Dale Scott calls a ball foul then fair

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by jicecone

Oh now it is a fraud? Next thing it will be a conspiracy by the umpires against the Padres. Lets call a joint session of Congress to get behind this National Travestry. Arrange a UN General Session for 8:00pm.

Steve, all I hope for is that someday I can become 1/2 as good of an official as you think you are in "Steve's World".

First of all, I don't give a crap about the Padres. If it had been the Dodgers, or any other team I would feel the same way. What is a travestry, BTW? It was a BAD CALL, or do you think it was a GOOD CALL? Sheesh!

Secondly, you have no idea what caliber official I am, but I have watched you work on TV, and you looked fairly run-of-the-mill to me. I don't think I'm good, I have the ratings and evals to back it up, so stop with the personal insults. A whole helluva a lot of people think I am damn fine umpire, and that's good enough for me. I believe them.

[RadioBlue]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

First of all, I don't give a crap about the Padres. If it had been the Dodgers, or any other team I would feel the same way. What is a travestry, BTW? It was a BAD CALL, or do you think it was a GOOD CALL? Sheesh!

Secondly, you have no idea what caliber official I am, but I have watched you work on TV, and you looked fairly run-of-the-mill to me. I don't think I'm good, I have the ratings and evals to back it up, so stop with the personal insults. A whole helluva a lot of people think I a damn fine umpire, and that's good enough for me. I believe them.

Steve,
I have never seen you umpire. (As far as I know.) But I can absolutely tell you are an excellent umpire by what I've read from you on this board. I, for one, truly appreciate what you add to this board and I have learned a lot from reading posts from folks such as yourself. (And I've been doing this for nearly 30 years.) I'm still trying to learn all the time.

[jicecone]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

First of all, I don't give a crap about the Padres. If it had been the Dodgers, or any other team I would feel the same way. What is a travestry, BTW? It was a BAD CALL, or do you think it was a GOOD CALL? Sheesh!

Secondly, you have no idea what caliber official I am, but I have watched you work on TV, and you looked fairly run-of-the-mill to me. I don't think I'm good, I have the ratings and evals to back it up, so stop with the personal insults. A whole helluva a lot of people think I a damn fine umpire, and that's good enough for me. I believe them.

Whether it was a good or bad call is your hangup, not mine. Whether he screwed up or not with his hands and arms, well he already agreed with that. So we disagree. Bingo. I still have to work tomorrow.

Now, if your going to try and convince me that you saw me on TV, well I think Dale Scott has a better chance of convincing me that he was praising the catcher's fine play at the plate with his arms up, noticed the ball was fair when touched and pointed it fair. That is much more believable. But good try!

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by jicecone

Whether it was a good or bad call is your hangup, not mine. Whether he screwed up or not with his hands and arms, well he already agreed with that. So we disagree. Bingo. I still have to work tomorrow.

Now, if your going to try and convince me that you saw me on TV, well I think Dale Scott has a better chance of convincing me that he was praising the catcher's fine play at the plate with his arms up, noticed the ball was fair when touched and pointed it fair. That is much more believable. But good try!

No, what I'm saying is that he first called it Foul, then changed his call to Fair. Nothing more, nothing less. He blew the call. Very simply put.

I saw you work a game on TV. It was some kind of all-start game or something like that. Wasn't that you who said you were working a TV game, and even said what channel it was going to be on and everything? If it wasn't you who said it, I apologize. I really thought you were the umpire working first base in that game, and that I was watching you. Who was it then, anybody remember? It was a couple years ago, IIRC.

[jicecone]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

No, what I'm saying is that he first called it Foul, then changed his call to Fair. Nothing more, nothing less. He blew the call. Very simply put.

I saw you work a game on TV. It was some kind of all-start game or something like that. Wasn't that you who said you were working a TV game, and even said what channel it was going to be on and everything? If it wasn't you who said it, I apologize. I really thought you were the umpire working first base in that game, and that I was watching you. Who was it then, anybody remember? It was a couple years ago, IIRC.

Sorry wrong guy and I too, apologize if you thought I was getting personal.

Again I was given him the benefit of the doubt because after all these years I truly respect what the MLB official does and the road he has traveled to get there. And I am sure you do too.