Bill Hohn: Worst MLB umpire or merely the most glaring?

[jwwashburn]

In the Boston game, he got Chipper Jones while he was the PU and Jones was livid. I have never seen Jones go off like that. It is at least barely possible that Hohn is not 100% in the right in all of these ejections.

[realistic]

The Atl-Bos game was a classic rat argument. Hohn balled a potential strike 3 and the next pitch goes off the wall. All of a suddent the double was the ump's fault.

Jones was sticking up for his pitcher but he couldn't tell if the pitch was a strike or a ball either.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

In the Boston game, he got Chipper Jones while he was the third base umpire and Jones was livid. I have never seen Jones go off like that. It is at least barely possible that Hohn is not 100% in the right in all of these ejections.

You *are* still a rat. So a guy is calm 99% of the time and he goes off and it's the *umpire's* fault? Like an F5 can call balls and strikes. Jeez.

[jwwashburn]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

You *are* still a rat. So a guy is calm 99% of the time and he goes off and it's the *umpire's* fault? Like an F5 can call balls and strikes. Jeez.

I figured a response like this. I said "It is at least barely possible that Hohn is not 100% in the right in all of these ejections." When did I blame Hohn? I did not.

I just find it interesting that in all my years of seeing Jones play and all my years of watching Sportscenter, I have NEVER seen him act like this. THAT is why I think that it is barely possible that he may not have been 100% in the wrong and Hohn may not have been 100% in the right.

[realistic]

Why has he been ejected 5 other times?

[realistic]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

I figured a response like this. I said "It is at least barely possible that Hohn is not 100% in the right in all of these ejections." When did I blame Hohn? I did not.

I just find it interesting that in all my years of seeing Jones play and all my years of watching Sportscenter, I have NEVER seen him act like this. THAT is why I think that it is barely possible that he may not have been 100% in the wrong and Hohn may not have been 100% in the right.

It doesn't make a difference that Hohn was/was not right. If you act like an idiot, you gotta go.

[jwwashburn]

Of course Jones deserved to be tossed. I am not talking about whether the ball was a strike or not.

I am just wondering if it is possible that Hohn might be in the lest bit responsible for the situations that are causing him to be tossing guys out like he is Dusty Rhodes in a Battle Royale.

[realistic]

Nope I don't think he is responsible. If he makes a call and someone goes off, it's not his fault.

The one confrontational thing that BH does is he like to point his finger at the crying rat. This has been seen in several of his ejections.

Go back and review the number of ejections he has over a five year period and that might indicate if he has a case of the redass.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

Of course Jones deserved to be tossed. I am not talking about whether the ball was a strike or not.

I am just wondering if it is possible that Hohn might be in the lest bit responsible for the situations that are causing him to be tossing guys out like he is Dusty Rhodes in a Battle Royale.

Dusty and his bionic manboobs.....errr...bionic elbow.

[cc6]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

Of course Jones deserved to be tossed. I am not talking about whether the ball was a strike or not.

I am just wondering if it is possible that Hohn might be in the lest bit responsible for the situations that are causing him to be tossing guys out like he is Dusty Rhodes in a Battle Royale.

I never knew Dusty Rhodes was in shape. Unfortunately they've now got Cody Rhodes, the most useless wrestler, in a lot of the midcard events.

[just another ref]

The question I had, along the the SS announcers, was why Hohn had his lineup card out when he was having his friendly chat with Cox. When I read about the game later and found that McCann had also been ejected, I thought that was the answer. "Okay, Bobby, who's gonna catch now?" or whatever. But I see now that McCann's ejection came afterward, so what was the deal? Anybody know or care to speculate?