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

[Rich]

Originally Posted by realistic

See that's what I am talking about. This isn't about a tag before the runner hits the base. This is a judgement call.

Now the bigger question, If you were the coach would you give me grief if I was the umpire and made the same call?

Only if I didn't have a problem with getting run. Everyone knows that (1) coaches don't argue and (2) you don't argue balls and strikes. So I know if I open my yap, I'm gonna get chunked.

[realistic]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Only if I didn't have a problem with getting run. Everyone knows that (1) coaches don't argue and (2) you don't argue balls and strikes. So I know if I open my yap, I'm gonna get chunked.

I would bet a day's salary that the average MLB umpire misses less than 3% of pitches called. And I would also bet that the average MLB umpire misses less than 1% of called plays. Taking that into consideration, private internet posters calling one umpire the worst MLB umpire is really splitting hairs because the average umpire's numbers are so good.

Now if there was a post regarding a MLB ump being an ashwhole, that would be another situation. There are ashwholes everywhere.

[Kevin Finnerty]

So that's all there is to umpiring? Calling strikes and making calls. Cool.

Then Hohn is somewhat average, I guess.

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

So that's all there is to umpiring? Calling strikes and making calls. Cool.

Then Hohn is somewhat average, I guess.

You guess that Hohn is somewhat average? Not even all the way average? Normal people are able to see that everyone who works MLB is very good; no one is somewhat average.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by LDUB

You guess that Hohn is somewhat average? Not even all the way average? Normal people are able to see that everyone who works MLB is very good; no one is somewhat average.

Oh wow! He even disagrees with that!

"... No one is somewhat average." Good grief!

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

Oh wow! He even disagrees with that!

"... No one is somewhat average." Good grief!

Yeah about 50% of baseball umpires are better than him (or anyone else in MLB)

[Ump153]

Originally Posted by LDUB

Yeah about 50% of baseball umpires are better than him (or anyone else in MLB)

No, about 95% of MLB umpires are considered better than Hohn. Don't be surprised if he "retires" early.