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Originally posted by jont
Missing a call at first base on a close play is unacceptable? to you? He missed the call. It happens. Gerry Davis is a great umpire who has probably worked over 3,000 games in the big leagues. Obviously you're in no position to badmouth anyone in the bigs, but there is not one good official in any sport that I know who would go on a message board a few hours after a game to say a fellow official has "blown" a call and then have the audacity to say this is unacceptable. Badmouthing another official, especially a professional, this is what's "unacceptable."
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1. Umpires aim for perfection, right? So in our own eyes blown calls are unacceptable. What's wrong with jpc saying GD blew a call? Maybe to someone (like me) who didn't see the play this is news.
2. If an MLB ump blows a call, why is it "badmouthing" to say that he blew it? If somebody called him a moron or some other name, I could understand the charge of "badmouthing." But if the ump blew the call, then saying that he blew the call is just the truth. Often the MLB guys own up to it later. I don't know why it's any less acceptable for a veteran to blow a call than a rookie, but maybe it is more surprising. If that's what jpc meant, then he's saying Davis is good, not that he's bad.
3. I guess you feel that jpc is presumptuous to point out Davis's error. But do you think Gerry Davis needs you to "defend" him?