Bud Selig Meets with Ken Hawk Harrelson over Umpire Rant

[APG]

Ken "Hawk" Harrelson and MLB Commissioner Bud Selig spoke on Thursday regarding comments Harrelson had made during Wednesday's White Sox-Rays game after home plate umpire Mark Wegner ejected Chicago pitcher Jose Quintana for throwing at Tampa Bay right fielder Ben Zobrist. Manager Robin Ventura was ejected during the subsequent pitching change for arguing Quintana's ejection.

Close Call Sports: Bud Selig Meets with Ken Hawk Harrelson over Umpire Rant

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Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

Close Call Sports: Bud Selig Meets with Ken Hawk Harrelson over Umpire Rant

A three game suspension would be appropriate (in a just world)

[jicecone]

Three games my butt.

Have the Big-mouth umpire one game behind the plate and we will truly find out what his true knowledge of the game really is. Hell, he knows it all anyway, so it shouldn't be that hard for him, should it?

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by jicecone

Three games my butt.

Have the Big-mouth umpire one game behind the plate and we will truly find out what his true knowledge of the game really is. Hell, he knows it all anyway, so it shouldn't be that hard for him, should it?

Harry Carey would be talking about an ice cold Budweiser while both teams were emptying the bench.

Hawk is from the old school. Just leave him be.

[asdf]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

Hawk is from the old school.

His .239 career average indicates he missed a lot of classes.

[UMP25]

Unfortunately, Harrelson cannot be disciplined by MLB because, as an employee of Comcast Sports, he is not under the control of MLB. Of course, Reinsdorf, who also had a talk with Harrelson, can exercise his "persuasive abilities" and get Comcast to do something if he wanted.

I happened to be watching that game live when Hawk's rant occurred. To say it was unprofessional was an understatement.

[Rita C]

reported

[tmagan]

This is something all leagues do a terrible job with that is starting to be addressed. All sports should have regional rules seminars that broadcasters are required to attend. In the Santana no-hitter, the Cardinal announcer was mentioning whether the Beltran line drive went over the bag or not, which is immaterial. In addition, all sports, on their websites should have places where misunderstood rules and their applications are discussed with videos where people can understand not only the rules, but their accepted applications. The NBA does that with their video rule book.