1st base Umpire made a bet on the Angels to Win.

playersonly69 · 07-21-11, 12:51 AM

That was a tough beat

JMobile · 07-21-11, 01:16 AM

Stupid Umpire!

neverstoppers23 · 07-21-11, 01:26 AM

Umps are humans they are going to make mistakes. First base umps, i think, they usually get it right. Its pretty amazing because there are tons of micro seconds plays.

cobalt king · 07-21-11, 01:30 AM

wow I fell asleep and texas was winning 8 3 I was counting my points this sucks

Marigold HD · 07-21-11, 02:09 AM

We need replays. Manager has two flags a game. Using them on any play. Except strikezone plays. Mostly when the ball is in play.

Marigold HD · 07-21-11, 02:11 AM

Umpires are always out of position and just guess the outcome of plays. Let the players determine the outcome, and not the umps

starfire · 07-21-11, 02:27 AM

Looked safe to me...
& I had Texas

Call82 · 07-21-11, 02:40 AM

Guys, I am from Germany and we dont have any replay in soccer...every game has close calls and almost every game has umpire mistakes...I can totally feel how you feel now...it sucks bad...

neverstoppers23 · 07-21-11, 02:58 AM

Originally posted by Marigold HD

Umpires are always out of position and just guess the outcome of plays. Let the players determine the outcome, and not the umps

I doubt they 'just guess' the outcomes of plays. I am really not sure what you mean by they are out of position either. I mean I have seen it before, but it was once in a season type of thing, of course they will make errors sometimes. But 95 percent of the time they make the right call. Might be more then that. If you look at all the first base play, where if you look at it from 'above', meaning you are not a fan. IMO they get it right 9.9/10 times. Sure there is not unique case where they get it wrong, but there is no need for replay for on the bases.

I think the way they have it now with home runs being the only replay option is fine. Really what else could you use it for, not strikes. Fair Foul balls on the line? Its pretty easy to tell if its fair or foul by looking at the mark of impact.

Rollins08 · 07-21-11, 03:50 AM

Umps get them wrong all the time, when your gambling it seems like the calls always go against you. Just the way it's always been.

mikejamm · 07-21-11, 05:09 AM

That fuk'in game cost me big time tonight! Fuk'in blind umpires!

pittmatt80 · 07-21-11, 05:10 AM

yeah had Texas as well unreal, have to get em back on the next one.

firehoyt · 07-21-11, 05:46 AM

I had Texas and the Under. I was so tempted to play the Angels initially but decided not to. Just couldn't make that "Texas is bound to lose sometime" bet. FML and I had been having a good week so far. This sucks. Oh and the Braves screwed me over too.

Doc JS · 07-21-11, 06:31 AM

Love these threads!

Here's a newsflash...umpires miss calls every night. They are human. It happens. And as hard as it may be for you to believe, they don't do it just to screw you...

blackbart · 07-21-11, 07:22 AM

i wish umps were correct 95% of the time
not even close to 90%

str · 07-21-11, 08:32 AM

BigDan · 07-21-11, 08:37 AM

Originally posted by Doc JS

Love these threads!

Here's a newsflash...umpires miss calls every night. They are human. It happens. And as hard as it may be for you to believe, they don't do it just to screw you...

no doubt, i know the umpiring in the stl/cincy series was atrocious, possibly the worst series for a umpiring crew ive seen all season, i chalk it up more to bad umps than i do "fixes".

Do agree tho that there is no reason mlb cant have a guy in a both that signals down if there was a obvious missed call on the bases tho, shouldnt really take much time and not like im asking for much. but some misses are so blatant that it makes sense to have a guy in a booth watching that can just say "hey boss you really fukked that one up".

grzftbl · 07-21-11, 08:41 AM

Texas had 1 error. Texas pitchers gave up 12 hits and 5 walks.

I guess the umps weren't the only ones who weren't perfect.

JMobile · 07-21-11, 09:08 AM

Ron Washington went out to argue on the call.
Even he knew how cricked the umpire was.

pinnerpsk · 07-21-11, 09:15 AM

Stop whining. He was safe at first.

JMobile · 07-21-11, 09:21 AM

Out at first

Davydave · 07-21-11, 09:38 AM

Lousy way to end a streak.

Ca$hfloW · 07-21-11, 09:39 AM

I am from Texas and was watching the game on fox sports RANGERS and the announcers were even saying that the right calls were made, get over your loss. Ever heard of tie goes to the runner?

keenecharger21 · 07-21-11, 09:46 AM

Looked like a good call to me

JMobile · 07-21-11, 10:15 AM

Wow, lots of heat here.

PaperTrail07 · 07-21-11, 10:33 AM

dude...your not kidding....it was trout...he was out---and i remember the check swing----that was the end of a 5$ parlay that was going to win me 500--------made me sick to watch those umps tossing my cash away...........it was back to back----guy swung--almost had me wondering"where do you draw the line'' I mean he didnt have a full blown swing but he went 85% of the way ...I mean wtf......then he called it safe when obv the guy was out----he got caught up in the moment with LAA fans cheering and gave a BS call=---fuckin bs