With all the b!tchin'

SanDiegoSteve · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Oct 27, 2008, 01:59am

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Originally Posted by MrUmpire

about the WS umpires, Jeff Kellog's great call at first tonight goes unnoticed.

I noticed. I called it live from my living room. Replay confirmed that we nailed it!

Pensaump · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Oct 27, 2008, 07:27am

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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

I noticed. I called it live from my living room. Replay confirmed that we nailed it!

lol

johnnyg08 · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Oct 27, 2008, 08:09am

video replay?

griff901c · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Oct 27, 2008, 03:49pm

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Originally Posted by icallemasiseeem

wow, with the way you bang 'em from your living room and your 100% exam scores you must be the best thing since sliced bread ... can I be you for a day?

Maybe...if you try real hard........

First verbal question....ready....Do you know the words to Kumbaya?

if your answer was no..you may have a shot.....

griff

ozzy6900 · #5 (**permalink**) Mon Oct 27, 2008, 05:50pm

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Originally Posted by icallemasiseeem

wow, with the way you bang 'em from your living room and your 100% exam scores you must be the best thing since sliced bread ... can I be you for a day?

Sonny, what SDS has forgotten about umpiring, you will never learn!

SanDiegoSteve · #6 (**permalink**) Mon Oct 27, 2008, 06:47pm

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Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Sonny, what SDS has forgotten about umpiring, you will never learn!

Hey Ozzy.....what did I forget???

Methinks a certain troll has reared it's ugly head again!

Kevin Finnerty · #7 (**permalink**) Mon Oct 27, 2008, 07:08pm

For a while, when the umpiring was suffering after the Richie Phillips charade, it was attributable to there being too many relief-level umpires filling out all the new crews. Now that so many years have passed, Pete and others are asking why there is still a problem finding a sterling crew to work the World Series.

The Hallion thing was positioning like we discussed. The call at third with Welke was a fairly common type of play, and it even looked like he was almost in position to see the tag, but he missed it. No big deal. The Danley punch/appeal where Culbreth walked the guy was awful. And there is no truer statement in Pete's post than the one about any of us having a fart like that and it would be the last shot at a big game assignment. Danley's brother umpires in my unit, and we all got emails congratulating Kerwin for being on the crew and another when he got the plate assignment. It's terrible what happened. But it's part of the risk of performing at anything.