Froemming to RETIRE after season!

[UMFan83]

This guy was a huuuuuuge Cub tormentor in his career. I, for one, applaud his decision to get the heck out of the game and leave the Cubs alone.

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6924504

 

Everyone knows about his part in the recent Lou Piniella dirt kicking tirade, and some people remember his calling Kenny Lofton's catch a "trap", scoring the only Braves run in Game 5 of the 2003 NLDS. The one that really killed me was the 1972 game where Milt Pappas' perfect game was ruined by a borderline call being called a ball with 2 outs in the 9th. The next batter grounded out weakly, and the no-hitter was preserved.

[Soriano12]

Good riddance to that fat slob.

[Post Count Padder]

*waves bye-bye*

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Bye! :wave:

[Transmogrified Tiger]

In other recent Froemming-Cubs news, he's the one that called Soriano's HR that bounced out of the basket not a home run, until he realized that not even Bruce Froemming could get away with screwing the Cubs so badly.

[Prior4CyYoung]

now if only Angel hernandez and Jim wolf would just quit we would be ok.

[Careless]

Isn't this old news? or is there another cub-killing ump who's retiring?

[Fred Hornkohl]

This guy was a huuuuuuge Cub tormentor in his career. I, for one, applaud his decision to get the heck out of the game and leave the Cubs alone.

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6924504

 

Everyone knows about his part in the recent Lou Piniella dirt kicking tirade, and some people remember his calling Kenny Lofton's catch a "trap", scoring the only Braves run in Game 5 of the 2003 NLDS. The one that really killed me was the 1972 game where Milt Pappas' perfect game was ruined by a borderline call being called a ball with 2 outs in the 9th. The next batter grounded out weakly, and the no-hitter was preserved.

 

How did this really kill you ?? It happened 12 years before you were born !!! :wink:

 

I shared the following story with Milt Pappas when I met him some years ago. I was driving north on I-94 (this was about 3 years after Milt's no hitter) from Chicago to Milwaukee in a tractor/trailer when I came upon a big black Lincoln Continental that was being driven by some guy that weighed at least 350 pounds and had a Wisconsin tag that read "NL UMP". As I passed that car, knowing that Bruce Froemming was a native of Milwaukee, it took every ounce of restraint that I had at my command to keep from suddenly changing lanes to the right. To this day, Pappas can't say the name Froemming without his lips curling into a sneer !!

 

The sooner Froemming retires, the better off the world will be.

[UMFan83]

This guy was a huuuuuuge Cub tormentor in his career. I, for one, applaud his decision to get the heck out of the game and leave the Cubs alone.

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6924504

 

Everyone knows about his part in the recent Lou Piniella dirt kicking tirade, and some people remember his calling Kenny Lofton's catch a "trap", scoring the only Braves run in Game 5 of the 2003 NLDS. The one that really killed me was the 1972 game where Milt Pappas' perfect game was ruined by a borderline call being called a ball with 2 outs in the 9th. The next batter grounded out weakly, and the no-hitter was preserved.

 

How did this really kill you ?? It happened 12 years before you were born !!! :wink:

 

I shared the following story with Milt Pappas when I met him some years ago. I was driving north on I-94 (this was about 3 years after Milt's no hitter) from Chicago to Milwaukee in a tractor/trailer when I came upon a big black Lincoln Continental that was being driven by some guy that weighed at least 350 pounds and had a Wisconsin tag that read "NL UMP". As I passed that car, knowing that Bruce Froemming was a native of Milwaukee, it took every ounce of restraint that I had at my command to keep from suddenly changing lanes to the right. To this day, Pappas can't say the name Froemming without his lips curling into a sneer !!

 

The sooner Froemming retires, the better off the world will be.

 

11 years but point taken!

[Soriano12]

As I passed that car, knowing that Bruce Froemming was a native of Milwaukee, it took every ounce of restraint that I had at my command to keep from suddenly changing lanes to the right.

 

Good thing you passed. Froeming vs. your trailer....I think your trailer loses... :lol:

[Omar]

:-({|=

 

 

 

 

 

\:D/ =D>

[BigbadB]

Wow. A lot of love being shown for CB Bucknor in this thread.

 

Don't worry. Froeming will pass his hatred of everything Cubs down to one of the newbies.

[Fred Hornkohl]

As I passed that car, knowing that Bruce Froemming was a native of Milwaukee, it took every ounce of restraint that I had at my command to keep from suddenly changing lanes to the right.

