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Originally posted by btman
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Originally posted by Sal Giaco
I don't know his name but I bet he wasn't an american umpire. It seems like the entire tournament has had american minor/mlb umpires at the plate, 1B & 2B and a foreign umpire at 3B. I have yet to see a umpire from another country work any other position other than 3B.
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Good chance you won't either. We're getting pummelled in the international press for it and damn well we shoulf. It so typically american, and then patriot-idiots wonder why we are hated globally. When we're not in a perpetual state of war, which we always are, we meddling in civil affairs of democratically elected governments. Then here comes the WBC and , surprise surprise says Gomer, " we dun made up the rules fir it tooo. Goooollllllleeeeeeee."
Here we had a chance to take "our game", run it fairly and evenhandedly, (listening to the people who know and have been tellling us for decades to start redoing our approach internationally or else; else came on 9/11) and instead we meatclaw the officiating. Then when Davidson goes waaaaayyy over the top and hands the Japanese their butts, Americans (umpires) cry. "it's a judgment call, he wasn't being a homer." And our american image goes to hell in a handbasket for the UMPteenth time.
Stop right there. Before you begin your flag waving diatribes about how generous we are with the worold, the USDA is 16th, 16th in handing out foreign aid. Better than half of that goes to one country. Israel.
I hope the WBC stands the tst of time. If we don't kill it first.
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Sal makes an observation about international umpires and immediately you have to turn to name calling and political USA bashing.
There are plenty of USA hating blogs and forums you can spit your venom into, lets leave this forum for baseball.
There's lots I can say in response to your post but I'm trying real hard to listen to my own advice, so I'll just leave it at this.