Sunday, September 11, 2011

Polls: Tribute Uniforms

All sports' rules books contain provisions on uniforms that a team or individual may wear during play. While at the amateur levels of youth, high school, or even college ball, these rules or guidelines may be varied, uniform rules at the professional level tend to portray amateur uniform rules as lax by comparison. MLB is no different: Rules 1.11-1.17 comprise MLB's uniform and equipment guidelines, such as Rule 1.11(a), which reads, "all players on a team shall wear uniforms identical in color, trim and style." Specific allowances are made for equipment, such as gloves or protective helmets, as well as approved logos or patches.

Previous Poll (Instant Replay) Results: Our previous poll, Polls: Instant Replay, asked what should be reviewable under MLB Instant Replay, and how replay should be conducted. Combining your votes on the blog and on our Facebook page, we see a trend toward limited replay (Total Votes: 221):
  • Nothing (No Replay) - 19% - Almost 1/5 of all UEFL'ers want replay out of baseball.
  • HR/Boundary (Current Rules) - 68% - About seven of 10 UEFL'ers like being able to review boundary calls.
  • Fair/Foul (Field of Play) - 36% - More than one of three of us would like to rectify another Twins-Yankees Cuzzi call.
  • HBP/Foul - 33% - A third of the group would like to review close hit batsman or foul ball plays.
  • Safe/Out (Catch/Trap) - 30% - Three of 10 people would like to be able to use replay here. However, placing runners on an overturned call may introduce further complications.
  • Safe/Out (Force/Time AND Tag) - 25% - A full fourth would like to be able to take a second look at bang-bang plays.
  • Interference/Obstruction - 16% - Perhaps this would solve who started what... Makes you wonder what percent of votes "Fighting" would get.
  • -- And how to conduct review? --
  • No challenges, only officials can elect to use replay (current MLB) - 26% like the way it is now.
  • Teams receive a # of challenges (LLWS, NFL >2min) - 25% - Basically, the same number of people would like to offer challenges.
  • Replay/5th Umpire buzzes CC to halt play while Replay Booth conducts review (NCAA FB) - 19% would like to visit the college system with a 5th official in the press box.
  • Replay/5th Umpire buzzes CC to have CC do the review (NFL <2min) - 11% prefer to keep the decision making with the on field officials.
  • -- Recall 19% voted for "No Replay," which accounts for the remainder, up to 100% --
  • 5th Umpire added to crew (3B-2B-1B-HP-Replay) - 26% want to add the position.
  • Non-Umpire replay judge is hired to conduct reviews (NHL) - 13% want that type of separation.
  • CC will continue to leave field to watch replay/no added persons - 13% want to keep current numbers.
Current Poll: What are your thoughts on tribute uniforms as they relate to uniform codes and rules? Consider any level of play you feel is appropriate, select all options that apply. The NFL relaxed its tight hold on uniform restrictions this weekend to accommodate teams' requests to pay tribute to the 10th anniversary of 9/11/01. By contrast, however, MLB sent out a league-wide memo which basically denied a Mets request to wear NYPD, NYFD, and PAPD hats on September 11, 2011. When they wore the hats in 2001, the Mets were fined by MLB for the uniform violation. MLB Executive Vice President for Baseball Operations Joe Torre told the Associated press it was his decision: "Certainly it's not a lack of respect," Torre said. "We just felt all the major leagues are honoring the same way with the American flag on the uniform and the cap. This is a unanimity thing."

Tribute Uniforms and Rules... Your Thoughts?

11 comments :

Anonymous said...

Torre just is making himself into a more and more unpopular person.

Anonymous said...

If Torre is so worried about uniformity, he should have stopped at 1.04b before he got to 1.11.
then he would have read that all stadiums built after 1958 should be 325 down the line. Than this yankee apologist, who has no business being in the front office would say "It's not a lack of respect thing, it's just following the rules". Oh wait, the yankees don't know anything about following the rules. And Torre is really just a paid employee of the yankees in the front office.

What a joke the Mets couldn't wear NYPD hats last night. Torre is a joke and he should be fired for his prejudicial views.

Anonymous said...

Torre cites how his precious Yankees wore the normal NYY hat in 2001 as precedent. That and how the Mets got fined in 2001 for wearing NYFD/PD hats. The problem is everyone involved with Baseball Operations in MLB, which of course includes the Exec VP Joe Torre.

Jeremiah said...

Is MLB trying to lose fans? They keep referencing the touching tributes the NYM did in 2001, such as wearing NYPD and NYFD hats. That is absolutely ridiculous that MLB is doing a two faced thing here, praising and advertising the Mets paying tribute by wearing hats and fining them from doing so at the same time. That is awful.

Baseball is becoming corrupt, and way too much of an old boys club.

Anonymous said...

What the heck? Using his Yankees as an example. Here: http://cdn2.maxim.com/maxim/files/2009/11/10/most-stirring-sports-moments-decade/yankee-stadium-post-911_blog.jpg This is a picture of his 2001 Yankees wearing NYPD and FDNY hats... in fact he's in the middle of it wearing a non-MLB hat himself. Unbelievable.

Anonymous said...

Tonights Box score with the Rapuano crew:
Umpires: HP: Alfonso Marquez. 1B: Cory Blaser. 2B: Ed Hickox. 3B: Dan Oliver.
Anyone know who Dan Oliver is? He is not on the call-up list.

Anonymous said...

Dan Oliver mysteriously became BRIAN ONORA within the past hour..

Anonymous said...

I think the Oliver listing was a mistake. He is an umpire in the PCL league but is the number 3 on Mark Ripperger's crew and all call-ups are Triple A crew chiefs. Oliver is close to O'Nora in the alphabet so it's possible the person who put in the umps clicked on Oliver's name by mistake meaning to put O'Nora. I did not see this game so I do not know who actually worked.

Anonymous said...

@ Anonymous 5:20,

The box score has since been changed to reflect Brian O'Nora as the third base ump

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_09_13_minmlb_kcamlb_1&mode=box

Anonymous said...

@ Anonymous 10.47pm - You are wrong in saying that all call-ups are crew chiefs in AAA. Some are not even asigned to crews. They are called rovers. Plus Toby Basner has a number and can be called up but he was a 2 man on a crew in the IL this year!

Anonymous said...

Where did you find that Basner is a call-up? It is not on MLB's website. The only new call-ups I have seen this year are Tyler Funnemann, Mark Lollo and Clint Fagan all of whom are crew Chiefs. At least I haven't found it. You are right that some umps are not assigned to crews such as Muchlinski, Estabrook, Campos, Reyburn, Porter, Carapazza and Blaser. Those umps end up working most of the season in the MLB so it would be pointless to have them on a crew and end up rarely being there. The only Triple A crew chief that really missed a lot of the year was Chris Conroy. I think MLB really fell in love with him and combined with all the injuries, I think he got more assignments than originally anticipated.

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