3 and You're Out!

JRutledge · #1 (**permalink**) Wed Aug 22, 2012, 11:54pm

That is freshman ball stuff. You have got to be kidding me.

Peace

CT1 · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Aug 23, 2012, 06:16am

Good grief.

ozzy6900 · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Aug 23, 2012, 11:02am

Yeah, it's getting pathetic but look at it this way. We are gaining a lot of video to show our rookies!

Even the big dogs make mistakes!
Sometimes you are in the wrong place!
Timing, timing, timing!
Don't rush the call!

LMan · #4 (**permalink**) Thu Aug 23, 2012, 01:03pm

Heresy. We don't work at their level, we cannot possibly understand.

REFANDUMP · #5 (**permalink**) Thu Aug 23, 2012, 01:24pm

The worse part is that it doesn't look like he was out if there was a tag !!!

JRutledge · #6 (**permalink**) Thu Aug 23, 2012, 03:38pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Yeah, it's getting pathetic but look at it this way. We are gaining a lot of video to show our rookies!

Even the big dogs make mistakes!
Sometimes you are in the wrong place!
Timing, timing, timing!
Don't rush the call!

Yes we all make mistakes but this is a pretty basic one. It is one thing to miss a call that is close, but to rule when you know the catch has to be made or completed is another. And it has happened more than once, which makes me think that the MLB does not review game tapes or situations like other sports. Heck once I would see this by a fellow umpire in the league, I would think this is something I would want to totally avoid. But maybe the MLB does not do this constant training and evaluation like the other sports. This is the third time something like this has happened this year, I guess I would think MLB would tell their umpires this is not acceptable.

Peace

JJ · #7 (**permalink**) Thu Aug 23, 2012, 08:35pm

If one of those MLB umps misses 432 more calls I'll legitimately be able to say "I'm as good as he is!".

JJ

BretMan · #8 (**permalink**) Fri Aug 24, 2012, 08:34am

Quote:

Originally Posted by JRutledge

This is the third time something like this has happened this year...

Which, so far, covers a span of nearly 2000 games. Do three screw-ups in 2000 games equal a trend or a fluke?

JRutledge · #9 (**permalink**) Fri Aug 24, 2012, 09:03am

Quote:

Originally Posted by BretMan

Which, so far, covers a span of nearly 2000 games. Do three screw-ups in 2000 games equal a trend or a fluke?

This is something that should not happen at all. Trend, fluke or anomaly, it should not happen. If I can go through hundreds of varsity and college games and it will not happen once with me or partners, then I think a MLB Umpire can avoid this mistake that is working 100 plus games a year. Look we all make mistakes, but some should not happen. This is one of them and certainly after you see someone on tape do this previously in the same year.

Peace

Matt · #10 (**permalink**) Sat Aug 25, 2012, 09:47pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by JRutledge

This is something that should not happen at all. Trend, fluke or anomaly, it should not happen. If I can go through hundreds of varsity and college games and it will not happen once with me or partners,

And Rut, again, shows he is king. If he doesn't make a mistake, that means no one can.