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2010 Baseball Thread No. 2 (which was my Little League number!)

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, May 5, 2010.

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  1. mpcincal

    mpcincal Well-Known Member

    Someone in MLB actually put Eddings and Bucknor on the same crew? If I was a manager and saw that those two were going to be umpiring my game, I'd be tempted to pull my team off the field, pack up our equipment and go home.
     
    mpcincal, May 20, 2010
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  2. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/joe_posnanski/05/20/stephen.strasburg/index.html?eref=sihp

    Everyone's favorite columnist on The Man.

    The Man on The Man, if you will.
     
    JackReacher, May 20, 2010
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  3. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    I'll give Dickey a little more credit than that - he kept them in the game, albeit with the help of some very stupid baserunning from the Nats. I was there, couldn't really tell if the ball was caught from my seat. They didn't show a replay on the stadium scoreboard so my guess is it was indeed a catch.

    What's up with Wright? I know he's slumping but still.


    As for The Man, I'm firmly on The NOW train. Interesting tidbit that may confirm the June 4, June 10 theory for his first two starts: I did a text message for player of the game and got one in return offering 50 percent off tickets to the Pirates games. June 8-9. No discount on the 10th.
     
    Moderator1, May 20, 2010
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  4. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

    One thing's for sure. Some people are gonna be bitter -- either those who bought tickets for June 6, or those who bought for June 4, myself included. I'm feeling more confident by the day that The Man will debut June 4, though.

    Lot of ticket dumping on the horizon either way.
     
    JackReacher, May 20, 2010
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  5. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    I'm in the June 6th crowd. May have to change that though.
     
    Flying Headbutt, May 20, 2010
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  6. steveu

    steveu Well-Known Member

    Nolan Ryan needs to man up, face the obligatory fine from MLB for calling out the umps and just blast them for being lazy. You have the tools given to you by MLB for instant replay and you don't even bother using them? Let me guess, you're right and everyone else is wrong. Bull-fucking shit. MLB needs to fire some of these asses before they drag the game down even further.

    Left unchecked, these clowns will do more damage to the game than PEDs, and it's all because their egos are bigger than the size of greater Los Angeles.

    (For the record, I don't have Josh Hamilton on a fantasy team. I'm just fed up with the damage these pricks are doing to the game.)
     
    steveu, May 20, 2010
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  7. steveu

    steveu Well-Known Member

    Rather than edit my above post, I'll just add this: OK, at least SOMEONE softened their stance a bit and admitted flat out they blew it. Dana DeMuth talking to a pool reporter.

    http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/05/umpiring-crew-chief-admits-cos.html
     
    steveu, May 20, 2010
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  8. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Kerwin Danley is on that crew too. The first time that crew worked a Cubs game last year Bob Brenley said on the air, "It's nice of Major League Baseball to put all the bad umpires on the same crew."
     
    Armchair_QB, May 20, 2010
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  9. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    Doug Eddings is the worst of a really bad current crop of umpires.
     
    Herbert Anchovy, May 20, 2010
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  10. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    I'll go with Angel Hernandez and raise you Joe West.
     
    cranberry, May 20, 2010
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  11. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    Bill Hohn and Bob Davidson are pretty crappy as well, not necessarily because they're incompetent, but because their ejection triggers are way, way too quick.
     
    Steak Snabler, May 20, 2010
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  12. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    Joe West has worked over 4,000 games and still can't call a strike by the dictates of the rulebook.

    And baseball still refuses to make him and others do so.
     
    Herbert Anchovy, May 20, 2010
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