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Old Fri Sep 26, 2008, 12:23am
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Originally Posted by msavakinas View Post
I hope that's not true. Rob Drake is a good dude, and has put 18 years of his life into becoming a top-notch professional umpire, and has gotten there. It's ridiculous that you can put that much into making this into a career and it ends like that. Flat out ridiculous. Even if Gucc gets the job, there is no reason for Drake to not keep getting used as the "fill-in." Personally I think they should just go ahead and hire him full time even if he's not officially on a crew because of how much he works.
Tee usually isnt wrong on these things. From the MLB I have watched this year, it seems Rob's work behind the plate is average at best (average based on MLB standards). I can only assume this is what Tee & Steve are referring to.
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