World Series: On the exchange? Yes? No.

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A local radio guy was blasting DeMuth this morning saying that he shouldn't be an MLB umpire if he can miss easy calls like this one.  Saying he's the closest one to the play and everyone in the whole stadium saw that the throw wasn't caught.  I called in and tried to bring some logic and reason to the conversation, but he cut me off before I could really say what I wanted to say.

 

Funny thing about this play is that Pedroia didn't even bat an eye at the call.  You see him mimic the "on the transfer" mechanic, nod his head and trot off.

 

Should this call get missed?  Of course not.  But for a radiohead to say that he just doesn't understand how it could possibly be missed shows his ignorance.  He was a little too close and was too focused on the bag.  By the time his eyes travelled up to the glove, the ball was out and the throwing hand was in motion.  At full speed, without a good peripheral view of the glove, I can easily see how he thought it was on the transfer.

 

Also, that catch gets made 99.9% of the time at the MLB level.  It seems that umpires miss calls more frequently when the players do something that is so far out of the ordinary for their level of play.  This was one of those times.

 

Let's also put to rest the notion that managers just want the calls to be correct.  Matheny was more concerned with the call going against him, even though it was right in the end, than them getting it right.  All managers care about is getting things to go their way, even if it's wrong.

How does Metheny see the ball that the pitcher waved everyone off on and then letting the ball drop between him and the catcher? Umps fault? 

I understand why Pedroia did what he did - he wasn't watching the ball, he was watching the feet of the SS to break up the DP. The crew did the right thing, no matter if they were asked or came together on their own - they got it right. People make mistakes, but it was corrected - play on!

The press and fans need a reality check, this play didn't make the Cards get just 1 run.

Next they will want to use replay on check swings!!

 

 

It wasn't a wave-off. It was  HEY -WHAT?!

 

Pitcher's in MLB are not supposed to catch pop-ups. He was asking "who's getting this"?

 

I realize that they are not supposed to catch the pop-ups, but I was just making a point that there is blame put onto the umpires for stuff that happens, and has nothing o do with us.

 

I was glad he didn't catch it LOL.

 

Go sox!

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Go Cards!

 

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Somebody's gonna turn this play into a sure-fire broadway hit about a long-suffereing amateur umpire who says, "I'd sell my soul to be a MLB umpire". The devil then appears and offers him exactly that, but it will cost him his soul and the worse call anyone has ever seen in a WS game. They'll call it Damn Umpires.

 

Except Joe Hardy opted out at the end and still achieved his goal.

 

Really ??? I didn't know that. I left after Lola's last scene.

 

 

School of Journalism motto: Never let the facts screw up a good story.

 

My son is a student at Newhouse. Want me to get him to come here and do a 20 paragraph rant about your comment?

Sure, if you want to take the risk of him writing 20 paragraghs about how his dad wouldn't know a joke if it bit him on the arse.

 

 

 

You don't like "jokes" about umpires.  Journalists don't like "jokes" about journalism.

 

Or is it OK to insult someone else's profession?

 

I guess you must think so because the officiating forums are full of insults of players and coaches.

 

So if it's OK to insult someone else's profession it's OK for others to insult yours.

 

Deal?

 

Journalism, especially about politics, in this country is a joke.  Thought that was common knowledge.

Used to be a valued and respectable profession, but the "professionals" in the profession have ruined it for the most part.

 

 

It's only a joke on Fox.

 

Try reading a respectable source.

 

Guess I could go to MSNBC and watch Alec Baldwin's show.    That's journalism at its finest.

Game. Set. Match.