is it time for Farrell to tell the veterans on this team to knock off the bitching complaning and eye rolling over ball strike calls? The Red Sox aren't helping their cause as defending World Series champions by the amount of bitching they do. The umpires are human too and if you complain on every close call they will see the team as a bunch of entitled prima donnas who don't deserve to get the close calls.
There are a lot of younger umpires working this year.
These guys look too the veteran umpires for guidance just like Bradley Bogaerts and Middlebrooks look to Pedroia Papi Gomes and Napoli.
This crap never helps. All it does is drive up your pitchers' pitch counts and your hitters called strikes.
It is excuse making in advance and is toxic to a winning mentality like they demonstrated last year.
There are a lot of younger umpires working this year.
These guys look too the veteran umpires for guidance just like Bradley Bogaerts and Middlebrooks look to Pedroia Papi Gomes and Napoli.
This crap never helps. All it does is drive up your pitchers' pitch counts and your hitters called strikes.
It is excuse making in advance and is toxic to a winning mentality like they demonstrated last year.