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2 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

 

Good lord I can't wait to see these last two posts interact. I want to see Diaz watch a screen say that the ball was 6.8 inches outside. 

Edited by Huckleberry

WE’VE GOT THIN SKIN YES WE DO, WE’VE GOT THIN SKIN HOW BOUT YOU?!?!

 

cb bucknor still out here starting fights and making a huge spectacle for zero goddamn reason. he is the worst.

 

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Don't know anything about that ump but I think he had an inkling that he blew it. Usually those egomaniacs would have tossed a player for what Lowe did even though he was 100% correct, of course.  

Cut the guy some slack, it was a bang-bang play.

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On 6/17/2025 at 1:45 AM, Derka said:

 

 

that is crazy.  I'm not sure I've seen a call that simple and obvious missed at first base in MLB before.  That is completely embarrassing for a MLB Ump.

good thing they don't have something like the strike zone where they time from the point the foot hits the bag and the ball meets the glove

1 hour ago, dcar00 said:

that is crazy.  I'm not sure I've seen a call that simple and obvious missed at first base in MLB before.

You missed the end of Joe West's career?

2 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

You missed the end of Joe West's career?

hopefully...

2 hours ago, dcar00 said:

good thing they don't have something like the strike zone where they time from the point the foot hits the bag and the ball meets the glove

 

Yeah, that one was hella bad. I get it sometimes where it is actually close. From their angle they usually can’t see the last 8” when the ball is going into the glove. Best they can do is try to hear it hit and watch the runners feet. Those I can be sympathetic to a missed call, that’s what review is for. But that one? oh fuck no. He must have had a hot date or something.

I mean they are human, and humans make mistakes no matter the level. We all do. It’s human nature. But be open to the possibility that you may be incorrect and have. made a mistake. Don’t double down and puff out your chest, and end up ejecting someone because they hurt your feelers over your call.

Sure, sometimes an ejection is warranted, depending on the post-call interaction, but if both sides maintain respect for each other, things might go better.

Not to say that things don’t happen in the heat of the moment, but still, talk mad shit to the officials in any sport and see what happens long term.

However, with this one, jesus christ on a bicycle. I mean the ball is what. 10-12 feet from the glove at the point his foot hit the bag. Granted still quick in real time, but in context it wasn’t. Foot hits bag, hear the ball hit glove a second or two after. Only thing I can think of is he mixed up the sound of each in his head? He can’t honestly be that bad?

 

The correct mechanic is to see the ball into the glove and then check the runner.  There can be no out if the ball is not in the glove and the fielder touching the base.  He made that call before the ball ever hit the glove.  Bad umpiring period.

hudson gonna have a tough time when the robo umps show up.

On 6/20/2025 at 6:19 PM, Derka said:

hudson gonna have a tough time when the robo umps show up.

I was there.  That was as bad a call as I have ever seen.

  • 2 weeks later...
  • 2 weeks later...

new leader in the clubhouse for worst call *of all time*
 

 

I can see why he called that. The catcher was set up outside. Catcher's fault. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/helo

On 7/28/2025 at 9:05 PM, Derka said:

new leader in the clubhouse for worst call *of all time*
 

 

that shows you why catchers pull their gloves in so much.  the ump is almost always looking at the glove in relation to the catcher

Jesus just happened so don’t have a clip but Mookie just got rung up on a pitch a full foot down and out.  Egregious.

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Still better than Angel Hernandez 

Looks pretty good for any first timer debuting at the highest level. At least no one through a dildo at her.

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If they threw a dildo at Angel Hernandez, he'd just think it was his own bobblehead.

^Is that a coincidence those were all strike 3 calls?

Was it a choice of the video editors, or is there a psychological reason umps miss badly when they want to ring someone up?

14 minutes ago, miguelito said:

^Is that a coincidence those were all strike 3 calls?

No.

 

14 minutes ago, miguelito said:

Was it a choice of the video editors, or is there a psychological reason umps miss badly when they want to ring someone up?

 

It's just showing shitty third-strike calls that guys got rung up looking. No need to overthink it.

  • 2 weeks later...

we gotta stop having female trailblazers in the mlb who objectively suck at their job:

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Edited by Derka

  • 2 weeks later...

Well the batter shouldn't have been standing in ... the batter's box.

I'm totally biased, but i haven't been happy with the umps in these first 2 games.

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