Sunday Night Baseball

[jimpiano]

SanDiegoSteve says:
Smoltz said that the umpire did what he was supposed to do, and that normally the players would take care of it, but not in this case.


Were you paying attention?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Yes I was. Morgan kept trying to bait Smoltz into saying that Wolf should not have ejected Lilly. Smoltz kept rephrasing his answer to indicate that sometimes the umpires need to step in and do something, and other times the players can take care of it. Morgan wanted Smoltz to throw Wolf under the bus, and to his credit, he did not take the bait.

Now, get back under your bridge please, as you have now asked your allotted 3 questions.

[SanDiegoSteve]

I know, I know. . .

[jimpiano]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Yes I was. Morgan kept trying to bait Smoltz into saying that Wolf should not have ejected Lilly. Smoltz kept rephrasing his answer to indicate that sometimes the umpires need to step in and do something, and other times the players can take care of it. Morgan wanted Smoltz to throw Wolf under the bus, and to his credit, he did not take the bait.

Now, get back under your bridge please, as you have now asked your allotted 3 questions.

LOL

Nothing in that interview could possibly be construed as Morgan baiting anyone.

Prior to and after that interview Morgan said he disagreed with the umpire's ejection.

And Morgan is entitled to his opinion, since he is being paid to offer an opinion.

If you cannot stand disagreement with calls by umpires then you should not be an umpire.



And the ejection was based solely on judgement by the umpire.

The umpire's opnion is the final word.....but it is not the only one.

That is why we have announcers.

[kylejt]

Did anyone else, beside my son and I, hear what Renteria said to the PU after he was hit.

"I told you, I told you"

He told the PU he was going to get doinked. THAT'S why the pitcher was run. And THAT'S why Lou didn't go nuts.

[LMan]

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[mbyron]

At the risk of feeding the troll, I will say this:
Joe Morgan is indeed paid to express his opinion (and we know about those).

He was not merely expressing his opinion when he repeatedly attempted to get John Smoltz to go on record criticizing a MLB umpire.