What is going on with ML baseball umpires

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by UMP25

Your citation above contradicts what you had said earlier, which doesn't help your case. I have always looked at a batter-runner's intent, which is why I've never called him out when he took a step toward second as some kind of impulsive reaction when it was clear he had no intent to go.

If you are ruling intent, then that is clearly a judgment call. And this is clearly what Upton did in my opinion. Just because you disagree does not make the call incorrect. The umpire saw the same thing I have seen many times before.

The bottom line is we are giving opinions that mean little or nothing. Even if he did not call Upton out, someone would have made a claim that he should have. At the end of the day it really means nothing. And I do not give a damn that the umpire was in the MLB. I do not see MLB umpires as the best of the best. They are people that took a route and accomplished that route. It sounds to me like you are more concerned at who these people are than some of us here that agree with this call. I also know some high profile officials and you can always find someone that disagrees with a call. That is not hard to do.

Peace