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Is Angel your little brother or what? (Edited to help SDS understand toungue in cheek comment) Because Larry Hernandez's I mean Johnson's comments were so intense regarding my mild aversion to Angel's lineup card infatuation, I asked a toungue in cheek question to point out that his response may have bordered on overkill. Last edited by Don Mueller; Thu Aug 09, 2007 at 04:40pm. |
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It is 1. A method of game administration that no one teaches or endorses 2. A method of game administration that any evaluator would make a critical comment on. 3. A method of game administration that takes the concentration and focus away from the task at hand. 4. An oddity worth noting. I personally have never seen any umpire at any level do their paperwork between pitches and during live ball action. Whether or not Angels actions in this case adversely affected the game is not the issue, he should have spent the extra 10 or 15 seconds before the inning started, finnished his between inning responsibilities and move on. This isn't questioning one of the god's of umpiring judgement calls. It's game Ad. 101 Is there anyone on the forum that does their paperwork during live ball action? |
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If it helps any, he did it again in the 9th inning.
I understand that he had to make changes, but a pitching change? Do it between innings? A different batter was coming up? Change it after the batter. To hold a card while calling pitches, very strange. What if he had to use a check swing or foul tip mechanic? It's not THAT big of a deal, but its noteworthy as just another thing an MLB ump does (non mechanic wise) that we shouldn't be doing. |
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Angel Hernandez's accomplishments as a professional umpire are a matter of record. Please let us know when you get your World Series assignment. And I confess to having fiddled with lineup cards several times during live ball action. I feel better knowing that the best of the best do it, too. |
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