Comments on: Finally Got A Piece Of The Pie

By: Evil Empire

Evil Empire — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:53:25 +0000

[53] If the Yanks got screwed on a call I doubt Olney would write that

By: Evil Empire

Evil Empire — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:48:35 +0000

OLY if you want instant replay where does it end? Tell you what, the Twins shouldn’t have scored 2 runs in game one because the homeplate umpire squeezed CC. Therefore, I want instant replay on every single play. The games will be a little longer but we’ll all know the calls are right…

Who are you to draw the line on where replay ends by the way?

By: NickL

NickL — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:38:20 +0000

great ballgame; but, for me, significantly spoiled by the call.

balls and strikes are something that can even out of the course of the ball game, and I didn’t see an anti-Yankee bias from the home plate ump so much as the borderline incompetence so common in recent seasons. (in general, I view ALL claims of home plate ump bias as HIGHLY suspect, due to the sheer number of calls and the way the human mind works–I’d need a graphic with every pitch, and a ratio of 3-1 or so favoring one team, before I’d even consider such a claim)

bad calls in the field, however: considerably less likely to even out. and that call was as bad as everyone’s said. if I were a Twinkies fan, I like to think that I’d be taking the high road and cursing my team for all the baserunners left on (or maybe cursing Nathan for being a choking dog who can’t close in the post-season, check the guy’s splits!) but as a Yankees fan, I don’t want to win that way.

adding fair/foul replay would be so easy. require a managerial challenge, limit the total number if you want, award a ground rule double if a ball was incorrectly called foul.

but really, I’m not sure this is about replay. this is about increasingly incompetent umps who are also increasingly interested in throwing players out for dubious reason, developing personal strike zones and personal gestures, and who generally seem to think the the fans in some way care about them and their antics.

what about relegation? make it so umps get sent down to the minors, send the worst 10% down every year? as it is, it seems like umps get to the bigs and they’re here to stay; players have to perform or they get sent down…….

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:37:41 +0000

[59] shoulda linked to [19] for Ms. O.

doh!

(ah, nobody will see the end of this thread anyway…)

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:37:02 +0000

[59] Ms. O – i LOVE the use of “douchelord”. you fit it into our lexicon here seamlessly. i also love the word “egregious” and “penultimate”, which Cliff uses a lot. my two favorite (non-curse) words!

“beer”, is a close third ; )

looks like there’s a new thread and i was late to this party. what else is new…

and forget about handedness, i hope Brew-ney replaces Marte if we make it the LCS…

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:34:45 +0000

[16] giambi was OUT !!! out, out, out. a million times out!

i composed a tune called “The Flip”, a few years back. but it wasn’t just about that play – it also had to do w/ a “flip” technique i used on the bass pedal and a tribute to my man Hank Mobley, who had an album (and song) called “The Flip”. : )

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:22:01 +0000

[18] you got Chai !!! yes, Moms rule…especially mine – she’s the greatest!!! : )

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:00:26 +0000

[49] I didn’t like the runs being given up either (of course!), but in fairness, I think Minnesota earned them. They really shortened up their swings (the first guy, I was noticing, actually choked up!) and were rewarded for it. Mo did leave a pitch out over the plate, which wasn’t good, but again, it was mostly just a nice little piece of hitting.

Devastating as it was, I can live with it for those reasons.

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:20:14 +0000

[53] Would that include balls and strikes? If not, why not?

By: FreddySez

FreddySez — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:17:12 +0000

I can just imaging Tony Tarasco on his couch somewhere watching the top of the 11th. Probably spit a mouthful of popcorn all over the living room.

“Honey! Come in here! See? See? This is what I’m talking about! Goddamit! You gotta see this! Where are you? Honey?!? Shit.”