Manfred, MAN!

[klw]

Was Angel Hernandez the umpire?

Manfred says "You Angel you"

[757690]

Exactly, also the idea that umpires today are the worst ever is refuted by video as well, I imagine video review would have destroyed a few umpires careers in the past; if it does today it will kill them before they get out of the ML

100% on the last part. Look at Eric Gregg’s call of the last strike of the 1997 World Series.

Fans think umps blow more calls, but that’s only because technology allows us to see exactly what calls they get right and get wrong. We didn’t always have that.

Before statcast, and the strikezone box on TV, hitters knew to swing at anything close with two strikes because you could never count on the ump getting it right. Umps regularly missed calls by 6 inches, but it was accepted, as long as the ump was consistent.

Now, hitters expect umps to get every call right, and complain when they miss one by half an inch.

[CmdrCody]

Sorry about that. My mistake.

I could have sworn that was MM, not BTO.

Don’t you mean the boss?

[bm1475]

100% on the last part. Look at Eric Gregg’s call of the last strike of the 1997 World Series.

Fans think umps blow more calls, but that’s only because technology allows us to see exactly what calls they get right and get wrong. We didn’t always have that.

Before statcast, and the strikezone box on TV, hitters knew to swing at anything close with two strikes because you could never count on the ump getting it right. Umps regularly missed calls by 6 inches, but it was accepted, as long as the ump was consistent.

Now, hitters expect umps to get every call right, and complain when they miss one by half an inch.

It was the NLCS, although he was apparently calling "a foot outside" a strike the entire game. At least it was consistent.

https://youtu.be/mR3eK5gCChM

[M2]

It was the NLCS, although he was apparently calling "a foot outside" a strike the entire game. At least it was consistent.

https://youtu.be/mR3eK5gCChM

Livan was getting a double wide outside call, IIRC. It's a shame, because that probably was the Braves' best team during that whole run. I had/have no love for the Braves, but Gregg's ridiculous strike zone helped keep what might have been an all-time great team out of the World Series.

[klw]

Don’t you mean the boss?

No, You Aint Seen Nothing Yet was BTO not Springsteen unlike Blinded by the Light, Spirit in the Night, and For You.

[klw]

Livan was getting a double wide outside call, IIRC. It's a shame, because that probably was the Braves' best team during that whole run. I had/have no love for the Braves, but Gregg's ridiculous strike zone helped keep what might have been an all-time great team out of the World Series.

Given the breadth of the strike zone enjoyed by Maddux, Smoltz and Glavine, the Braves were the last who complain about the wide zone Livan got. (But it was pretty bad)

[Chip R]

Livan was getting a double wide outside call, IIRC. It's a shame, because that probably was the Braves' best team during that whole run. I had/have no love for the Braves, but Gregg's ridiculous strike zone helped keep what might have been an all-time great team out of the World Series.

I thought it was pooetic justice for all the calls Braves pitchers got over the years.

[RedsRocker]

Love that vid of Brett losing his ****.

[CmdrCody]

No, You Aint Seen Nothing Yet was BTO not Springsteen unlike Blinded by the Light, Spirit in the Night, and For You.

I wasn’t sending that for you. I know who BTO was and Guess What (Who) I know what group they were in before BTO.


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[SomeCallMeTim]

Don’t you mean the boss?

Don’t you mean the boss?

Steinbrenner had a hit song?

[Roy Tucker]

Manfred says "You Angel you"

Bachman Turner Overweight

[Mitri]

This is a great jazz-rock-psych album, in between the Doo Wah Ditty and Blinded by the Light periods. Much, much better than anything our current commish has done.