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StrikeZone

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Re: Four Blind Mice
« Reply #45 on: April 23, 2014, 01:26:00 pm »
Nope.  In the replay rules, only fair/foul calls that are made past umpires are reviewable.  That's how it was explained on the game I was watching.  So, they called that ball fair, thus it's not reviewable.

That's how I understand it, anyway.

Playtwo

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Re: Four Blind Mice
« Reply #46 on: April 23, 2014, 01:31:17 pm »
I'm sure you are correct, it's just that I don't see the rationale.

StrikeZone

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Re: Four Blind Mice
« Reply #47 on: April 23, 2014, 01:33:40 pm »
I'm sure you are correct, it's just that I don't see the rationale.

Preaching to the choir.  It's dumb but I guess that's the rule.  Just another one of the quirks of the replay system that needs overhauled.

Jes Beard

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Re: Four Blind Mice
« Reply #48 on: April 23, 2014, 05:27:28 pm »
Do the umpires have the authority to call for a review of the play themselves?

Does one umpire have the authority to call for a review of his own decision?  Of a fellow umps decision?

Can any of them simply admit that they did not really see the play and ask to see the replay?

jacey1

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Re: Four Blind Mice
« Reply #49 on: April 24, 2014, 01:14:02 pm »
they way it is now, I do not like this replay system at all!! they need to use it only on a limited basis. every other close play makes it difficult to enjoy the game

JR

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Re: Four Blind Mice
« Reply #50 on: May 06, 2014, 10:13:26 pm »
I've always thought Laz Diaz was someone who deserves a spot in the CB Bucknor, Joe West, Angel Hernandez, Bob Davidson umpiring Hall of Shame.

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/46932/umpire-laz-diaz-deserves-short-suspension

JR

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Re: Four Blind Mice
« Reply #51 on: May 07, 2014, 08:50:42 pm »
Well one thing I wanted to do is compile an umpiring Hall of Shame here, and I think Tom Woodring is earning his spot so far this season.

DelMarFan

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Re: Four Blind Mice
« Reply #52 on: May 07, 2014, 11:03:30 pm »
Seconded.

JR

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Re: Four Blind Mice
« Reply #53 on: April 17, 2015, 06:02:21 pm »
I think we can officially add Sam Holbrook to the BBBFL Umpiring Hall of Shame.

brjones

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Re: Four Blind Mice
« Reply #54 on: April 18, 2015, 09:14:54 pm »
Bob Davidson likes calling balks so much that he just called one in a 9-0 game, bottom of the 9th, 2 outs.  Guess he couldn't let a game go by without a cry for attention at least once.

JR

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Re: Four Blind Mice
« Reply #55 on: May 06, 2015, 11:27:47 pm »
For future reference . . .

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Jesse Rogers @ESPNChiCubs

Maddon on balls and strikes tonight by D.J. Reyburn: "It was egergiously bad." 17m

shasson

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Re: Four Blind Mice
« Reply #56 on: May 06, 2015, 11:35:07 pm »
lip readers on twitter had Maddon saying this to the ump in the argument: " "I'll tell you what.  You've been Fu%@ing my young guys all night long!"


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Re: Four Blind Mice
« Reply #58 on: May 07, 2015, 01:24:30 pm »
MLB ought be reviewing the awful performance of the home plate ump more so than Maddon's response to it.

JR

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Re: Four Blind Mice
« Reply #59 on: June 26, 2015, 09:43:00 am »
Surprised this didn't get mentioned yesterday.  Andy Fletcher definitely has to be one of the least professional umpires in baseball.

http://deadspin.com/angry-umpire-demands-that-jon-lester-fight-him-1714125640