But is he a Smitty?

[greymule]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,404885,00.html

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

I don't know the details but this is one pile of horse manure I would not want to have to shovel into the manure spreader.

MTD, Sr.

[jwwashburn]

So, they made the mistake of honoring this demon...now, they are too stupid to recant?

What a pile of idiots.

Joe In Missouri

[IRISHMAFIA]

I have no problem with it.

[jwwashburn]

What if Dahmer was a longtime distinguished umpire? Or Son of Sam? If for no other reason than respect for his victims and their families they should have refrained from giving this subhuman opiece of garbage an award.

Are you out of your freaking mind?

If he was the all time top salesman for State Farm or Toyota, he sure would not be getting an award.

Joe in Missouri

[jwwashburn]

They are still dolts but, at least they got embarrassed enough to take away the award.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nati...ry/648244.html

[Dakota]

He may very well have deserved the award for his accomplishments in umpiring, but the association must be complete dunderheads in the PR department to actually make the award.

[jwwashburn]

Not only were they dumb...they lack a moral compass. Who gives a rat's patoot if he was a good umpire? It is not relevant. What would cause someone to give this louse an award?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

They are still dolts but, at least they got embarrassed enough to take away the award.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nati...ry/648244.html

Cowards

[greymule]

What if the guy had also murdered the kids he molested? Still give him the award?

In Wisconsin in 1973, a fiend raped and murdered a 9-year-old girl who was trick-or-treating in his neighborhood. After he was released in 1998 (though a psychiatrist testified that he was still dangerous), he sued a company that refused to hire him. Even though the company had a record of hiring ex-cons, they drew the line at child rapist-murderers. The fiend won the case, and the company had to pay him damages. (He never had to pay damages to the family of the little girl, though.)

Suppose that guy had been a terrific umpire before he committed his indiscretion. Just a bang-up model of judgment, mechanics, rules knowledge, game management, professionalism, etc. How many of you would welcome that guy into your umpires' association? How many of you would do a 10u girls' game with him?