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but if i missed 9 pitches on a 101 called pitch game, vs 11 pitches on a 180 called pitch game, i would be wanting a instant replay review of the disparity of this statistic that makes me look good in the 101 pitch game versus making me look bad under the other 180 pitch game, although i did a heck of a lot better on the 180 pitch game. or is my math incorrect.

somebody get those top 96 umpire plate scores and base scores in order of proficiency for each, for the year which includes all the numbered call ups except one, even if not eligible yet for the playoffs. lets have the 2 best PU's in each group work all the games as the PU since in reality they don't really get clunked all that often, which has been mentioned even though their 'chances' go up exponentially by working 3/4 times as many games at HP. Pay them more than the BU's. and when will the above start at D1 on down LL. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/six-umpires-to-make-lcs-on-field-debuts-with-dan-iassogna-and-bill-miller-serving-as-crew-chiefs/ar-AA1sacUR?ocid=BingNewsSerp

do we not see a lot of this on throws by F5 to home with runner on 3rd trying to score or throws home by left fielder on runner trying to score and the runner running on inside to get hit by throw.

it took until 2005 for mlb to put a mlbu (larry young) on the rules committee. that is all you need to know what they really think of umpires, and still to this day as a necessary evil, or they would have had someone on the committee years and years ago. after young was brian gorman whose father umpired and was later a NL supervisor. now it is bill miller. you would think that in house JD and an MBA to go with it, graduate dan bellino would at some point, due to his legal background, and putting things concisely, and having that mind that thinks of a million contingencies for anything under the sun, and is involved with all the legalese of real estate laws would eventually be on the committee. now, for the inner workings/engagement issues someone would have to call 1800larryyoung or 1800briangorman or 1800billmiller.

so, the old guy telling me old umpire school stories also talked about guys at the school that did super slow pitch softball along with their baseball. they said some players moved to different company teams from time to time. he said there was some guy nicknamed the crusher, someguy with a last name of nye (rhymes with eye), one named mead (like reed), one named aren't or whatever. they also mentioned calling 2 person rec leagues, slow pitch arc limit of 10 feet, use to be unlimited at one point, and with 2 strikes on the batter the pitcher would arc the ball telephone pole high to have the pitch land just behind the plate for strike 3 with the batter looking stbraight up trying to swing, at $10 a game, 1 hour time limit. they mentioned some leagues had gone to putting a piece of rubber behind the plate and it extended backwards and any ball hitting that piece was a strike, and going to one person umpiring. they said there were tons of mens leagues, womens leagues and coed leagues since a lot of people could participate due to it being slow pitch, (as in not fast pitch or any type of modified pitch). so is any of this stuff still popular now and are there 2 person or just all one person umpires now and how much is the game fee. it seems he mentioned most rec leagues played 3 or 4 games a night with the one hour time limit with the first game starting at 6pm. he also mentioned some leagues doing a 1 pitch only situation with a foul ball being an out. so lets here about this in the present day versus an era gone by.

then why with professional umpires of amateur players am i not just seeing the crew chief come in and work all 3 games on the plate every weekend and watch the others work just the bases rotating 1 BU on Friday then go to 3BU and then to 2 BU. lets increase that risk exponentially for them too. and like the article said, lets pay the plate umpire, lets see, 3900 all inclusive for big 12 1 umpire x 4 umpires equals basically 16000 outlay per weekend for 4 guys. let the plate ump make 12000 per weekend and the other 3 BU's only make 1350 each per weekend. and in high school, why not only designate plate umpires only at $150 per game and BU at $50 per game if they are both make a total $100 per game.

E- management--unless management has the exact same call as the umpire on the field and does not signal for a replay. Then it becomes their error for not asking for replay or you could say E-batter for not giving the manager the replay sign (just like you would on a tag play call) because you think it is fan interference

another congrats to phil cuzzi for being the oldest umpire to receive a special event plate assignment at 69, beating joe west record of 68. both enjoyed a WC assignment

me believes from reading some days gone by stories that harmon killebrew kept the catcher honest and back, by killebrew swinging high while carew slid in low to help with the possible success with the play. and some of those interferences alluded to above could be either intentional or unintentional but still interference, and another possible mind reading situation again.

hoye and tumpane still in running for trifecta, ABS, DS, WS

yes, the american league used this black one and the national league used the blue colored one made by Priesmeyer Bros. Trunk Company out of Missouri, and went back as far as umpire George Barr using their trunks along with the teams but of course those trunks were without the wheels. and with the transport that @MadMax 6 mentioned, prior to DHL it was Pilot Air Freight majority owned by MLBU attorney Richie Phillips that provided the no umpire touch service. there is something to that Bull Durham movie where crash is on the bus telling them about his short callup to the show. you never have to touch your bag again. umpires too.

looks like. hoye, dreckman and tumpane are still possible for a trifecta. an ASG, DS, WS all in the same year.

techies know most people probably read this back in 2021, but i am slow to the game. but i believe that yolo stuff that i will never understand and speed and accuracy and if you give up accuracy with speed is somewhere in that formula. and maybe yolo does not have anything at all to do with baseball. just an analytics type history article. https://theanalyst.com/2021/04/how-the-analytics-movement-has-forever-changed-baseball

just remember it is the hour of travel time there and back and your rate of pay at work or overtime rate to start with, and the 67 cents per mile wear and tear and other car expenses there and back. then everything else mentioned. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/football-referees-in-short-supply-how-officiating-shortages-impact-greater-cincinnati/ar-AA1r8UWr?ocid=BingNewsSerp

go ahead rant on. how are we going to learn anything if withholding is going on.