Drake just got Lou again

[lawump]

From San Diego Steve's favorite website:

"We have gone frame by frame from multiple angles and concluded the batter-runner was out by time... In the 10th inning of the game, Cubs broadcasting station WGN presented a synchronized side-by-side view of two different angles of the play, which clearly showed DeRosa was out), the call was correct."

However, I add that whether Drake got it right or not is irrelevant. Even if he was wrong it does not justify the RAT reactions of the Cub coaching staff.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

Their amalysis could not confirm that is was the 9th inning but, anyway...

They do say that the play happened in the 9th inning. In fact they go into great detail about the play, which was called correctly. What happened in the 10th inning was that WGN presented a side-by-side comparison.

RIF.

http://cascreamindude.livejournal.com/

[BigUmp56]

Pearls from Lou -


""I went out there actually to get my coach off the field. The only thing I mentioned to the umpire was "Why are you so antagonistic?'"


Can anyone say - "bu11$1t"



Tim.

[zebra2955]

Drake got te call right.
But is he the Steve Javey of major League baseball?

[jwwashburn]

Originally Posted by zebra2955

Drake got te call right.
But is he the Steve Javey of major League baseball?

Drake looks like a goof...too much hair and just a little rumpled. Also, the sunglasses on the hat is a very cheesy look.

Joe in Missouri

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

Drake looks like a goof...too much hair and just a little rumpled. Also, the sunglasses on the hat is a very cheesy look.

Joe in Missouri

[ODJ]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

Drake looks like a goof...too much hair and just a little rumpled. Also, the sunglasses on the hat is a very cheesy look.

Joe in Missouri

I'll agree with that. He doesn't look the part.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by zebra2955

Drake got te call right.
But is he the Steve Javey of major League baseball?

I think that's an unfair comparison. Javey has the reputation as a hotheaded, playa-hatin', whistle-happy referee who is generally despised.

Drake has only 4 ejections this year, including the 2 today. Before that, he ejected Ozzie Guillen for a prolonged ball/strike argument. He gave Guillen a long leash before he ran him, as he probably knew he had called the pitch wrong. But he didn't just run him the second he came out. His first one was of course his ejection of Sweet Lou, who, after being warned not to come out by 1st base umpire Chad Fairchild not once, not twice, not three times, but four times, Drake took care of the business that for some reason, Fairchild neglected to do. Doesn't sound like a quick trigger to me.

As for today, wouldn't you run the ex-scrub catcher Sinatro for slamming his helmet on the ground and then charging you? And I'm sure Piniella was just as nice and polite as he is in his Aquafina commercial. Yeah, right.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by zebra2955

Drake got te call right.
But is he the Steve Javey of major League baseball?

Steve Javie is a well respected NBA official and routinely earns finals assignments. Yes, Steve was once known to have a quick trigger, but not now. Are you saying that Drake should, and does, routinely earn trips to the WS?

[lawump]

Steve Javey also earned a MiLB evaluation full of "5's".

I don't think there are any posters on this board who can claim that.

(And if I have to explain what a "5" is on a MiLB evaluation, or the difficulty of earning one, then you really don't know what you are talking about)