"Official" unofficial LL World Series Thread

[seioaump]

My guess is that Easton gives each team a new set of catcher's gear and Wilson provides helmets that coordinate with the teams jersey color.

All the teams, thus far, have had that same style helmet. I believe that padding allows for the helmet to be "one size fits all". I'm sure it compresses for larger heads.

F.Y.I. The Cal Ripken tourney is going on as well. Those games are being show on OLN (Outdoor Life Network). If you want real baseball!

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by seioaump

F.Y.I. The Cal Ripken tourney is going on as well. Those games are being show on OLN (Outdoor Life Network). If you want real baseball!

Yeah, I watched that for a little bit today. Real baseball and real Smitties to go with it from what I witnessed. And I've never seen so many blown rotations. Is it really that hard to remove your mask with the left hand?

[midtnblu]

The PU working the Venezuela game has an outside corner Tom Glavine would be jealous of.

[midtnblu]

His "ball" calls sound like "BAAH".

LOUD.

The hitters think he's saying "HAAH" which is confusing them.

Just watched first pitch to a batter ... off the plate... PU yells BAAH.

Batter looks back at PU cuz he thinks he called it a strike. Same thing on next pitch.

2-0 count batter takes 3rd pitch for actual strike on inside corner and heads to the dugout.

They have to call him back cuz it's only 2-1.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by midtnblu

His "ball" calls sound like "BAAH".

LOUD.

The hitters think he's saying "HAAH" which is confusing them.

Just watched first pitch to a batter ... off the plate... PU yells BAAH.

Batter looks back at PU cuz he thinks he called it a strike. Same thing on next pitch.

2-0 count batter takes 3rd pitch for actual strike on inside corner and heads to the dugout.

They have to call him back cuz it's only 2-1.

And, he uses different timing on left handed and right handed hitters. He has this delayed strike call with a point on right handers, but on lefties he calls strike much faster because he uses less footwork and a hammer. He is very inconsistent too.

I'm sitting here yelling at my TV on some of the outside the zone strikes he's calling. Can't hit those pitches with a 6 foot bat.

And what's with that "got him!" call on swinging strike 3? A bit over the top, IMO.

Smitty at first base is going to call a runner out one of these days while F3 is dropping the ball. Weak looking mechanics as well.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Now Eric Karros is saying he's very consistent. Get a clue, Eric. Consistently bad, maybe.

[midtnblu]

This guy is terrible!

He totally butchered that 1/2 inning.

Did you see 1U call no-swing before PU had actually asked?

Yeah, what is that "got him" crap.

[Dave Hensley]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

And, he uses different timing on left handed and right handed hitters. He has this delayed strike call with a point on right handers, but on lefties he calls strike much faster because he uses less footwork and a hammer. He is very inconsistent too.

I'm sitting here yelling at my TV on some of the outside the zone strikes he's calling. Can't hit those pitches with a 6 foot bat.

And what's with that "got him!" call on swinging strike 3? A bit over the top, IMO.

Smitty at first base is going to call a runner out one of these days while F3 is dropping the ball. Weak looking mechanics as well.

Alll of the above, plus "THAT'S A CHECK!" when what he really means to be saying is "that's a swing" or "that's an offer." He thinks "check" is synonymous with "swing," when it's the opposite.

That one was my favorite.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by PWL

Doesn't anyone actually ever watch the game being played?

This is just like when Evel Knivel tried to jump the Snake River Canyon. I don't think folks were there to actually see if he could make it. I believe they were more interested in what it would look like when he failed. The fans weren't success driven, the wanted to see a good blood letting.

Something along the lines of a good beheading or hanging.

Gives us dirty laundry...........

Umpires always watch the umpires and critique their work. Like Monk says, it's a blessing and a curse.

I tried giving an umpire's perspective at a Padres fan site last year, and nearly got tarred and feathered for "leading with my umpireness," as the chief complaintant put it. He told me that it must be sad to see things from an umpire's point of view. I guess that's what he means. It is hard to sit back and enjoy games when all we do is watch the umpires.