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[RADcatcher]

Now ... if they were only as hesitant to argue as they are to challenge ...

The other interesting trend is the number of MLB ejections that come AFTER a video review changes the call. Then the coach goes out and yells at the umpire who agreed with them.

Again, evidence that we don't really want umpires to get the call right, we want them to call it our way.

 

[_MIA_]

Again, evidence that we don't really want umpires to get the call right, we want them to call it our way.

Lol..you aren't actually surprised by this are you?

 

[RADcatcher]

Not gonna lie, I've definitely had the borderline call push me over the edge when it was really six bad calls prior to that I should've argued.

... seems there's been some numbers posted about ejections for challenging the umpires...

music starts...
What you going to do?
What you going to do?
What you going to do,
when they're pitching to you??

Going to Be on the attack!
Be on the attack
Be on the attack and
SWING MY BAT!!

 

[The Man In Blue]

Lol..you aren't actually surprised by this are you?

Oh no ... that's why I said it was evidence. I've known and maintained that for a LONG time.

 

[The Man In Blue]

While I prefer all the calls to be auto it's a really good compromise. There is definitely some strategy to it as you don't want to do it on a 1-0 pitch in the 2nd inning but a 3-2 pitch with the bases loaded....

Revisiting this comment … ask and ye shall receive.

 

[Gtrips07]

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You wanna robot ump, you gotta robot ump

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[The Man In Blue]

Maybe somebody crossed the wires between the Robo-Ump and Bob Eucker?

 

[marriard]

I'll tell you something that you don't often here, but it needs to be said more often ... umpires NEED to be evaluated and NEED to be given tools to self-evaluate. We don't get this and it is what leads to "poor" officiating.

In my roughly 15 years of doing this for dozens of different organizations and countless tournament directors, assignors, and UICs, I have been "formally" evaluated ONE time. It was at a USA state tournament and I had to remind the UIC multiple times that I wanted her to give me feedback.

I have been evaluated a couple of times years ago for a couple of college conferences; but once I did some games, it was like all other levels and I get games based on my availability. When I was visiting my D in college in the NE and called the local collage assigners I got games on days she wasn't playing - they were thrilled to have me even for the few days I was there.

I would love to get evaluated more, but the biggest issue if the only people I would want evaluating are doing so many games they have no time.
Last year one of our umpires retired from the game because he felt he physically couldn't do it and we had him do some evals in HS early in the season. By mid-season he was back in the field. He is in his eighties.. and not early eighties.

 

[canyonjoe]

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So one bad game where a position pitcher was pitching and we need to throw it out. I've been to 100 games in the last 2 years and maybe 5 pitches that I thought were wrong called. Just yesterday the ump in the game I did missed at least 30 pitches. Even on these pitches most of them were truly balls unless you think it's OK to change the strike zone based on the score.

 

[RADcatcher]

So one bad game where a position pitcher was pitching and we need to throw it out. I've been to 100 games in the last 2 years and maybe 5 pitches that I thought were wrong called. Just yesterday the ump in the game I did missed at least 30 pitches.

Even on these pitches most of them were truly balls unless you think it's OK to change the strike zone based on the score.

This is another great reminder for batters to not let the Umpire control the outcome of an at bat.