Do the pros read these forums?

cc6 · #1 (**permalink**) Fri Jul 10, 2009, 08:16pm

I know that professional umpires are not allowed to post on umpiring forums, but with all the talk about them in the major and minor leagues, do they read discussions on here at all? Would they be offended by people saying they made a bad call, or would they not care? How come Rob Drake set up a forum if you're not even allowed to post on forums as a professional umpire?

briancurtin · #2 (**permalink**) Fri Jul 10, 2009, 08:19pm

Obvious troll, but...
If they were offended by someone on the internet saying they made a bad call, I would hope they wear ear plugs during games and also ignore all other forms of media. What kind of question is this?

Rob Drake addressed the situation on his site, and I believe he also did so on this site.

SanDiegoSteve · #3 (**permalink**) Fri Jul 10, 2009, 10:28pm

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Originally Posted by cc6

Would they be offended by people saying they made a bad call, or would they not care?

No, they aren't as easily offended as some people on here are. They wouldn't think they were being "attacked" by critcism.

cc6 · #4 (**permalink**) Sat Jul 11, 2009, 08:33am

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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

No, they aren't as easily offended as some people on here are. They wouldn't think they were being "attacked" by critcism.

How about whether they read the forum?

SanDiegoSteve · #5 (**permalink**) Sat Jul 11, 2009, 09:11am

I imagine some of them do...just for a good laugh.

jwwashburn · #6 (**permalink**) Sat Jul 11, 2009, 09:25am

Is Rob running a poll?

Mullett or no Mullett?

bobbybanaduck · #7 (**permalink**) Sat Jul 11, 2009, 11:05am

i read them when i was in...and posted under this alias. there are a handful of minor league guys that are on here. a couple post under aliases, the rest just lurk. don't know about big league guys, but i doubt it.

mrm21711 · #8 (**permalink**) Sat Jul 11, 2009, 06:31pm

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Originally Posted by jwwashburn

Is Rob running a poll?

Mullett or no Mullett?

Greasy Mullet has my vote!

ozzy6900 · #9 (**permalink**) Sat Jul 11, 2009, 06:23pm

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Originally Posted by cc6

How about whether they read the forum?

Only when they need a good laugh like when you post videos from your living room!

Kevin Finnerty · #10 (**permalink**) Sat Jul 11, 2009, 06:32pm

If McLelland reads this forum, it's nothing I wouldn't say to his face.

bniu · #11 (**permalink**) Tue Jul 21, 2009, 11:03am

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Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

If McLelland reads this forum, it's nothing I wouldn't say to his face.

tim mcclelland is prolly one of the few umpires who has top MLB credibility that few players, if any would bother arguing with him. Despite his small strike zone, how many pitchers do you see arguing his zone? Even pitchers are praising it. In the 07 one game playoff padres-rockies, when he made that slow call at the end, the padre catcher said that because it was mcclelland making the call, there was no way he'd go argue it. IMO, he does seem to have a somewhat lazy strike mechanic (called and swinging), but with his credibility, he can pretty much do whatever he wants to do.

if u look at the link below, in 2008, he only tossed out 2 ppl and one of those was bobby cox (who gets thrown out all the time by everyone).
List of 2008 MLB Ejections

of course, the umpire who'd get the most criticism is Ron Luciano, the guy has a complete disregard for professionalism. From eating a hot dog between innings with fans to bringing his coffee onto the field during live action to shooting out runners, he's prolly the only ump that fans actually came to see. It's fun joking about imitating Luciano but I would never actually do it on the field...

rulesmaven · #12 (**permalink**) Mon Jul 13, 2009, 12:39pm

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Originally Posted by cc6

Would they be offended by people saying they made a bad call

If I were in their shoes, I'd love it. What would be greater than coming to a message board to read people kicking a call that I nailed?

cc6 · #13 (**permalink**) Mon Jul 13, 2009, 01:56pm

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Originally Posted by rulesmaven

If I were in their shoes, I'd love it. What would be greater than coming to a message board to read people kicking a call that I nailed?

Almost anything. If you got the call right, you don't deserve to have people saying you made the wrong call.

briancurtin · #14 (**permalink**) Mon Jul 13, 2009, 05:43pm

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Originally Posted by cc6

Almost anything. If you got the call right, you don't deserve to have people saying you made the wrong call.

Really? I mean, who actually cares?

jwwashburn · #15 (**permalink**) Mon Jul 13, 2009, 02:06pm

Drake cut his hair this year.

I think he also made the wise decision to stop wearing his shades on his hat like an idiot.

He looks like a professional this year. Last year, he looked like a pompous slob.

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