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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 15, 2021 5:35:25 GMT
Okay, I've seen worse than the end of the Giants-Dodgers game. Brett Hull's fat fucking skate in the 1999 Stanley Cup. Don Dekkinger in the 1985 World Series, the soccer ref who missed Maradona's "Hand of God" goal in the World Cup. And I'm in no way in favor of robot umpires. And these guys are human, they fuck up just like players who make ghastly errors. But should they be held accountable in some way? The umpire crew in this game, especially Gabe Morales, will never even have to explain himself. Should there be some punishment for mucking a call? Yeah, you don't fine or suspend a player for a game breaking error so it's kind of a slippery slope. Gets worse when you see utter incompetents like Angel Hernandez and Jerry Meals umpire game after game. Apparently they have no repercussions.
I hesitate to include Jim Joyce. In the end, he only hurt Armando Galarraga and people remember him more now than the would have if Joyce had made the right call. And Joyce had the ball to admit he fucked up. Gabe Morales never will\
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Oct 15, 2021 5:40:53 GMT
Does the mlb have a head of umpiring like the AFL does in Australia who's paid money to throw the ref under a bus and discipline/ retrain accordingly?
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 15, 2021 5:50:38 GMT
Does the mlb have a head of umpiring like the AFL does in Australia who's paid money to throw the ref under a bus and discipline/ retrain accordingly?
They have a head of umpiring. It's Joe Torre, a manager who won World Series with the Yankees. A stand up guy but no umpire. The two I mentioned, Angel Hernandez and Jerry Meals are incompetent. Any baseball fan can attest to this. But they kept going. The Umpires have a strong union.
In 1985, Don Denkinger blew a call at first base that cost the St. Louis Cardinals the World Series. And he kept his job. But he got a lot of death threats, which was uncalled for.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Oct 15, 2021 6:08:48 GMT
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Post by sdm3 on Oct 15, 2021 6:13:27 GMT
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Oct 15, 2021 11:52:57 GMT
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Post by NJtoTX on Oct 15, 2021 12:03:25 GMT
The ones at the bottom of the ratings should not be awarded any post-season work.
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Post by politicidal on Oct 15, 2021 14:35:20 GMT
I’m in favor of execution.
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Post by Toy-Cannon on Oct 15, 2021 14:50:44 GMT
The least: banned from any more post season work for at least 3 years.
The most: Sent back down to the minors and have to work themselves back into the majors.
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