Umpires - S/D

laz diaz is the worst

― no hongro (J0rdan S.), Saturday, October 17, 2009 2:00 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

cb bucknor thinks that's a bad call

The third vacancy stems from the retirement of Crew Chief Tim McClelland, who served 32-plus years and more than 4,200 games, including 94 Postseason games, as a Major League Umpire. The Michigan native had the second-most Major League experience among the active staff, trailing only 37-year Umpire Joe West. The Michigan State University product worked four World Series (1993, 2000, 2002 and 2006) in his career along with nine League Championship Series, five Division Series and three All-Star Games (1986, 1998, 2003). McClelland was the home plate umpire for the “Pine Tar Game” between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on July 24, 1983, as well as Game Seven of the 2003 American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium. He also called balls and strikes in the perfect game by Yankees left-hander David Wells on May 17, 1998 in New York.

His night ended with Freeman standing along the first base line, the All-Star's hands on his head after he bounced his batting helmet off the ground. From across the diamond, third base umpire John Hirschbeck ejected him.

Freeman said afterward he told Hirschbeck the call wasn't right, but stressed he didn't make it personal.

"I was just walking toward first base and I just told him ... I didn't say 'You're bad,' I said 'That's bad' a few times and (Hirschbeck) started pointing at me," Freeman said. "I kind of looked in the dugout and I heard him say 'Shut your f'n mouth.' So that's when I kind of looked at him and just (waved him off). Once I raised my hands is when he kicked me out."

Freeman said he had never heard an umpire say anything like that to a play before and made a point to stress there were young fans in the crowd.

"There's some kids in the stands and that's just not nice what he said," Freeman said.

http://www.foxsports.com/south/story/three-cuts-emotions-run-high-as-atlanta-braves-jump-on-slumping-washington-nationals-042715

Hirschbeck looked like he was seriously spoiling for a fight last night. I was glad the cameras caught the "you shut your fuckin' mouth" part.

Mike Winters, framing critic

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/30/home-plate-umpire-mike-winters-criticized-a-j-ellis-framing-ability/

we needs robots

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/65689/are-you-ready-for-robot-umpires-in-the-world-series

https://twitter.com/sung_minkim/status/722061770844717056/photo/1

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cg-jz1tUcAAkYjk.jpg

i really wish they'd update that legend so that it clearly indicated which ones are called strikes and which are swinging strikes. i forget and have to look it up every single time

life is so hard

dale scott picking up right where barrett left off last night in colorado

The minimum monthly salary for rookie and short-season Class A umpires, which had started at $1,900 under the previous five-year agreement, will rise to $2,000 under the new deal and increase to as much as $2,300 for a fourth-year umpire.

For full-season Class A, the minimum rises from $2,000 to $2,100 and increases to $2,600 by a seventh season. At Double-A, the minimum goes up from $2,300 to $2,500 and rises to $3,100 by a ninth season. At Triple-A, it goes up from $2,600 to $2,900 and rises to $3,900 by a 14th season.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/18439218/minor-league-umpires-get-hotel-upgrade-family-leave-raises

only human

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2017/4/19/15355792/mets-umpire-stops-mid-game-smells-kc-barbecue-wrapper

possibly as entertaining: umps may give miked explanations of relay rulings

JOE WEST: THE ANGLE DIDN’T SHOW CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT ... LISTEN, SHUT UP. ALL OF YOU SHUT UP AND STOP BOOING. I SAW THE VIDEO, AND YOU DIDN’T, SO SHUT. UP. ALRIGHT ...

[points into the stands]

YOU’RE GONE.

[points into the stands]

OUTTA HERE.

[points into the stands]

I WILL FIND YOU AND BITE YOU.

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/4/18/15342348/umpires-microphones-video-review-instant-replay

lol

and yeah, that's a really dumb idea. and kind of a humiliating demotion for the umps as well. over a course of a few years they go from being the all-powerful arbitrators of justice to messengers for the decisions made by a mysterious replay room in nyc

hey rookie umpire kid, go out there and tell the notoriously friendly philadelphia crowd that a call is going against them and explain why in really boring, obvious ways

super - so they found another way to make them take up even more time.

my dream job is to be the guy who holds the bag for the umpire replay reviews:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Instantreplaymlb.jpg/280px-Instantreplaymlb.jpg

http://deadspin.com/wow-that-was-some-bizarre-umpiring-in-nats-braves-1794446772

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9vHo-IWsAEhS3P.jpg

Werth struck out without swinging at any of those.

i'm fine w/ calling pitchouts as strikes on Werth

So 2b Umpire Alan Porter just told Daniel Murphy "F-- you" when asked to shift in #nats game. @FightinHydrant and I are aghast. pic.twitter.com/jrd2QKPN6G

— Steve Weddle (@steveweddle) June 13, 2017

personally i'm cool with anyone saying fuck you to daniel murphy

Joe West umpired his 5000th game tonight, and weighed in on last year's election for metaphorical reasons.

http://deadspin.com/lets-check-in-with-umpire-joe-west-about-wikileaks-and-1796281278

joe west is the umpire america deserves

U have got to be kidding me https://t.co/VQJaeIfbaX

— Chipper Jones (@RealCJ10) July 4, 2017

Angel should learn to discriminate btwn balls and strikes

This is still my all time favorite WBC moment, courtesy of Angel Hernandez pic.twitter.com/QbIW2bpUDd

— Nutzo, the Clown (@azta110790) March 22, 2017

you can be bad at your job and still be discriminated against ; some of these complaints sound fairly valid

http://deadspin.com/veteran-mlb-umpire-sues-commissioners-office-for-racial-1796613520

yeah my first thought on this was "oh god why did it have to be angel hernandez of all people" but it's easier to swallow when the other guy is joe torre lol

kinda just seems like something joe would do, use his dumb bureaucratic post to shit on an ump he had a feud with a decade ago

https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/07/20/joe-west-umpire-major-league-baseball

Look: We know you’re getting paid $25 million a year, but before you step into the batter’s box and try to hammer a fastball, you’re damn well going to say hello to Joe West.

