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MLB Umpiring: Still terrible
« on: July 20, 2010, 10:20:40 am »
http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/72072/phil_cuzzis_blown_calls_(and_attitude)_may_face_mlb_discipline

The following has to be most emblematic of the entitlement mentality of most of today's umpires:

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Minutes after the game, Cuzzi said that he had not yet seen the replay. "I'll look at it, but I figured I'd eat first," he said. "(Blanco) made a decent attempt to put the tag on him. That's what it looked to me, and that's why I called him out."

So... which is worse?  "I'll look at it , but I figured I'd eat first"?  Or "(he) made a decent attempt to put the tag on him... and that's why I called him out"?
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Re: MLB Umpiring: Still terrible
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2010, 10:39:38 am »
Quote from: MusicMan on July 20, 2010, 10:20:40 am
http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/72072/phil_cuzzis_blown_calls_(and_attitude)_may_face_mlb_discipline

The following has to be most emblematic of the entitlement mentality of most of today's umpires:

So... which is worse?  "I'll look at it , but I figured I'd eat first"?  Or "(he) made a decent attempt to put the tag on him... and that's why I called him out"?

maybe it is just me, but i do not think "decent attempt"= "tagged."
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Re: MLB Umpiring: Still terrible
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2010, 10:44:49 am »
Quote from: JimR on July 20, 2010, 10:39:38 am
maybe it is just me, but i do not think "decent attempt"= "tagged."

I want us to be awarded outs when Lee makes a decent attempt to catch the ball.
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Re: MLB Umpiring: Still terrible
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2010, 10:47:56 am »
Quote from: MusicMan on July 20, 2010, 10:44:49 am
I want us to be awarded outs when Lee makes a decent attempt to catch the ball.

Or just one out when he makes a decent attempt to avoid a double-play.
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Re: MLB Umpiring: Still terrible
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2010, 10:53:14 am »
can you  imagine what the game would be like if umps started assuming double plays..
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Re: MLB Umpiring: Still terrible
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2010, 10:54:04 am »
Quote from: JimR on July 20, 2010, 10:39:38 am
maybe it is just me, but i do not think "decent attempt"= "tagged."

What are they supposed to do when they aren't in position to see the actual tag?
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Re: MLB Umpiring: Still terrible
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2010, 10:56:38 am »
Quote from: Lurch on July 20, 2010, 10:54:04 am
What are they supposed to do when they aren't in position to see the actual tag?

Watch the replay.  He was in position.
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Re: MLB Umpiring: Still terrible
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2010, 11:01:38 am »
Quote from: MusicMan on July 20, 2010, 10:56:38 am
Watch the replay.  He was in position.

Yep, yikes that's bad.
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Re: MLB Umpiring: Still terrible
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2010, 11:30:36 am »
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The call not only changed the outcome of the game, but also completely changed the course of two division races, and the Wild Card, in the National League.

Really?

NL East - Mets were 5 games out, in 3rd place, and would've stayed in 3rd either way.
NL West - Giants were 3.5 games out, in 2nd leading the Rockies by 1/2-game, ended up in 3rd trailing the Rox by only 1/2-game.
NL Wild Card - I guess this is the best argument as the Giants would've taken the lead (but only by 1/2-game over two teams) and the Mets ended up one game behind them instead of three.

With ~70 games left to play and the wild card race as crowded as it is, it seems a little early to be saying that one game completely changed any race.
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Re: MLB Umpiring: Still terrible
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2010, 11:35:29 am »
Quote from: MusicMan on July 20, 2010, 10:20:40 am

So... which is worse?  "I'll look at it , but I figured I'd eat first"?  Or "(he) made a decent attempt to put the tag on him... and that's why I called him out"?

I have no problem with him eating first. The game is over. Rushing to the replay won't change that. It sounds somewhat uncaring to make the statement, but I don't mind if he takes care of a few things and then really concentrates on reviewing the game before making comments or penning a heartfelt resignation letter.
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Re: MLB Umpiring: Still terrible
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2010, 11:43:35 am »
Quote from: EasTexAstro on July 20, 2010, 11:35:29 am
I have no problem with him eating first. The game is over. Rushing to the replay won't change that. It sounds somewhat uncaring to make the statement, but I don't mind if he takes care of a few things and then really concentrates on reviewing the game before making comments or penning a heartfelt resignation letter.

Jim Joyce has set a really high bar for umpires and regret nowadays.  Cuzzi pretty much slapped everyone back into reality.
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Re: MLB Umpiring: Still terrible
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2010, 11:50:55 am »
At the risk of threadjacking this into oblivion - which would be bad because bashing incompetent and arrogant umpires is an important topic - the opening sentence of the 2nd paragraph contains one of my many petty annoyances with using correct tenses.  It's a "tied game", not a "tie game".

That is all.
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Re: MLB Umpiring: Still terrible
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2010, 12:26:15 pm »
Quote from: Limey on July 20, 2010, 11:50:55 am
At the risk of threadjacking this into oblivion - which would be bad because bashing incompetent and arrogant umpires is an important topic - the opening sentence of the 2nd paragraph contains one of my many petty annoyances with using correct tenses.  It's a "tied game", not a "tie game".

That is all.

It's probably been a while since TSN employed writers who paid attention to anything other than emotion.
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