Thu May 31, 2012, 08:05am
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Get away from me, Steve.
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 15,793
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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, then everyday would be Christmas. It is what it is...we live in an age of technology, and calls that would never be questioned 50 years ago are now brought into the light of day like never before. The fact is that we have these multiple camera angles, and managers have access to the replay immediately after the play happens. That's why they pay the MLB umpires the big bucks. While it may be unfair for the umpires to be subject to such scrutiny, that's the way it's going to be, so they have to be ready for it every time they make a call, unfortunately.
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Regardless, the BS that umpires are worse now than they were X years ago is simply that: BS.
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