Showing posts with label Umpires. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Umpires. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Fixing Instant Replay...Already
Finally!
It's 2014 and the ancient and noble game of Baseball has done what pretty much everyone born after 1980 wanted it to. Integrate instant replay into the game.
And now, three weeks into the season, pretty much everybody is super complainy about it.
Here's the thing. It's new. It's good that it's here and it is going to do more help than hurt eventually. There are some inherent problems in that the umps probably don't want to overturn calls they just made (especially when they're still sore about losing some of their emperor-ship) and the managers just use it to slow down the game for one reason or another.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Umpires or Emperors? When is their power too much?
As is known, I am an avid Phillies fan. But I also have family in Pittsburgh and (as is also known) I love a good underdog story. Mix that with the Pirates playing the NL Wildcard leader Atlanta Braves, I'm already into it. Combine a dose of a 19 inning pitch off! You have my full and undivided attention Pirates. Please proceed.
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honor,
Instant Replay,
Jerry Meals,
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Pirates,
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Umpires,
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