The Official Forum
Page 1 of 2 1 2
Show 100 post(s) from this thread on one page

The Official Forum (https://forum.officiating.com/)
-   Baseball (https://forum.officiating.com/baseball/)
-   -   MLB Network Umpire Special (https://forum.officiating.com/baseball/53701-mlb-network-umpire-special.html)

JR12 Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:30am
MLB Network Umpire Special
 
Mon June 22
7:00 p.m.EST Inside Studio 42 with Bob Costas
Bob Costas Sits Down with Umpires Steve Palermo, Bruce Froemming and Others.
Repeats at 11pm.

GoodwillRef Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:43am
Quote:
Originally Posted by JR12 (Post 609828)
Mon June 22
7:00 p.m.EST Inside Studio 42 with Bob Costas
Bob Costas Sits Down with Umpires Steve Palermo, Bruce Froemming and Others.
Repeats at 11pm.
Should be fun to hear Bruce talk about umpire nutrition on the road 6 month a year!!!! :)

dash_riprock Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:10pm
I just hope the show is more umps & less Costas. Probably not though.

GoodwillRef Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:12pm
I hope it is more Costas and less Bruce Froemming!!!

SanDiegoSteve Fri Jun 19, 2009 01:56pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by GoodwillRef (Post 609845)
I hope it is more Costas and less Bruce Froemming!!!
Why? Bruce is a very nice man. What's with the animosity toward him? He certainly has forgotten more about umpiring than most of us know, and he is definitely more interesting to listen to than the boorish Costas.:confused:

mbyron Fri Jun 19, 2009 02:51pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve (Post 609867)
Why? Bruce is a very nice man. What's with the animosity toward him? He certainly has forgotten more about umpiring than most of us know, and he is definitely more interesting to listen to than the boorish Costas.:confused:
Boorish? You've got to be joking. I suppose that you don't like his politics, but the man is far from a boor.

SanDiegoSteve Fri Jun 19, 2009 03:55pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by mbyron (Post 609876)
Boorish? You've got to be joking. I suppose that you don't like his politics, but the man is far from a boor.
I find him arrogant, pretentious and obnoxious. Okay, then...he's not a boor :). Couldn't care less about his politics. I dislike Bryant Gumbel for the same reasons. They are two peas in a pod. I can't even stand Costas on the U.S Open coverage today. Froemming, on the other hand, would have many interesting umpire stories, which is what I like to hear, not someone trumpeting himself as Costas subliminally does.

Emperor Ump Fri Jun 19, 2009 04:05pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by JR12 (Post 609828)
Mon June 22
7:00 p.m.EST Inside Studio 42 with Bob Costas
Bob Costas Sits Down with Umpires Steve Palermo, Bruce Froemming and Others.
Repeats at 11pm.
Thanks for the info I'll definitely DVR it.

Kevin Finnerty Fri Jun 19, 2009 08:36pm
Re: Bruce Froemming:
Quote:
Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve (Post 609867)
Why? Bruce is a very nice man. What's with the animosity toward him? He certainly has forgotten more about umpiring than most of us know, and he is definitely more interesting to listen to than the boorish Costas.:confused:
Re: Bob Costas:
Quote:
Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve (Post 609889)
I find him arrogant, pretentious and obnoxious. Okay, then...he's not a boor :). Couldn't care less about his politics. I dislike Bryant Gumbel for the same reasons. They are two peas in a pod. I can't even stand Costas on the U.S Open coverage today. Froemming, on the other hand, would have many interesting umpire stories, which is what I like to hear, not someone trumpeting himself as Costas subliminally does.
Why? Bob is a very nice man. What's with the animosity toward Bob? He certainly has forgotten more about sports and the world around us than most of us know, and he is definitely more interesting to listen to than the widely misunderstood Froemming.

SanDiegoSteve Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:03pm
But Costas usually turns it into the "Bob" show, and I want to hear from umpires. I don't want to listen to general sports knowledge.

rpumpire Sat Jun 20, 2009 02:23am
Don't let the folks in St. Louis know, but Don Denkinger is going to be on the program along with Palermo and Froemming.

DonInKansas Sat Jun 20, 2009 07:23am
I guess that means all of Kansas City will be tuning in.:)

I've got my DVR set; I'll be at work and we don't get MLB Network here.

JJ Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:14am
Quote:
Originally Posted by rpumpire (Post 609956)
Don't let the folks in St. Louis know, but Don Denkinger is going to be on the program along with Palermo and Froemming.
I did a wood bat summer league game last night where Jack Clark and Danny Cox were coaches. My partner asked if before the game at the home plate meeting he should introduce himself as "Don Denkinger, Jr". I said "Not a good idea..." Not even in fun. :eek:

JJ

ASA/NYSSOBLUE Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:52am
Quote:
Originally Posted by JJ (Post 610011)
I did a wood bat summer league game last night where Jack Clark and Danny Cox were coaches. My partner asked if before the game at the home plate meeting he should introduce himself as "Don Denkinger, Jr". I said "Not a good idea..." Not even in fun. :eek:

JJ
Then it might have become a 'wooden bat in the the head' league....:p

piaa_ump Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:49am
my.02
 
really glad to hear this.....been hoping they would get around to doing something on umpiring....but figured it would be some filler for the november to February time when there was no active baseball....

Love to see a regular series on life on the road for MLB and MiLB as well.....


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:59pm.
Page 1 of 2 1 2
Show 100 post(s) from this thread on one page



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.0 RC1