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Old Fri Jul 10, 2009, 10:28pm
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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.
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Old Sat Jul 11, 2009, 08:33am
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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?
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Old Sat Jul 11, 2009, 09:11am
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I imagine some of them do...just for a good laugh.
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Old Sat Jul 11, 2009, 09:25am
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Is Rob running a poll?

Mullett or no Mullett?
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Old Sat Jul 11, 2009, 11:05am
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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.
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Old Sat Jul 11, 2009, 10:24pm
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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.
Wouldn't they get fired? Kind of a big risk to take.
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Old Sat Jul 11, 2009, 10:36pm
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not necessarily.
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Old Sat Jul 11, 2009, 06:31pm
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Is Rob running a poll?

Mullett or no Mullett?
Greasy Mullet has my vote!

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Old Sat Jul 11, 2009, 09:28pm
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Greasy Mullet has my vote!
Could you imagine that thing paired with the Bill Hohn 'stache?
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Old Sat Jul 11, 2009, 11:41pm
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Greasy Mullet has my vote!
If you think that's a mullet, you don't know what a mullet is. Rob just needed a haircut.

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Old Sat Jul 11, 2009, 06:23pm
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How about whether they read the forum?
Only when they need a good laugh like when you post videos from your living room!
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Old Sat Jul 11, 2009, 06:32pm
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If McLelland reads this forum, it's nothing I wouldn't say to his face.
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Old Tue Jul 21, 2009, 11:03am
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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...
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Old Tue Jul 21, 2009, 11:16am
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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.
Oh, you mean when he was making the wrong, convenient, lazy, oh, and did I mention wrong call at the end? Lot's of people argued it. The game was over so you really didn't see it, but the Padres and their fans are still bitter about it. We are all still waiting for Matt Holliday to touch home plate.

Give me 10 Lucianos over 1 McClelland. He was wrong with George Brett and the pine tar when he was a rookie, and he was wrong in 2007 as a veteran!
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Old Tue Jul 21, 2009, 11:36am
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He was wrong with George Brett and the pine tar when he was a rookie
What would you have called? And if you choose to say anything other than, "the same way thing he did" then prepare for the, "Quit making up rules."

There is no other way for him to rule in that situation, it clearly stated in the rulebook how far up the bat the tar could go, he exceeded it (by some reports 6"). TM made the only call he could, he called him out. When a call is spelled out in B/W in the book, you cannot use "the spirit of the rule" to issue your call. Yes, MLB overturned it, but that is a separate issue (mostly because they new the rule was antiquated so the next year they removed it).
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