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Post by FredFan7 on Jun 24, 2012 21:27:35 GMT -5
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Post by mike on Jun 25, 2012 6:47:05 GMT -5
Question to those that have more info on MLB umpires then I do. Last night Derryl Cousins's crew was working the Rockies V Rangers game, but Cousins was not there. Wally Bell took his place and according to Eric Nadel, Rangers radio PBP guy Bell was the crew chief. I am assuming that Cousins is sick or injured, because if he was just on vacation wouldn't MLB have sent an AAA umpire to take his spot? With Cousins's crew it is a bit trickier since his 4th ump is technically a AAA guy as Jim Joyce is an acting Crew Chief. It is possible that MLB did not want Ron Kulpa as crew chief of two AAA guys (and Jim Wolf)
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Post by JugglingReferee on Jun 25, 2012 10:59:29 GMT -5
Excellent call! The time difference between those two events must be extremely small!
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Post by BTFS Admin on Jun 25, 2012 21:05:19 GMT -5
Excellent call! The time difference between those two events must be extremely small! Might be the finest call I've seen this season so far!
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Post by FredFan7 on Jun 25, 2012 23:10:36 GMT -5
An aspiring umpire interviews Derryl Cousins and crew about how to get to the majors. bit.ly/NuyNMU
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Post by FredFan7 on Jun 26, 2012 21:25:09 GMT -5
Mike DiMuro ejects Jack Hannahan after DiMuro incorrectly calls an Indian out. Hannahan watched the replay and informed DiMuro of his error. It is an ejectable offense to argue a play after you look at replay or to argue about past plays. It's been that way for 50 years. Indian announcers channeling their inner Hawk Harrelson. mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=22607625&c_id=mlb
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Post by cball1985 on Jun 26, 2012 21:53:40 GMT -5
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Post by FredFan7 on Jun 26, 2012 22:03:21 GMT -5
I really like the umpires barely reacting when ejecting a player or manager. They players and managers make themselves look like fools while screaming at calm man acting like an adult. Look at Ozzie. He looked like a complete child leaning in and screaming at Bellino. Bellino looked like a parent ignoring a two year old tantrum.
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Post by FredFan7 on Jun 26, 2012 22:57:32 GMT -5
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Post by FredFan7 on Jun 26, 2012 23:01:58 GMT -5
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Post by cj on Jun 27, 2012 4:27:07 GMT -5
Any player pulling garbage like tht namely claiming to have maqde a catch when he clearly didn't...I don't mean short hopping and holding the all up butgoing into the stands and coming out with the ball and not immediately confiding in the yumpire is a CHEATER and should be fined $25,000.
Of course an easier way to do it is instant replaqy and it wouldn't happen.
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Post by timdaye on Jun 27, 2012 13:45:52 GMT -5
Mike DiMuro ejects Jack Hannahan after DiMuro incorrectly calls an Indian out. Hannahan watched the replay and informed DiMuro of his error. It is an ejectable offense to argue a play after you look at replay or to argue about past plays. It's been that way for 50 years. Indian announcers channeling their inner Hawk Harrelson. mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=22607625&c_id=mlbYa know... I don't think the announcers went "Hawk" at all. I think they were very subdued and accurate. Hannahan was not pointing his finger at DiMuro in a menacing manner, DiMuro was. I watched the replay a couple of times, never saw DiMuro in the shot. He appears to have cadillac-ed this play. We often see umpires look over the fence at the player to ensure he has the ball. Didn't see it here. So DiMuro makes a bad call, and, not just a bad call, but mechanical errors as well. Hannahan tells him about it. DiMuro gets pissed, starts waving his finger at Hannahan and then ejects him. Am I the only one that thinks this isn't right? I'm not sure if umpiring has gotten worse or technology has gotten better. But these guys need to check their egos at the door and ask for help from their crewmates. We saw Welke blow a call badly at first that the HP umpire could've helped with and now this. We often see officials in hoops and football get together to sort out situations and the get the call right. How come this is such a rareity in baseball?
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Post by FredFan7 on Jun 27, 2012 15:23:20 GMT -5
First of all, DiMuro was wrong.
I take umbrage with the announcers saying DiMuro ejected Hannahan for pointing out the replay. That is an automatic ejection. It's like the announcers saying, "Hannahan was simply arguing balls and strikes and the umpire throws him out." The announcers should know if the manager or player, no matter how calm, brings up the replay to support their argument that the umpire is in error, it is an ejection.
Technology has gotten better. If you can find any old time MLB broadcasts (there are some on youtube) check out the grainy film, etc. It was the best technology there was at the time. I am POSITIVE that there were just as close calls back in the day that weren't blown up and could be played in super-slow-mo HD replay. You'd NEVER have been able to see Iassongna's great call 20 or even 10 years ago.
Old time technology would have caught DiMuro's call, though. I'm sure he's upset at his error and will learn from his mistake and improve.
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Post by FredFan7 on Jun 27, 2012 15:27:52 GMT -5
The increase in umpire conferences has increased 100% over 10 years ago.
Umpires huddle on many more plays today than they used to. You can't go to your crewmates on every 50-50 call but there is a LOT more interaction than before.
A-Rod's interference in at first base in the world Series (Marsh and West huddled and got the call right and called A-Rod out in Yankee Stadium) is a classic example. A few years before that, the crew would have let the umpire die with his call.
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Post by BTFS Admin on Jun 27, 2012 19:53:29 GMT -5
You really don't need replay in the DiMuro situation. All you need to do is ask the fielder if he has the ball in his glove, and 9 times out of 10, the case is closed. Also, not being so quick with making the call would be helpful...make sure the ball is there first.
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