The Third Team

[Rita C]

Originally Posted by yawetag

I would have enjoyed a hiccup. The only discussion about a bad call was the one at 1B by O'Nora. At the end of the game, there was a slight mention of hating to miss the calls. In fact, O'Nora seemed to shrug it off and the Supervisor (can't recall which one) even said it wasn't a big deal. A casual fan would have scoffed at the "it pains us, too" comment, especially after seeing how they felt in the locker room afterward.

If there had been something a bit more major (i.e., Iassogna's call at the plate was actually incorrect), it might have given a glimpse inside how the umpires really deal with it and how it affects them. If that had been portrayed well, the fans might have gained a bit more respect to the umpires and how hard they actually work to make the best calls possible.

I still think MLB could make this a season-long show. Either have a camera crew follow around an umpire crew for the year. Or, to show different personalities, park the camera crew in a multi-team city (Chicago, New York, LA) and film all the umpire crews as they come into town.

I disagree. I think Brian was very bothered by the comment. But I don't know who it was making the comment. We've all had someone do this to us after a game.

I would like to have seen the postgame between the umpires and their discussion of the call.

Rita

[briancurtin]

If I remember the show correctly, it's Randy Marsh, one of the MLB umpire supervisors.