Breaking News: Umpire Fieldin Culbreth Suspended Two Games

[OrangeJerseys]

Watching on MLBN, Culbreth suspended two games for not enforcing official rules during an Astros' pitching change. I'll hunt down a link.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/05/10/the-umpires-in-the-astros-angels-game-have-been-disciplined/

[oriolesmagic9]

Too bad the umpire in the A's-Indians game gets to skate for his blatant incompetence.

[Ommaculate]

Too bad the umpire in the A's-Indians game gets to skate for his blatant incompetence.

Did he apologize or anything?

[callahan09]

Did he apologize or anything?

I doubt it. Last quote I read was damage control, he was saying he didn't see a single shot in the review process that displayed it was 100% a home run. I'd give a link but I am on my phone. I'm pretty sure it was on ESPN.com though.

[scOtt]

Pfftt! BFD! He and crew get fined and/or suspended for not applying a rule correctly. A clear violation, on paper.

And yet LAST night (Thursday) CBB can let FLAHERTY of all people piss him off and then retaliate and call him out on those ridiculous pitches! e:WITH NO CONSEQUENCES WHATsoever!!! :angryfire:

No offense to the OP and my good friend OJ, but this is nothing! There are no checks-and-balances for the umps. Not from MLB OR MLBPA. There must be a three-tiered system SOMEWHERE where we all can get along....

[scOtt]

MLB (Bud) could be President. GOOD players and average/bad players could be two Houses of Congress, and Umps the Judicial Branch. Tom and George and Ben and John were pretty smart fellows.