anyone wish Ron Luciano was still around? - Page 2

Durham · #16 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 10:54am

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You mean passing up qualified white guys just to hire more minorities simply to look good in the eyes of the public? Discrimination is wrong regardless of color. Too bad MLB doesn't realize this.

Didn't the most qualified guy who happened to be white get the job?

Kevin Finnerty · #17 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 10:57am

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Say what you will about Luciano, but he humanized umpires in a way few have been able to do--perhaps in both a positive and negative way, or one or the other. That's up to one's opinion, of course. However, he made the game interesting (to say the least) and brought some laughter to many faces.

That's why I wish he was still with us.

UMP25 · #18 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 10:59am

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Didn't the most qualified guy who happened to be white get the job?

Not necessarily.

Durham · #19 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 11:02am

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Not necessarily.

Ok, maybe a friend of yours is more qualified, but didn't Chris get the job and if he isn't white, he is the lightest skinned brotha that I have ever seen.

UMP25 · #20 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 11:05am

No, no friends involved; and I didn't say that every guy hired was a minority over a white. Believe it or not, MLB was seriously considering bypassing Chris and going to the next guy on the list. Thankfully, they didn't go that route.

JRutledge · #21 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 11:10am

So every time someone white gets passed over by someone of color, the person of color was not "qualified?"

Things like this always make me laugh.

Peace

Kevin Finnerty · #22 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 11:29am

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So every time someone white gets passed over by someone of color, the person of color was not "qualified?"

Things like this always make me laugh.

Peace

Me, too. And I'm white.

MLB umpires comprise a small fraternity, and when one of the black guys tanks a high-profile call, a legion of white guys come out with some specious affirmative action rap. Not accurate and not cool. It's drastically more true of women newscasters and sportscasters than male umpires. In fact, it's beyond insulting. Has everyone had enough of those laughable, know-nothing bimbos on the new MLB Network? When that Hazel Mae gal does her highlight show, it's downright unwatchable.

Doesn't sexism feel better than racism?

Kevin Finnerty · #23 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 11:44am

Great. But what about having a merely competent and scantly knowledgeable baseball person to bring us the game on what should be a marvelous network? It's an unwatchable joke. It's worse than SportsCenter, something I thought was impossible.

JRutledge · #24 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 11:44am

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It's drastically more true of women newscasters and sportscasters than male umpires. In fact, it's beyond insulting. Has everyone had enough of those laughable, know-nothing bimbos on the new MLB Network? When that Hazel May gal does her highlight show, it's downright unwatchable.

Doesn't sexism feel better than racism?

How hard is it to read the news and keep the show going?

Then again I do not watch Fox News either.

Peace

Kevin Finnerty · #25 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 12:09pm

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How hard is it to read the news and keep the show going?

Then again I do not watch Fox News either.

Peace

It's apparently much too hard for Hazel Mae. She has no baseball sense whatsoever. Her highlight packages are the second-worst baseball BROADcasts I have ever seen.

JRutledge · #26 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 12:14pm

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It's apparently much too hard for Hazel Mae. She has no baseball sense whatsoever. Her highlight packages are the second-worst baseball BROADcasts I have ever seen.

I do not watch the MLB Network, so I cannot comment on who anchors or who is really on their shows and how good they are.

Peace

Durham · #27 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 12:17pm

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No, no friends involved; and I didn't say that every guy hired was a minority over a white. Believe it or not, MLB was seriously considering bypassing Chris and going to the next guy on the list. Thankfully, they didn't go that route.

No, the guy they were thinking of was actually 3rd on the list. But I can't wait till the give Angle a full time job, he will get one I just hope he doesn't have to wait 1000 games. He is the best umpire in the system of the guys coming up and he is the most humble guy in the world. I hope for him and his family that he doesn't have to wait 1000.

mrm21711 · #28 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 12:44pm

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No, the guy they were thinking of was actually 3rd on the list. But I can't wait till the give Angle a full time job, he will get one I just hope he doesn't have to wait 1000 games. He is the best umpire in the system of the guys coming up and he is the most humble guy in the world. I hope for him and his family that he doesn't have to wait 1000.

What about Hoye & Drake? Where do these two stand? And dont say "on their feet" - lol.

Kevin Finnerty · #29 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 12:53pm

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I do not watch the MLB Network, so I cannot comment on who anchors or who is really on their shows and how good they are.

Peace

Please watch Hazel Mae's highlight package ... just once. That'll be all you need.

JRutledge · #30 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 28, 2009, 01:08pm

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Please watch Hazel Mae's highlight package ... just once. That'll be all you need.

Even if I did, I do not get upset over anchors. I do not watch for them. I watch because I want information, not to hear them read off a highlight.

Peace