Occasionally, Schilling's big mouth is a good thing

[TruffleShuffle]

http://www.nesn.com/2009/10/curt-schilling-explains-why-cb-bucknor-is-not-a-good-ump.html

 

 

between bucknor's various blown calls in game one, cuzzi's horrendous miss last night, and the overall ineptitude of mlb umpires, something needs to be done. that bruce froemming's career as an mlb umpire lasted 37 years is a testament to the lack of accountability for mlb umpires.

[erik316wttn]

Selig needs to grow a pair and stand up to the umpire's union. There are some absolutely terrible umpires who blatantly favor or are biased against certain players or teams, or umpires who are just terrible in general, and very little if anything is done about it. I've noticed a decline in officiating across the board in basketball and football in recent years as well.

[erik316wttn]

Oh, and here's a fun fact:

 

Phil Cuzzi, who botched that Mauer fly ball call in ALDS Game 2, was fired from his Minor-league umpiring job back in 1993 because he sucked. He was working as a bartender back in 1996 when he had a chance encounter with an MLB official and talked his way into an MLB umpiring job.

 

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/phil-cuzzi-was-once-fired-as-minor-league-ump-26423

 

Anyone who is against instant replay should watch those games again and then say that it doesn't need to be expanded. It's a joke that such lousy officiating is ruining what is supposed to be the highlight of the MLB season.

[ELCABALLO45]

Eh, its not as big of a deal as some people think. Umpires are going to blow calls. Get over it.

[TruffleShuffle]

Eh, its not as big of a deal as some people think. Umpires are going to blow calls. Get over it.

 

nobody expects umpires to be infallible, and even good umpires will miss some calls, but there are notoriously bad umpires - bruce froemming, cb bucknor, phil cuzzi, doug eddings, joe west, angel hernandez, joe brinkman - who have been in baseball for years. everyone knows they suck and yet they keep their jobs. there should be some accountability, where the bad umpires are fired and good umpires from the minor leagues are brought in to replace them. there's accountability among players, managers, general managers... if a general manager was as bad at his job as c.b. bucknor (usually voted the worst umpire in the game by the players) is at his, he wouldn't last 13 years, as bucknor has.

 

i'm not saying that mlb should clean house, but there's absolutely no turnover among umpires until they retire or decide to do something else with their lives, and that's stupid.

[J.R.]

MLB had the umps corralled pretty well in the mid-'90s, but let things get out of hand again after John McSherry died.

[erik316wttn]

Eh, its not as big of a deal as some people think. Umpires are going to blow calls. Get over it.

 

Everybody blows a call now and then. But there are some that botch a good deal of the close plays that they have to call. And that have a very inconsistent strike zone within the game.

[biittner77]

Once again I have to ask this question: Have the down the line umpires ever gotten a call right that the base umpire couldn't have just as easily made?

[hardcorecubfan]

Schilling should run for the senate seat in Mass!

[Banedon]

Eh, its not as big of a deal as some people think. Umpires are going to blow calls. Get over it.

 

So we should expect that you won't get angry when Aaron Miles bobbles a grounder, because players are going to make errors, and we should just get over it, right?

[sweetpeteman]

Eh, its not as big of a deal as some people think. Umpires are going to blow calls. Get over it.

 

So we should expect that you won't get angry when Aaron Miles bobbles a grounder, because players are going to make errors, and we should just get over it, right?

 

 

Why would he get mad? He's a Brewer's fan.

[Illini Iceman]

Eh, its not as big of a deal as some people think. Umpires are going to blow calls. Get over it.

 

So we should expect that you won't get angry when Aaron Miles bobbles a grounder, because players are going to make errors, and we should just get over it, right?

 

 

Why would he get mad? He's a Brewer's fan.

 

Because Doug Melvin will have traded Ryan Braun to the Cubs in exchange for Miles. But he still isn't upset because GM's are going to make mistakes and he will just get over it.

[Springfield_CUBBY]

Botched calls on a close play are one thing (they happen, they suck and I agree that umps should be held accountable over the long term), but what ticks me off to no end is the increased bravado I’ve seen in certain umps over the past few seasons. A hitter mutters after a bad call, a pitcher reacts with emotion after a walk – and rather than try to calm the situation down, they seem to relish confrontation. That is 100% avoidable and umps should be called to the carpet by the league, their union and their peers for this kind of provoking behavior.

[Soul]

Just use the replay system that is already in place, folks...

 

 

Please.

[NCCubFan]

Eh, its not as big of a deal as some people think. Umpires are going to blow calls. Get over it.

 

So we should expect that you won't get angry when Aaron Miles bobbles a grounder, because players are going to make errors, and we should just get over it, right?

 

 

Why would he get mad? He's a Brewer's fan.

 

Because Doug Melvin will have traded Ryan Braun to the Cubs in exchange for Miles.

But then Hendry decided he wanted Bill Hall too, Melvin refused, and the deal fell through.

[BCVM22]

But then Hendry decided he wanted Bill Hall too, Melvin refused, and the deal fell through.

 

If Jim's asking Milwaukee for a player that they traded away, he really should be fired.

[NCCubFan]

But then Hendry decided he wanted Bill Hall too, Melvin refused, and the deal fell through.

 

If Jim's asking Milwaukee for a player that they traded away, he really should be fired.

I forgot that Hall was traded during the season.

[BCVM22]

All in good fun.

[Prior4CyYoung]

who was the ump that threw out victorino from centerfield?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Rapuano

[Prior4CyYoung]

that was pretty terrible how umps get away with that stuff is really [expletive].