because he immediately knew he blew it, so he knew the bat toss was a sign of frustration at the call (a.k.a “disrespect” , whatever the fuck that means) not the hitter frustrated at himself.I would be nice of Joe to perhaps acknowledge that Rendon had a right to be frustrated - according to pitchfx that was not close to being a strike....
That is too quick a trigger, for a guy that does not say anything nor even look back at the ump, in the 3rd inning of a game.
If you are referring to the weather , they have a dome. If not .. well I don't know what to sayIt's April, someone has to do something. Make him ump a few games someplace terrible, like Toronto or something.
The base umpire saying he swung is what I find absolutely incomprehensible. The plate ump made a bad call, but he got drilled by the ball and I can at least wrap my mind about the fact that his brain heard the ball hit his gear and made a faulty connection that the sound was the bat hitting the ball. For the base umpire, upon consultation, to say the batter swung is just jaw dropping. If you weren't paying attention, don't offer an opinion. If you don't remember, don't offer an opinion. There is simply no way the ump was watching the play, paying attention, and still think the batter swung. As in, literally, it is outside the bounds of what an observant human being acting in good faith could conclude happened on that pitch.Two calls were ridiculous, initially that the ball struck the bat, second if the base umpires said he offered at the ball while getting out of the way.
It is many years past the time. ... Incorrect ball/strike calls impact a game far more than line drives down the lines or tags on the bases or plays at first. At this point, you'd have to say that Manfred finds it completely acceptable to have umpires influence the outcome of numerous games whether through incompetence or personal biases. The players' union has been distressingly quiet about this matter, too.Is it time for a ball-strikes robo-ump?
The middle ground is allow the robo-ump to cover the horizontal axis of the plate (in other words, the part of the strike zone that doesn’t change on a player to player basis). The ump behind the plate gets to use his judgment on the vertical high/low above the letters below the knees stuff.WRT the robo ball/strike calls, I think there's an middle gound interim step that can be taken - equip their ball/strike counters with a mechanism so that they vibrate when the ball is inside the electronic strike zone.
I'm not sure I would spend much time waiting for the players' union to request that all the umpires lose their jobs, but there could be some specifics here I don't understand.It is many years past the time. ... Incorrect ball/strike calls impact a game far more than line drives down the lines or tags on the bases or plays at first. At this point, you'd have to say that Manfred finds it completely acceptable to have umpires influence the outcome of numerous games whether through incompetence or personal biases. The players' union has been distressingly quiet about this matter, too.
SAFE!!!!One thing is certain after watching last night's game; the umpires have a CB Bucknor problem. We've known this for years, but last night was a harsh reminder.
Indeed. It's just my "fondest" memory of Bucknor. He blew both of those in the same game.They have replay for that now.
Last night's Bruins game thread is pretty much the NHL's.Where is the "Does the NHL have a referee problem?" thread and the same for the NBA?