Tichenor exudes awesome awesomeness

[SanDiegoSteve]

At 29 seconds, the video cheerfully skips ahead a few frames to the part where Tichenor is pointing to himself. MLB videos are some of the poorest quality videos that I see on my computer, and have caused me to wrongly judge quite a few plays lately.

[realistic]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

At 29 seconds, the video cheerfully skips ahead a few frames to the part where Tichenor is pointing to himself. MLB videos are some of the poorest quality videos that I see on my computer, and have caused me to wrongly judge quite a few plays lately.

Maybe you are watching too many "other" videos on your computer and that is hurting your vision?

It doesn't seem to skip when I view it. I guess we will see if/when he gets suspended.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by realistic

Maybe you are watching too many "other" videos on your computer and that is hurting your vision?

It doesn't seem to skip when I view it. I guess we will see if/when he gets suspended.

I highly doubt if he gets suspended, as the only one mentioning it seems to be, uh...you. MLB videos never play right on my computer. You Tube plays smooth as silk. Those are pretty much the "other" videos to which I was referring.

[Durham]

Good to see that Tich is still up despite ESPN.

[johnnyg08]

As many of us know on here...cleaning house doesn't make you a bad umpire...in fact, many times it makes us better. Part of the gig I guess.

[Durham]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

As many of us know on here...cleaning house doesn't make you a bad umpire...in fact, many times it makes us better. Part of the gig I guess.

I never thought what he did was wrong, but I did feel concern for him because MLB baseball is a buissness and I feared that some buissness man might make a decision that might affect him. There have been some great AAA that have lost their shot based on one situation that many of us would say they handled well, but MLB didn't agree. Glad to see that this time they did.

[johnnyg08]

yep, solid points. years ago there was one person in charge of all umpring...I think it's a bit different now...not to say that it couldn't happend...but it's nice to see him still working up in the show.

[Fittske]

Originally Posted by briancurtin

Varitek is not a good catcher in general, and what he did was completely idiotic, which is only slightly less idiotic than what Beckett did.

This has nothing to do with Varitek's abilities as a catcher. He attempted to protect his pitcher (from an obvious ejection possibility) and it worked. Hell, I would have probably tried to tossed both of em' Beckett for the loud obscenity and Varitek for turning around to argue balls and strikes..... but hey that's why Tichenor is the pro and that’s why he got it right!

[briancurtin]

It actually has everything to do with Varitek's abilities as a catcher.

...and saying "it worked" and then getting ejected is like getting your hand chopped off in the lawnmower and then cheering because the lawnmower is now working.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by briancurtin

It actually has everything to do with Varitek's abilities as a catcher.

...and saying "it worked" and then getting ejected is like getting your hand chopped off in the lawnmower and then cheering because the lawnmower is now working.

It worked because Beckett stayed in the game. That's all that mattered to the Sox.

[briancurtin]

Yes, that is all that mattered.

[cc6]

Originally Posted by SAump

8) the pressure on umpires is on display and will soon have more effect on the game

What kind of effect do you think the pressure on umpires is going to have on baseball? The men in blue have been slandered for centuries. It is a part of tradition that isn't going to affect change today's game in any noticable way.