The Terrible Umpires Thread

[Banedon]

If it was anybody but Rizzo, I don't think that happens. Rizzo having previously apologized to Angel I think went a long way to him admitting this now.

[Brian]

This guy is my hero.

 

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[Sammy Sofa]

https://deadspin.com/angry-baseball-guy-brings-trash-can-onto-field-tells-u-1828166387

 

Angry Baseball Guy Brings Trash Can Onto Field, Tells Umpire To "Go To Your Home"

 

[Banedon]

That is just fantastic.

 

I'm glad I watched the twitter video without knowing anything else about it.

[Sammy Sofa]

Also: hey, the Chicago Dogs now exist!

[Clem Fandango]

Ben with the dunk

 

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Here's the call:

 

https://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/mp4/2018/08/14/2384241483/1534284293247/asset_2500K.mp4

[Regular Show]

Ben with the dunk

 

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Here's the call:

 

https://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/mp4/2018/08/14/2384241483/1534284293247/asset_2500K.mp4

 

That was awesome to hear. I know players (the vast majority of them) want this, but they rarely ever say it out loud.

 

This is the #1 thing I want changed in MLB. It's about time they stop letting these shitty umps ruin the game.

[Sammys Boombox]

Never forget Phil Cuzzi. He was the plate umpire for the no hitter by Hamels, both of the losses by Jake after May 17, 2015, the hack job that was Game 1 of the NLDS and the only umpire to ever eject Miguel Montero (catcher of 8000+ innings and batter of 4000+ plate appearances).

Add the only umpire to ever eject Ben Zobrist (6500+ PA).

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Never forget Phil Cuzzi. He was the plate umpire for the no hitter by Hamels, both of the losses by Jake after May 17, 2015, the hack job that was Game 1 of the NLDS and the only umpire to ever eject Miguel Montero (catcher of 8000+ innings and batter of 4000+ plate appearances).

Add the only umpire to ever eject Ben Zobrist (6500+ PA).

 

[imb]

Ben with the dunk

 

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Here's the call:

 

https://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/mp4/2018/08/14/2384241483/1534284293247/asset_2500K.mp4

 

Continues to be the best FA signing in cubs history

[Regular Show]

https://deadspin.com/ben-zobrist-is-still-very-much-looking-forward-to-robot-1828345886

 

Interesting take in the comments section and by "interesting" I mean terrible on so many levels:

 

TheUmpireStrikesBack wrote:

 

So my name gives me away a little, and I realize I’m swimming upstream against a very popular Deadspin narrartive, but ....

 

This is always [expletive]. The umpires “fail,” sure. And their failure rate is FAR lower than the players. Good batters fail about 70% of the time. So why is there this collective hard-on about e-zones? Look, let Zobrist bitch - he’ll be retired soon, and maybe this is his way of fighting that fact: “I’d be better if it weren’t for the bad man!” That specific pitch might have been an inch or so off the plate, depending on how those charts are read - swing the bat, [expletive]!

 

What the horsefeathers are all these guys gonna do, once an e-zone IS implemented? They’re still gonna look at strikes and get called out, so who’re they gonna bitch at and blame?

 

Games are played and officiated on the field, by people. Why is that now not good enough?

 

[Sammy Sofa]

https://deadspin.com/ben-zobrist-is-still-very-much-looking-forward-to-robot-1828345886

 

Interesting take in the comments section and by "interesting" I mean terrible on so many levels:

 

TheUmpireStrikesBack wrote:

 

So my name gives me away a little, and I realize I’m swimming upstream against a very popular Deadspin narrartive, but ....

 

This is always [expletive]. The umpires “fail,” sure. And their failure rate is FAR lower than the players. Good batters fail about 70% of the time. So why is there this collective hard-on about e-zones? Look, let Zobrist bitch - he’ll be retired soon, and maybe this is his way of fighting that fact: “I’d be better if it weren’t for the bad man!” That specific pitch might have been an inch or so off the plate, depending on how those charts are read - swing the bat, [expletive]!

 

What the horsefeathers are all these guys gonna do, once an e-zone IS implemented? They’re still gonna look at strikes and get called out, so who’re they gonna bitch at and blame?

 

Games are played and officiated on the field, by people. Why is that now not good enough?

 

Thankfully that turd got rightly annihilated in all of the replies. Even by the standards of terrible internet analogies, that is a HoF terrible internet analogy.

 

And while Zobrist is 110% right, this other comment was gold:

 

Considering how much autotune goes into his wife’s music, it is not surprising that the entire Zobrist family is pro-robot.

[imb]

this is not popular but i dont care if they do robot umps or not. you get screwed sometimes, other people get screwed sometimes. I dunno, I just don't really care. We have replay now and it seems to work about half the time anyway.

 

anyway im not anti-robot umps, im sure it will be fine if/when it happens. I just don't care if it does or not.

[Sammy Sofa]

Look, we have less than 2 years to hit the schedule set down by Super Baseball 2020, so we gotta get a move on. Bring on robot umps, droid DHs, and sexy cyborg dudes and chicks clobbering flaming baseballs past someone who mistimed their rocket jump.

[bcl412]

Maybe this is meatbally and a little trashy but I like baseball arguments. They’re fun and I kind of want them around.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I'd rather just watch baseball

[PackLandVA]

I'm still waiting for someone to explain how the strike zone will be determined. Using PitchTrax or whatever, is the pitch a strike if it just touches the rectangle box? Or does it need to be completely in the box? Or mostly in the box?

 

And will catchers revolt because those with great pitch framing ability will lose one of their valuable assets? :dontknow:

[stitchface]

I'm still waiting for someone to explain how the strike zone will be determined. Using PitchTrax or whatever, is the pitch a strike if it just touches the rectangle box? Or does it need to be completely in the box? Or mostly in the box?

 

And will catchers revolt because those with great pitch framing ability will lose one of their valuable assets? :dontknow:

 

 

It doesn't really matter as long as its consistent.

[PackLandVA]

I'm still waiting for someone to explain how the strike zone will be determined. Using PitchTrax or whatever, is the pitch a strike if it just touches the rectangle box? Or does it need to be completely in the box? Or mostly in the box?

 

And will catchers revolt because those with great pitch framing ability will lose one of their valuable assets? :dontknow:

 

 

It doesn't really matter as long as its consistent.

 

Good point. But really, what would the strike zone be? I'm inclined to think Baseball would make the pitch be mostly or completely in the box as they'd like to keep offensive production up.

[stitchface]

one likely result would be even more emphasis on velocity if you shrunk the zone. anything straight and not really fast would get clobbered.

[Derwood]

Are those Google glasses developed enough that the homeplate ump could wear them and see the strike zone box/pitch trax? Or do we not trust the umps would call what the technology is showing them?

[Tryptamine]

Are those Google glasses developed enough that the homeplate ump could wear them and see the strike zone box/pitch trax? Or do we not trust the umps would call what the technology is showing them?

 

I have zero faith in them to call it correctly, in fact I believe they would actively torpedo the project out of spite.

[Cubswin11]

Are those Google glasses developed enough that the homeplate ump could wear them and see the strike zone box/pitch trax? Or do we not trust the umps would call what the technology is showing them?

There’s no reason to make it this complicated. Use the tracking system we have. If it’s a strike a green light flashes on the scoreboard, if it’s a ball a red light. And show a graphic of the zone in the stadium.

[Thed Hoyerstein]

maybe David should be an umpire

[Sammy Sofa]

He'd refuse to call anything except playoff games.