tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post6256804318370892901..comments2024-01-18T06:49:55.117-08:00Comments on Close Call Sports & Umpire Ejection Fantasy League: MLB Instant Replay Review S-55: Dana DeMuth (S-1)Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361341904305010488noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-6322708172061082762014-03-24T23:33:21.345-07:002014-03-24T23:33:21.345-07:00If I recall correctly, his wife passed away in Feb...If I recall correctly, his wife passed away in February and he is probably dealing with that right now.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361341904305010488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-88248231701409327932014-03-24T18:14:55.718-07:002014-03-24T18:14:55.718-07:00Where is Holbrook this spring?Where is Holbrook this spring?Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361341904305010488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-83898094741535893842014-03-24T13:21:03.575-07:002014-03-24T13:21:03.575-07:00I agree with bringing back the injured guys, but ...I agree with bringing back the injured guys, but I doubt that in the war room, a junior guy will have final say. I expect the CC to be involved somehow. Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361341904305010488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-52722814344383457932014-03-24T12:15:13.054-07:002014-03-24T12:15:13.054-07:00This is where MLB misses the mark. The NHL has a w...This is where MLB misses the mark. The NHL has a war room blog that explains each and every replay decision. MLB should absolutely set one up because fans should get an explanation for reversals and calls that get upheld like this one.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361341904305010488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-5500084845817937472014-03-24T12:12:30.388-07:002014-03-24T12:12:30.388-07:00Maybe put it in place so that the umpire superviso...Maybe put it in place so that the umpire supervisors are the ones conducting the reviews - Randy Marsh's crew so you'd have Rich Reiker, Chuck Meriwether, Ed Montague, Ed Rapuano and the like. Heck, bring in Bruce Froemming and some of the guys who retired early due to injury like Tim Tschida or maybe Bill Hohn.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361341904305010488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-8602505022824173882014-03-24T10:59:04.863-07:002014-03-24T10:59:04.863-07:00I can understand your point as well. It's jus...I can understand your point as well. It's just a double-edged sword.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361341904305010488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-17229001597300717582014-03-24T05:34:48.410-07:002014-03-24T05:34:48.410-07:00I understand your point, but it's always been ...I understand your point, but it's always been a sticking point with me that the reviews done in NHL aren't done my trained officials. As a referee myself, I would rather have another official or umpire look at it so we know that the proper rules are in place because especially the rules of baseball are really hard, and only umpires really understand them. They also speak the same language if you know what I mean. I speak differently when I'm talking to a fellow umpire than with a manager of player.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361341904305010488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-48623842535733872222014-03-23T22:53:22.923-07:002014-03-23T22:53:22.923-07:00In my opinion, having umpires conduct the reviews ...In my opinion, having umpires conduct the reviews was not good thinking - it should be Joe Torre and/or his staff. If I'm a newly hired MLB umpire, do I really want to overrule a decision made by a veteran umpire and face possible backlash from my brother umpires behind the scenes? I'm not sure about this, but have any of the overturned calls been from crew chiefs? Also, I'm not claiming this is the case, but it is food for thought for why some of these highly questionable calls have not been overturned during the review process. Again, just my two cents.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361341904305010488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-50710652442035192192014-03-23T21:23:26.363-07:002014-03-23T21:23:26.363-07:00I wonder what camera they were possibly looking at...I wonder what camera they were possibly looking at or if this was one of those situations where technical difficulties or some other reason meant that the replay guy had absolutely no feeds at his disposal. I can't believe that with any replay here this call would stand unless somehow DeMuth ruled that the fielder pushed the offensive player off the base - which itself would not be a reviewable play. Baffling why this call wasn't reversed.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361341904305010488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-34369791876385433972014-03-23T17:34:00.531-07:002014-03-23T17:34:00.531-07:00This is concerning. Even if they are limited in c...This is concerning. Even if they are limited in cameras for the Spring games, they at least have to have access to the same cameras as the broadcast. <br /><br /><br />Imagine if this was a regular season game and this went against the White Sox. Hawk would have been in rare form.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361341904305010488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-17613476560799531302014-03-23T17:30:24.943-07:002014-03-23T17:30:24.943-07:00Even from the TV camera angle that we get it's...Even from the TV camera angle that we get it's so easy to see that this should have been overturned and changed to out. Sigh. Hopefully they fix these reviews in the regular season.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361341904305010488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-51428254896151870192014-03-23T16:42:00.787-07:002014-03-23T16:42:00.787-07:00I don't care if they only have one camera angl...I don't care if they only have one camera angle in spring training, there's no doubt that they got that one flat out wrong. What is the point of having instant replay if they STILL can't get it right? What a joke.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361341904305010488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-15963181504251075102014-03-23T16:03:21.337-07:002014-03-23T16:03:21.337-07:00Hmmm...Hmmm...Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361341904305010488noreply@blogger.com