Barksdale to get the next MLB job....

dontcallmeblue

1) Lance has got the job.
2) Don't talk about calls at the big league level, "even I am not good enough." I'm going to go out on a limb here and say, "no, you're not good enough." Big leaguers make mistakes, yes, but no, we're not good enough.

Lawrence.Dorsey

I was told by an MiLB umpire that Craft was retiring effective July 1. He was basically offered a buyout given he has been injured off and on for the past several years.

Lawrence

mattmets

Why did Lance get the job? He's a very good umpire and I was shocked he didn't get one of the jobs that Iassogna or Wolf got....but I thought Bob Davidson was supposed to get the first one? Luckily, he's not, and I'm happy for Lance, but does anyone have info on that deal?

SanDiegoSteve

I hope Lance Cokalinski get the next MLB opening.

edman42

Then why wouldn't Barksdale be working on Scott's crew right now? Davidson has done the majority of the work in Craft's spot up to this point.

goyanksgonj

mattmets wrote
Why did Lance get the job? He's a very good umpire and I was shocked he didn't get one of the jobs that Iassogna or Wolf got....but I thought Bob Davidson was supposed to get the first one? Luckily, he's not, and I'm happy for Lance, but does anyone have info on that deal?

I forget in what order, but I believe Hallion, Davidson, and Hickox were outlined to get jobs 1, 3, and 5 when they were re-hired.

goyanksgonj

edman42 wrote
Then why wouldn't Barksdale be working on Scott's crew right now? Davidson has done the majority of the work in Craft's spot up to this point.

I was thinking this myself.

LMan

SanDiegoSteve wrote
I still have the 1989 Umpire Card set, which includes a young Tom Hallion.

...there are umpire trading cards? *blink*

hoo boy

mrm21711

goyanksgonj wrote
I was thinking this myself.

1. Davidson 3. Hallion 5. Hickox

blewthatone

edman42 wrote
Then why wouldn't Barksdale be working on Scott's crew right now? Davidson has done the majority of the work in Craft's spot up to this point.

That would make Dale Scott's crew very young and MLB does not want to do that. Lance might join Dale's crew after the break but then maybe not.

SanDiegoSteve

LMan wrote
...there are umpire trading cards? *blink*

hoo boy

Yes, I still have the complete set. I got them back when I was much less jaded and was still thrilled to be an umpire.🙂

I'm not certain they still make them, as I haven't tried finding any since then.

LMan

SanDiegoSteve wrote
Yes, I still have the complete set. I got them back when I was much less jaded and was still thrilled to be an umpire.🙂

I'm not certain they still make them, as I haven't tried finding any since then.

Amazing.

...so, can you 'battle' with them like Pokemon cards? Or trade, say, one Crawford for six Bucknors? 😀

mattmets

LMan wrote
Amazing.

...so, can you 'battle' with them like Pokemon cards? Or trade, say, one Crawford for six Bucknors? 😃

Eww why would you do that deal? 😛

I'd rather play Go Fish..."Do you have a crew chief who wears a number in the 30s?"

BBUMP99

If you had four sets of them, you could play uno.
One set with them in Powder, one set in black, one set in jackets, and one set from a few years back with the silver shirts.
I am not going to attempt to make up "umpire uno" rules, I will leave that to you guys...

mattmets

For those of you wondering why Davidson was still with Dale Scott's crew, he's not. Lance joined the crew tonight for the Rangers-Orioles series, presumably for good.

LMan

mattmets wrote
For those of you wondering why Davidson was still with Dale Scott's crew, he's not. Lance joined the crew tonight for the Rangers-Orioles series, presumably for good.

Trade ya 2 Scott rookie cards for 1 Barksdale 😛

mattmets

LMan wrote
Trade ya 2 Scott rookie cards for 1 Barksdale :p

Scott and a Jim Joyce for Barksdale and you got a deal 😉