We were screwed...

[joeybee12]

Only one game, and it's not the playoffs...but Jerry Meals has a history of this sh*t...so, what's the rules when an ump is CLEARLY just guessing what the call should be? He can try and fudge all he wants today to say his view "looked like" but he had no clue as to where anyone was...what's the protocol there, or do you just blow it and then lie about it?

[Renew Deal]

1. The first time I saw the play I thought he was out

The second wasn't as clear.

The umps are humans too. They see things one time at full speed and only at one angle. You get to watch it over and over slowed down with multiple angles before you decide. So I don't think fans have a right to complain about that call. If MLB has a problem with it, they should institute replay.

To accuse him of lying is ridiculous.

[joeybee12]

2. Spoken like a fan of Satan!

And with such eyesight, too!

[Renew Deal]

3. Really?

Like the Red Sox have never benefited from a bad call? It happens and it's part of the game unless replay is instituted. Then it is part of the game under certain conditions.

There is a difference between a mistake like that botched home run earlier this year and a bang-bang play at the plate.

I have to wonder if you ever made a mistake at your job.

[joeybee12]

4. Do a google search on this ump and see his mistakes...

He seems to be at the center of everything.

I stand by my original point...he was not in a position to see things clearly, it wasn't simply a bad angle...his call was a guess...there should be something so that when this happens, someone else can advise instead of an ump winging it.

[madinmaryland]

5. Hey joey...

and



Just remember, joey, there is no crying in baseball.

[joeybee12]

6. Stop posting your selfies!

[madinmaryland]

7. Dude! I'm a guy. There is nothing against the rules of posting pictures

of my pussy!!

[joeybee12]

8. I was referring to the first one!

Not the angelic cat!

[madinmaryland]

9. Sorry I posted a picture of you!!

[joeybee12]

10. I may be youthful, but not that youthful!

Nice that you think I'm so young, though.

[bigwillq]

11. They need to go to full instant replay

For every call aside from balls and strikes. Teams have one challenge per inning.

[joeybee12]

12. If they limit the challenges, it shouldn't interfere wiht the flow...

But the MLB powers that be really are dragging their feet...almost as slowly as their reaction to the steroids era!

[bigwillq]

13. That's why I suggested one challenge per inning

I think it could work that way. Yes, 18 challenges (nine per team) per regulation game seems like a lot but I don't think one challenge would be used per inning. Heck, there might be only one used per game, but at least teams would have an option.


edit: I don't know what the penalty would be if a team used a challenge and was wrong. Maybe they lose the challenge option for the next inning.

[bluedigger]

14. I could live with that.

Maybe a three challenge per game limit. It's rare to have that many close calls per game.

[joeybee12]

15. Part of me doesn't care if it interrupts the flow...

After that blown perfect game a couple years back...it was such an obviously bad calll..and then the vermin Selig didn't have the balls to make things right.

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Dragging Their Feet Is Generous

The "purists" still claim they oppose replay because it would slow down the game, but those are the same stewards of the game that stood by as the length of an MLB game increased by 33 minutes over the last 25 years. And NOW they're worried about the length of the games?

To quote Lovitz in a baseball movie "well look who just caught up!"
GAC

[joeybee12]

18. Longer games, longer on television, more ad revenue...

That's my take on why they allowed, or one might say forced, the game to go 33 minutes longer