Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Umpiring is hard....I get it!

I was an umpire. It looks a lot easier on TV, believe me.

On day one of umpiring school, they teach you...slow the game down, wait a beat, make your call.

Gallaraga's perfect game was broken up by what is tied for the worst call of the season. The guy was out by 1/2 a step. It wasn't even close!

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=300602106&teams=cleveland-indians-vs-detroit-tigers

Find a TV tonight, see the play. You won't believe it.

What was the upside to "kicking" a call like that? Call him out! Who would complain? Shouldn't you be leaning that way?

Miguel Cabrera almost got ejected with the ball in play while he was playing first base. I bet that would have been a first.

Jim Leyland almost got ejected from a game he had already won! That would DEFINITELY have been a first.

There was almost a riot on the field. The Tigers were literally attacking the ump.

Is it me, or has there been an outbreak of egregious umpiring lately? Joe West opining on the Yankees and Red Sox, then hiring a publicist and scheduling interviews. Hahn calling 2 balks on MarK Buehrle in the same game, then ejecting him!

Now this.

They have to be stopped.

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