Royals/Angels

[LeeBallanfant]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

And the smart guys are the ones who just defend the umpire's behavior, no matter how glaring?

Reminds me of the behaviour of Kevin Causey who was on track to become a ML umpire and is no longer umpiring in OB.

[mrm21711]

Originally Posted by LeeBallanfant

Reminds me of the behaviour of Kevin Causey who was on track to become a ML umpire and is no longer umpiring in OB.

What did he do? I dont remember that name.

[LeeBallanfant]

Causey worked 52 games in the ML in 2008 well on his way to becoming one of the "regular" fill ins and then dropped to 24 last year and now has disappeared. He had several incidents in the minors of a confrontational variety and I am thinking this may have been the reason he was dropped as a prospect.

[jicecone]

I guess he forgot his brush, so he just went for the lecture.

Don't know what was said but, it definitely did not look professional.

[SAump]

Catchers are starting to cross the line more and more at the top level. The MILB umpires learned that during the Caribbean World Series. Now it's going on at the Pro level, here for example. Perhaps catchers are beginning to feel like they also have grounds for showing their objections to particular calls. "I really needed a strike there blue!"

[DG]

Kendall knew he was dealing with a Minor League fill in. Yost did what he had to do. I never seen anything like it. I expect the fill-ins chances were reduced somewhat.

[LeeBallanfant]

Originally Posted by DG

Kendall knew he was dealing with a Minor League fill in. Yost did what he had to do. I never seen anything like it. I expect the fill-ins chances were reduced somewhat.

Not only were his chances reduced, his equipment never made it to
New York and he had to wear Brian Runge's uniform tonight.