7-8-06 Cardinals @ Astros

[Dave Hensley]

Originally Posted by RonRef

It seems to me that Bob D. just likes the call that puts him in the limelight. He also made a very questionable call in the World Baseball Classic where he called a player out for leaving third early in one of the semi-finals. Replays showed he actually left late. So many good umpires in AAA and this guys is working in the big leagues again....????

FWIW, I watched Davidson work a plate a couple of weeks ago (TV game) and thought he had a much more reasonable strikezone than the typically overly tight zone most MLB umps have. He was actually calling some corners.

[dokeeffe]

Anyone on this forum ever spent any time with Bob D? He is great with us "amateur" umpires. Always ready to talk and help us. Sure he has a rep for the balk call but I've never seen a replay that proved his balk call incorrect.

Those that bad mouth Bob are, I'll bet, the same ones that bad mouthed Big John M before his untimely death. He was another that loved to talk plate mechanics with "amateur's". Did he have a wideeeee strike zone? You bet, but for both teams. Adjust!

Is Bob D the best umpire in major league baseball? Most of us would agree he isn't. But does he belong in the majors? D*** right!!

[mcrowder]

I don't care either way about Mr. Davidson. All of my comments would have been exactly the same, regardless of the umpire involved.

[UMP25]

Regardless of one's opinion of Bob, this whole discussion about his call being poor is ridiculous. ESPN wasn't on the field, so citing their replays is asinine. Davidson WAS on the field, and if he was SURE Oswalt missed the base, how can anyone here argue about that?

Does someone here know for a fact that Bob didn't really and accurately see the missed base? Did you hear Bob state that? If so, please do tell; otherwise, it's best one stifle his comments on it being a bad call.

[jwwashburn]

Originally Posted by UMP25

Regardless of one's opinion of Bob, this whole discussion about his call being poor is ridiculous. ESPN wasn't on the field, so citing their replays is asinine. Davidson WAS on the field, and if he was SURE Oswalt missed the base, how can anyone here argue about that?

Does someone here know for a fact that Bob didn't really and accurately see the missed base? Did you hear Bob state that? If so, please do tell; otherwise, it's best one stifle his comments on it being a bad call.

I know enough about simple geometry to figure out that he had no way of knowing if Oswalt missed the base.

To assume that just because he made the call, he was sure is beyond absurd. To use your logic, MLB umps do not miss calls at all, because they only make calls when they are "sure".

Joe