 

Good thing you passed. Froeming vs. your trailer....I think your trailer loses... :lol:

 

Yeah.... tough call.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I hate all umpires equally, especially the one the other night that picked a fight with me at a HS baseball game.

 

He calls ball 4, I say "that's been a strike all night". He turns and arrogantly says, "what do you know about umpiring?" To the crowd's delight, I informed him "apparently more than you do, you can't grasp the strike zone".

[Derwood]

I hate all umpires equally, especially the one the other night that picked a fight with me at a HS baseball game.

 

He calls ball 4, I say "that's been a strike all night". He turns and arrogantly says, "what do you know about umpiring?" To the crowd's delight, I informed him "apparently more than you do, you can't grasp the strike zone".

 

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[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I hate all umpires equally, especially the one the other night that picked a fight with me at a HS baseball game.

 

He calls ball 4, I say "that's been a strike all night". He turns and arrogantly says, "what do you know about umpiring?" To the crowd's delight, I informed him "apparently more than you do, you can't grasp the strike zone".

 

I was at a dixie youth game once, when the umpire called a ball on a pitch that looked to be right down the middle. One of the women sitting in front of me, said "Where the hell was that?"

 

The umpire turned around and told her he would toss her if she used any more ex-plic-a-tives.

 

I started laughing...and he yelled at me, "What's your problem?"

 

I said, "I'm trying to figure out what an explicative is...or did you mean expletive." He told me he'd toss me if I didn't stop lauging. I kept on laughing....he just stared at me.

 

So after every call, I just mocked laughed. You know big ha ha's...and stuff like that.

 

He kept staring at me. He never did toss me, but I know he wanted to.

[TarzanJoeWallis]

This guy was a huuuuuuge Cub tormentor in his career. I, for one, applaud his decision to get the heck out of the game and leave the Cubs alone.

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6924504

 

Everyone knows about his part in the recent Lou Piniella dirt kicking tirade, and some people remember his calling Kenny Lofton's catch a "trap", scoring the only Braves run in Game 5 of the 2003 NLDS. The one that really killed me was the 1972 game where Milt Pappas' perfect game was ruined by a borderline call being called a ball with 2 outs in the 9th. The next batter grounded out weakly, and the no-hitter was preserved.

 

Actually, I believe the next batter popped up to Carmen Fanzone at second base.

[Amazing_Grace]

Now if only the rest of them would retire.

[Outshined_One]

My favorite umpire story...

 

My dad went to medical school down in South Carolina and the school had a club baseball team. The umpire behind home plate was giving the team a rough time one day calling balls and strikes to the point where the pitcher pretty much had it. The pitcher goes up to the ump and the following exchange occurs:

 

Pitcher: "That's it, I've had it! If you ever get carted into the emergency room, you better pray I don't take your case."

 

Umpire: "Boy, if you're as good of a doctor as you are a pitcher, then you'd better let me bleed!"

[jjgman21]

now if only Angel hernandez and Jim wolf would just quit we would be ok.

 

I really have no problem with Angel. he's just incompetent. the umps I have problems with are those that seem to have an agenda against the Cubs, and unfortunately so many of them seem to be crew chiefs.

 

Reliford

Tschida

Joe West

Hirschbeck

Young

Crawford

 

all umps with a history of hosing the Cubs, and it just so happens they are the ones in charge, passing on their 'experience' to the young guys like Wolf.

[Balsa]

At last.

 

Now just wolf and hernandez.

[cubbieblue12]

I think Bruce wants to devote more time to eating, even though he will leave behind his second favorite hobby-screwing the cubs.

[3Dog]

If Froemming was cremated, he'd cause a fat fire in the oven.

[Andy]

More Froemming: He called Nomar off the 2nd base bag on Aug 12, 2004, while turning a double play, a call that is rarely invoked. Even more amazingly, Nomar wasn't just near the bag, he actually was on it.

 

The Cubs lost in extra innings.

[Omar]

More Froemming: He called Nomar off the 2nd base bag on Aug 12, 2004, while turning a double play, a call that is rarely invoked. Even more amazingly, Nomar wasn't just near the bag, he actually was on it.

 

The Cubs lost in extra innings.

 

And if he was called safe, and score, the Cubs would have a less chance of losing and eventually, a topic in rants was made and it popularized "Cobs"

 

So Bruce Froemming is a reactant to ------------> Cobs.