I watch baseball almost every day during the summer, and you know what, I never tune in to watch an umpire. Yet, there are some umpires in the league who think that's precisely why people watch baseball.They exaggerate their strike out calls. When runners are called out at first, they have their own set of theatrics that are more annoying than watching a Barry Bonds pose after a sure home run. And, if the last play of the game is a strike out, they do their best impersonation of Leslie Nielsen in Naked Gun. But, for some reason it's against the rules to throw a brush back pitch at an umpire.
Aside from the theatrics, what really makes today's umpires suck is that they go through the game looking for trouble, in order to become the center of attention. They seem to make bad calls to get players and managers riled up, so that they can be part of a confrontation and the cameras focus on them.
Case in point, check out this video on You Tube, where the home plate ump bumps Mets manager Jerry Manuel. The ump is supposed to remain calm at all times, and is not supposed to egg on players/coaches that confront him, yet it's happening more and more these days. I've watched Cubs games where the ump is behind home plate, pulls off his mask and walks towards the Cub bench to yell at manager Lou Piniella. And just two weeks ago, Aramis Ramirez was questioning a call, and the home plate ump whips off his mask, moves towards Ramirez, and clearly says "You gotta problem?"
These ass clowns need to sit back, do their jobs and stop making the National Pastime suck. The best umpires are the ones you don't know.
RoadRage
1 comment:
That was not all the umpire only got a 1 game suspension.The minimum for any player or coach has been 3 games.With that in mind I guess mlb's new ad is "chicks love the umpires".
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