Playoff Umpiring Crews

CJN

mattmets wrote
I know it's early, but....if I had to pick a WS crew based on the DS umpires, they would come from this group:

McClelland (cc), Marquez, Everitt, Rapuano, Winters, Barrett, Bell, Davis

Here's mine (its pretty similar):

McClelland (cc), Winters, Bell, Bill Welke, Rapuano, Davis

SanDiegoSteve

I like this one:

Hernandez (cc), Wendelstedt, Dreckman, Eddings, Bucknor, Davidson.

scottyman51

SanDiegoSteve wrote
I like this one:

Hernandez (cc), Wendelstedt, Dreckman, Eddings, Bucknor, Davidson.

Asside from wendelstedt i dont think i could agree with you more.

orangeump

you guys love MLB umps and yet you cant even figure out the criteria for working a world series?

first round guys ONLY can work the world series, not guys that arent even on staff; Bob Davidson. Or guys that work the LCS; Hunter.

or even Eddings since he isnt working the first round at all....

that is all, now please go back to your made up guesses about who is going to work what and when

SanDiegoSteve

orangeump wrote
you guys love MLB umps and yet you cant even figure out the criteria for working a world series?

first round guys ONLY can work the world series, not guys that arent even on staff; Bob Davidson. Or guys that work the LCS; Hunter.

or even Eddings since he isnt working the first round at all....

that is all, now please go back to your made up guesses about who is going to work what and when

Hey, it was a joke, I say a joke, son. Sorry, but I thought it was really obvious, but I guess I need to add a bunch of 😀 😀 😀 🙂 🙄 😛 😎 so folks like you can see the humor. Please see the doctor to have that stick removed.

mbyron

Here's mine: Flora, Fauna, Merriwether, Kukla, Fran, and Ollie.

Do I need smilies too?

Southside

Anybody else surprised by the lack of Jeff Nelson?

mrm21711

Southside wrote
Anybody else surprised by the lack of Jeff Nelson?

No, he has received a lot of postseason assignments in the last few years.

mattmets

mrm21711 wrote
No, he has received a lot of postseason assignments in the last few years.

Then it's a sad thing when a good umpire gets shut out because of "too many assignments".

edman42

While we are talking MLB umpires, who will the new crew chiefs be next year? Brinkman has to be filled, I assume Montague is done, but there is no official word, Froemming? Marsh? In order these would be my top 4. Rapuano,Cousins,Joyce,Meriweather.

mattmets

edman42 wrote
While we are talking MLB umpires, who will the new crew chiefs be next year? Brinkman has to be filled, I assume Montague is done, but there is no official word, Froemming? Marsh? In order these would be my top 4. Rapuano,Cousins,Joyce,Meriweather.

You're treading dangerous waters here, expect the jocksniffer comments.

BUT- to fairly answer your question, I definitely think Mike Winters is getting Froemming's spot. I would say the next 4 in line would be Joyce, Rapuano, Layne, Hohn. Also, someone will need to be promoted to 2 to replace Terry Craft, though I think Davidson might be thrown in there.

Jurassic Referee

mattmets wrote
You're treading dangerous waters here, expect the jocksniffer comments.

BUT- to fairly answer your question, I definitely think Mike Winters is getting Froemming's spot. I would say the next 4 in line would be Joyce, Rapuano, Layne, Hohn. Also, someone will need to be promoted to 2 to replace Terry Craft, though I think Davidson might be thrown in there.

Why don't you have a poll?

mattmets

Jurassic Referee wrote
Why don't you have a poll?

Because I don't care that much.

Do you?

UMP25

Southside wrote
Anybody else surprised by the lack of Jeff Nelson?

Jeff's one of the best in the game, and considered one of the game's top rules guys, too. I am a bit surprised that he didn't get a thing. 😉

GoodwillRef

TussAgee11 wrote
No West....

interesting...

he made 2 controversial calls last year in the NYY LAA series, wonder if this played a part in it... probably not.

Just odd he wouldn't be in there, no?

I thought that the MLB playoff assignments were done on a rotation basis and not on merit, I could be wrong. If it was done on merit we would see the same "really good" umpire working the WS every year.

mbyron

GoodwillRef wrote
I THOUGHT THAT THE MLB PLAYOFF ASSIGNMENTS WERE DONE ON A ROTATION BASIS AND NOT ON MERIT? I COULD BE WRONG? IF IT WAS DONE ON MERIT WE WOULD HAVE THE SAME "REALLY GOOD" UMPIRES WORKING EVERY LCS AND WS EVERY YEAR LIKE THE NBA!

You've made 11 posts and nobody's told you to stop shouting?

GoodwillRef

mbyron wrote
You've made 11 posts and nobody's told you to stop shouting?

Sorry about that didn't realize I had the Caps Lock on.

lawump

GoodwillRef wrote
I thought that the MLB playoff assignments were done on a rotation basis and not on merit, I could be wrong. If it was done on merit we would see the same "really good" umpire working the WS every year.

You thought wrong. 🙂 Done on merit, with the above cited rules (no back-to-back playoff rounds; no back-to-back world series). According to a (SF) Bay Area newspaper story printed on-line yesterday, MLB has 7 supervisors meet toward the end of the season to review each umpire's body of work for the season (quest-tec; handling situations; rules knowledge; pace of game; etc.) and then make the post-season selections.

mattmets

GoodwillRef wrote
I thought that the MLB playoff assignments were done on a rotation basis and not on merit, I could be wrong. If it was done on merit we would see the same "really good" umpire working the WS every year.

You say that last part like it's a bad thing.

UMP25

BTW, there are times when an umpire actually does not want or cannot work a special event. I know from personal experience that this is the case when one of my MLB friends told me he requested no post-season assignments due to personal reasons. This might be why he didn't get any this year, too. 😉

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