SanDiegoSteve The Mexican catcher worked every umpire in the tournament. So did the kid from Venezuela too. Venezuela's catcher would have gotten dumped (after being warned) by me, for all the hystrionics and gestures.
UmpJM DG wroteYou think the Mexican catcher worked blue into calling a wide zone? I missed the first inning but I expect this guy always calls them wide outside a strike. He was very consistently bad on that. DG, I'm guessing the Toadman was referring to the situation when, with two strikes on a (LH iirc) batter, after the next pitch the Mexican catcher came out of his crouch and started to throw the ball down to F5. When he realized the umpire had not called the pitch a strike, he kind of gave him a little YGTBSM body language. Pitch didn't look close to a strike to me at the time. JM
Dave Hensley DG wroteYou think the Mexican catcher worked blue into calling a wide zone? I missed the first inning but I expect this guy always calls them wide outside a strike. He was very consistently bad on that. That umpire worked one of the first television games. He had a typically generous outside corner, but nowhere near the foot or more he was giving tonight.
LMan OTOH, I thought the PU working the US championship game did a fine job. Excellent zone. ..wish he coulda stuck around for a doubleheader! 🙁
LMan Jim Knorr of Marietta, GA. I wonder if "Atlanta Blue" knows him....and can ask about his Mississippi-River-wide zone 🙄
EAGLE EYE World Championship 3:30 P.m. Hp - Troy Carmont, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada 1b - Joe Lemos, Hobart, In 2b - Lyn Bourgeois, Vidor, Tx 3b - Jim Smith, Philadelphia, Pa Lf - Eric Zimmerman, Glendale, Az Rf - Larry Brewer, Dowagiac, Mi
Toadman15241 EAGLE EYE wroteWorld Championship 3:30 P.m. Hp - Troy Carmont, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada 1b - Joe Lemos, Hobart, In 2b - Lyn Bourgeois, Vidor, Tx 3b - Jim Smith, Philadelphia, Pa Lf - Eric Zimmerman, Glendale, Az Rf - Larry Brewer, Dowagiac, Mi I was pretty close. I just had Smith at 2b instead of 3b. Good to see that Andy K. agreed with almost everyone that Carmont and Lemos were the best at this LLWS. Unfortunately, doesn't look like the game will be today. Raining now and it does not look like it will be stopping anytime soon.
SanDiegoSteve Well, at least they're not making us sit through that Japan/Mexico game again. That was hard enough to watch the first time. I sure hope they can get the final going soon. I hate reruns.
LMan SanDiegoSteve wroteWell, at least they're not making us sit through that Japan/Mexico game again. That was hard enough to watch the first time. Word is, that game will offered on DVD to the first 100 signups at the Coakalinski Combine 😎
TussAgee11 One thing that the LLWS is good for is it really makes me feel like I am the best umpiring in the world, when watching those guys. Good for my moral and confidence. It makes the games unbearable to watch, IMO. Seeing U3 curl in one time with R1 trying to advance to 3rd on a single made me cringe, and literally turn off the TV.
SanDiegoSteve Well, let's all try to ignore the umpires (or don't notice them as much) tomorrow night, and just sit back and enjoy the game. The two fastest pitchers in the Series. Oughta be fun!
David B bob jenkins wroteCrap. I was hoping it would be over. That's good Bob. I was thinking the same thing. But my son told me already today what we would be doing tonight ... (g) For some reason though he's pulling for Japan. Thansk David
left coast SanDiegoSteve wrote5:00? Is that Pacific Time? Which would be 8:00 EST right? The game isn't on here yet. CHECK ESPN 2
SanDiegoSteve Yeah, great. I was busy with NFL fantasy draft today and never heard of the change. Wow, top of the sixth already. I guess if I'm really into it now, I can watch the replay.:mad:
LMan A pretty good game. PU had a much tighter zone that caught both pitchers off guard to start with, but they adjusted. Good job by PU overall!