Yanks have the best umps money can buy

Rich Boy · 10-10-09, 12:35 AM

Pretty horrible call, this is why they should implement instant replays/challenges in baseball...

But they wont, because the old farts who run MLB are retards.

TPowell · 10-10-09, 12:43 AM

maybe the MLB can come up with a way for Boston to win the next 3 too?

tacomax · 10-10-09, 12:56 AM

Originally posted by mathdotcom

Um it bounced out of play.

Hang on a minute. Were you the umpire?

chubber911 · 10-10-09, 02:48 AM

Smart money on the Twins

I'd like to make a donation to the charity of that umpires choice for helping me win my bet.

Hotdiggity11 · 10-10-09, 03:02 AM

Originally posted by tacomax

Hang on a minute. Were you the umpire?

I'm pretty sure he is saying it was fair but that it bounced out of play thus resulting in a ground rule double.

chubber911 · 10-10-09, 03:05 AM

Originally posted by Hotdiggity11

I'm pretty sure he is saying it was fair but that it bounced out of play thus resulting in a ground rule double.

I'm not very good at detecting sarcasm, but the sign for a ground-rule double is to hold up one hand with 2 fingers up.

IrishTim · 10-10-09, 11:13 AM

Originally posted by Justin7

Mathy,

I have to hand it to you- the quality of your posts are headed up. This is quite possibly your best post YTD.

Finally Justin's start to take the offensive against this idiot.

Rich Boy · 10-20-09, 08:54 PM

Umpires blow yet another call...

This is ridiculous. Credibility of MLB is going down the drain.

onthewhat · 10-20-09, 08:59 PM

I think these umps are just awful

They are missing calls in every fukkin game

tblues2005 · 10-20-09, 09:00 PM

The umps have been terrible in almost every series. They are missing calls left and right.

yisman · 10-20-09, 11:29 PM

Evidently, MLB put some new rules into place for the postseason.

To start with, if a runner is not touching the base and is tagged, he is not necessarily out. For example, if the player is wearing a Yankees uniform, he may be ruled safe. It's up to the umpire's discretion to determine whether the Yankees need a call at a given point in the game.

ryanspeer2001 · 10-20-09, 11:40 PM

I'm shocked at how bad the umpires have been in both series.

They make as much money as neurosurgeons and government officials and for what? They could pay men with bigger hearts and sharper eyes for 40k a year and get a better job done.

moses millsap · 10-20-09, 11:41 PM

lol @ you guys who think mlb wants good umpires out there, they put the umps out there to carry out what they want

IrishTim · 10-21-09, 10:33 AM

Yeah that double play call was terrible, but just as egregious was the appeal to Swisher tagging up at third. You can clearly see the ump not looking at his foot when the ball was caught. How could he possibly know whether he left early? 100% make up call for the play at second.