You have no choice. If you don’t greet him before your first plate appearance, West will hold up the game. He is the only umpire who does this, but so what? He is the only umpire who does a lot of things, like moonlight as a country-music singer, which has made him the only umpire with three nicknames: Country Joe, Cowboy Joe and the Blue Cowboy. He has a website, umpirejoewest.com, where he sells umpiring equipment, including a chest protector he invented, the WestVest. There is a reason Royals reliever Peter Moylan splits the umpiring profession into two groups: “There’s umpires, and there’s Joe West.”

Other umpires work games; West controls them. He is the only umpire who stands between managers and other umpires on his crew, effectively ending arguments before they begin. Arguing with West directly is just as futile. When Ron Gardenhire managed the Twins, he went to dispute a call, and West warned him, “Don’t step in my dirt.” He meant the dirt around home plate. Gardenhire put one foot on it and was ejected before he opened his mouth.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFwrgUWV0AI2J-z.jpg

is this a Joe West incident?

Will Little just threw a pitcher and catcher out of game on the same close pitch. Embarrassing. Bring on robot umps. pic.twitter.com/tnajBzV0Nu

— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) July 27, 2017

i'm still mad at whoever tossed adrian beltre for moving the on-deck circle

imagine

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2017/08/08/report-umpire-joe-west-suspended-three-games-for-bashing-adrian-beltre-publicly/

what the hell, that's totally undeserved

the suspension that is, not the comments on Beltre. dude is a whiner.

though I do support him getting a 3-game suspension just for being a dick in general

rare angel hernandez footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfqq48OEDdo

Kinsler was asked if he was surprised how quickly he was ejected: "No, I'm surprised at how bad of an umpire he is." Angel Hernandez

— Chris McCosky (@cmccosky) August 15, 2017

Kinsler on Angel Hernandez: "He needs to re-evaluate his career choice. He really does."

— Chris McCosky (@cmccosky) August 15, 2017

Kinsler asked if he wanted that on the record: "Yeah. If I get fined for saying the truth, so be it."

— Chris McCosky (@cmccosky) August 15, 2017

Fair amount more here. Uh...WOW.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/08/15/kinsler-angel-hernandez-hes-messing-baseball-games-blatantly/104635246/

Ian Kinsler!!!

— Rick Sutcliffe (@Sut_ESPN) August 15, 2017

Angel Hernandez went up to Kinsler and shook his hand. Kinsler did not seem comfortable with it. But shook with him anyway

— Chris McCosky (@cmccosky) August 17, 2017

Some umpires across Major League Baseball wore white wristbands Saturday, a show of solidarity after Detroit Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler was fined -- and not suspended -- for harsh criticism of Angel Hernandez earlier this week.

"This week, a player publicly and harshly impugned the character and integrity of Angel Hernandez -- a veteran umpire who has dedicated his career to baseball and the community," the World Umpires Association (WUA) said in a statement. "The verbal attack on Angel denigrated the entire MLB umpiring staff and is unacceptable."

Kinsler, speaking after the Tigers' 3-0 loss to the Dodgers in Detroit on Saturday, said he didn't care much at all about the umpires' protest.

Ian Kinsler did not disclose the amount of the fine, but did note that he had no regrets for what he said about umpire Angel Hernandez.

"I really don't think too deeply into it. I hope they wear the white wristbands for the rest of their careers. I don't care. I said what I felt and what I thought. If they take offense to that, that's their problem.''

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20389152/umpires-ban-together-ian-kinsler-criticism-angel-hernandez

At first, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said he didn’t care if the umpire’s union was staging a protest against what they consider a lack of support from Major League Baseball.

“I couldn’t be less concerned,” he said. “I don’t even care.”

But then he looked deeper into the content of the umpire’s protest, particularly the part where Ian Kinsler’s rant against umpire Angel Hernandez earlier this week was at the center of it, and that the umpires thought Kinsler’s fine with no suspension was too lenient.

At that point, he called reporters back into his office and was much more fired up, calling the union’s action “petty.”

“To single out one player is completely wrong and goes against what the sport is,” Ausmus said. “It's a team sport. There are often arguments between players and umpires, managers and umpires, coaches and umpires, and it's part of the game. To single out one player as a union is completely uncalled for.

“I've been a part of many arguments, and there are many things said both ways, player to umpire and umpire to player.

"To act like anyone's innocent in a particular argument is not only unfounded, it's a lie.”

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/08/19/ump-union-blasts-mlb-kinslers-lenient-punishment/104756494/

kinsler, hernandez,, MLB, the union, and ausmus are all wrong

None of the umpires at Comerica Park are wearing white armbands as Justin Verlander makes his first pitches to Curtis Granderson.

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) August 20, 2017

yikes

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/8/21/16181980/home-plate-umpire-hit-by-pitch-head-leaves-game-red-sox-indians

lol timing

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20421613/mlb-commissioner-rob-manfred-says-computer-umpires-available-sooner-later