"Gonna need a new catcher, he's done"

[zm1283]

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v49167183/nyyatl-pierzynski-ejected-for-arguing-strike-zone

 

This is awesome. Joe is out of sh*ts to give. 

 

Turn up your volume. 

 

 

[BuckeyeMike]

The pitch looked low to me too.....and weren't we just talking about catchers dragging pitches??  

And from the jackholes in the booth, this catcher had been chirping the whole inning, so........   Good for Joe.

[BillKen]

Can a pre-season ejection be the UEFL ejection of the year? Is so, cancel the season cause we just saw it!!!

[Rich Ives]

AJ isn't anyone's favorite. Works against him.

 

Might have been a strike. Questec (or whatever) calls the plate, not where the catcher caught it.

[Jimurray]

Keep it on one thread, MODS, por favor:http://umpire-empire.com/index.php/topic/61026-mlb-ejection-s-2-joe-west-s1-aj-pierzynski/

[Richvee]

13 years or whatever for AJP in the bigs...You'd think he'd learn how to catch a pitch at the knees by now. 

[umpstu]

Atta boy Joe.

[johnnyg08]

He pulled the pitch.  Pretty obvious. 

[Mudisfun]

... in a cocky and nonchalant manner...

 

Can those two descriptions exist in the same sentence?

 

Love how he just gave the little wag with the finger.

[JaxRolo]

Joe West is Awesome. Second only to Angel!

[SJA]

My buddy Joe! He gets "two thumbs up" from me.

:-)

[MikeSafari]

Doesn't help that everyone thinks AJ is a massive phallus.

 

Looks like Joe gave him plenty of time to STFU on that one. I'm not a huge fan of Joe's, but that seems pretty cut and dry to me.

[ElkOil]

"Joe's in mid-season bad already."

[ScubaUmp]

GO JOE !!!!!!!!!!, nice and smooth. Only thing better "Skip, this young man needs a time out. Make him stand with his nose in the corner for the next inning, who's the new catcher?"

 

 

I'm getting to old for this chicanery. 

[Rich Ives]

13 years or whatever for AJP in the bigs...You'd think he'd learn how to catch a pitch at the knees by now. 

 

He pulled it up for sure. What else are you inferring if anyhting?

[ZebraStripes]

 

13 years or whatever for AJP in the bigs...You'd think he'd learn how to catch a pitch at the knees by now. 

 

He pulled it up for sure. What else are you inferring if anyhting?

 

To me he is saying the A.J. has been in the league for 13 years or so and should know to just catch the ball and get the call more often than when appearing to jerk it back into the zone.  The pitch appeared to be borderline knee while over the plate.

[zm1283]

I've seen that pitch called a strike when not pulled so badly. 

[Richvee]

 

13 years or whatever for AJP in the bigs...You'd think he'd learn how to catch a pitch at the knees by now. 

 

He pulled it up for sure. What else are you inferring if anyhting?

 

 

 

 

To me he is saying the A.J. has been in the league for 13 years or so and should know to just catch the ball and get the call more often than when appearing to jerk it back into the zone.  The pitch appeared to be borderline knee while over the plate.

 

 

 

 

I've seen that pitch called a strike when not pulled so badly. 

I think @zm1283 and @ZebraStripes understand what I was saying.

 

I respect your knowledge and experience, @Rich Ives. I've never been rude or insulting to you, and always converse with you with the utmost respect. 

 

Maybe it's me, but I get he feeling you just try to pick fights with me. Move on to another target because it's not gonna work with me. 

[conbo61]

13 years or whatever for AJP in the bigs...You'd think he'd learn how to catch a pitch at the knees by now.

He pulled it up for sure. What else are you inferring if anyhting?

To me he is saying the A.J. has been in the league for 13 years or so and should know to just catch the ball and get the call more often than when appearing to jerk it back into the zone. The pitch appeared to be borderline knee while over the plate.

I've seen that pitch called a strike when not pulled so badly.

I think @zm1283 and @ZebraStripes understand what I was saying.

I respect your knowledge and experience, @Rich Ives. I've never been rude or insulting to you, and always converse with you with the utmost respect.

Maybe it's me, but I get he feeling you just try to pick fights with me. Move on to another target because it's not gonna work with me.

Richvee - Check his avitar

'Nuff said.

[Rich Ives]

 

 

13 years or whatever for AJP in the bigs...You'd think he'd learn how to catch a pitch at the knees by now. 

 

He pulled it up for sure. What else are you inferring if anyhting?

 

 

 

 

To me he is saying the A.J. has been in the league for 13 years or so and should know to just catch the ball and get the call more often than when appearing to jerk it back into the zone.  The pitch appeared to be borderline knee while over the plate.

 

 

 

 

I've seen that pitch called a strike when not pulled so badly. 

I think @zm1283 and @ZebraStripes understand what I was saying.

 

I respect your knowledge and experience, @Rich Ives. I've never been rude or insulting to you, and always converse with you with the utmost respect. 

 

Maybe it's me, but I get he feeling you just try to pick fights with me. Move on to another target because it's not gonna work with me. 

 

 

Wasn't really directed at you in particular.  I've seen posts in the past where people have indicated that it matters how the catcher orients the glove so I was wondering if you were thinking this.

[blue23ll]

Seems to me that if you don't want to direct a comment to someone in particular, then you don't quote them. Seems simple enough. 

[Rich Ives]

Seems to me that if you don't want to direct a comment to someone in particular, then you don't quote them. Seems simple enough. 

 

Well - he did say the catcher needs to learn how to catch the ball so it seemed like a place to ask what that meant.

[Richvee]

 

Seems to me that if you don't want to direct a comment to someone in particular, then you don't quote them. Seems simple enough. 

 

Well - he did say the catcher needs to learn how to catch the ball so it seemed like a place to ask what that meant.

 

Fair enough. "catch" was perhaps the wrong word there. After 13 years one would think he knows pulling the ball up after the catch isn't going to help him get a call. 

As far as how it's caught...Yes, at the higher levels you better orient the glove right if you expect a strike call. Swatting a curveball into the ground isn't going to get a strike call. Of course, LL, rec, etc. I'm not paying that much attention to how F2 receives it. Varsity, the better JV programs, I don't think F2 is going to get too many strike calls on pitches at the lower knees if he turns that thumb up and the mitt down.

 

In this example from AJP, I'm just talking about pulling the mitt up after the catch isn't helping him.  

[Welpe]

... in a cocky and nonchalant manner...

 

Can those two descriptions exist in the same sentence?

 

Love how he just gave the little wag with the finger.

 

There is no pleasing some people. If he had given him a big giant heave ho it would've been "He's showing him up."