Sunday, September 17 -- climactic battle with Tampa played amidst the raindrops

[oriolediehard]

2 minutes ago, dystopia said:

This ump should go walk into the ocean. 

The Ump should be fired and fined!!!!

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, SteveA said:

No, especially not with Littell pitching.   I want him to stay in the game as long as possible because I think most of the relievers they have are better than him.

But it doesn't matter.   When guys get out on the first pitch, there are people who complain about it on the game thread, and when guys get extra base hits on the first pitch they are completely silent.   And they will never be convinced.

I get it.

Folks remember how the Red Sox and Yankee teams from 20 years ago used to work the count against the O's pitchers who didn't throw strikes.

[Winter]

Blue had to make himself relevant, different if its a border line call... that one was not. 

[spleen1015]

1 minute ago, SteveA said:

No, especially not with Littell pitching.   I want him to stay in the game as long as possible because I think most of the relievers they have are better than him.

But it doesn't matter.   When guys get out on the first pitch, there are people who complain about it on the game thread, and when guys get extra base hits on the first pitch they are completely silent.   And they will never be convinced.

The game threads are where you post stupid sh-t and it's ok. That stupid sh-t also has to be negative.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, oriolediehard said:

The Ump should be fired and fined!!!!

Wouldn't you have to fine him before you fired him?

[Aristotelian]

Adley just missed another double

[Morgan423]

That was definitely an umpire-eaten run.  No way does Ramon not score on that grounder to Diaz if he's on third like he's supposed to be

[spleen1015]

Just now, Winter said:

Blue had to make himself relevant, different if its a border line call... that one was not. 

Why do folks think umps want to be the center of attention when they make a bad call? Every ump I know doesn't want to be remembered.

[Winter]

my god BROWN WE GET IT MAGIC NUMBER 1 

[oriolediehard]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

Wouldn't you have to fine him before you fired him?

That's true, I got it reversed!

[Malike]

Just now, spleen1015 said:

Why do folks think umps want to be the center of attention when they make a bad call? Every ump I know doesn't want to be remembered.

How many are MLB umps? Tell them to do better if they don't want to be remembered.

[Winter]

1 minute ago, spleen1015 said:

Why do folks think umps want to be the center of attention when they make a bad call? Every ump I know doesn't want to be remembered.

the delayed strike call at Urias neck and Urias being half way to 1st might have something to do with the logic. 

[spleen1015]

Just now, Malike said:

How many are MLB umps? Tell them to do better if they don't want to be remembered.

I know a lot and all of them are trying to do the best job they can. None of them are MLB umps but that doesn't matter.

[Morgan423]

Just now, spleen1015 said:

Why do folks think umps want to be the center of attention when they make a bad call? Every ump I know doesn't want to be remembered.

Laz Diaz, Angel Hernandez, and CB Bucknor say hi.

[Malike]

Just now, spleen1015 said:

I know a lot and all of them are trying to do the best job they can. None of them are MLB umps but that doesn't matter.

I mean it sort of does matter. This is the highest level of baseball in the entire world, you expect to have the highest level of umpiring.