tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post6873149089731352401..comments2024-01-18T06:49:55.117-08:00Comments on Close Call Sports & Umpire Ejection Fantasy League: Ejections: Rob Drake (7)Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361341904305010488noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-21122240244927742872011-08-05T00:14:24.747-07:002011-08-05T00:14:24.747-07:00Jeremy.....
Fair enough! Thanks!Jeremy.....<br /><br />Fair enough! Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-70418704026339892222011-08-05T00:01:20.421-07:002011-08-05T00:01:20.421-07:00Anonymous 11:46 PM,
I definitely see your point, ...Anonymous 11:46 PM,<br /><br />I definitely see your point, and don't necessarily disagree. However, we do let some posts like this go to allow people to see how illogical they can be when it comes to trying to make a point about an umpire. The previous poster obviously engaged in ad hom attack. This is hardly the worst we have seen though. We've seen very personal comments against umpires like Cory Blaser and Alfonso Marquez. Racial ones in the latter case that we withheld.<br /><br />We don't find the name calling and <i>ad hominem</i> attacks to be acceptable. But, we do let the occasional one go through. We can let others see how people try to argue and make a point. I think most aren't going to put much weight into his point. But maybe Anonymous 8:29 PM can explain in detail why he thinks Drake is what he called him. Also as to why he thinks that umpires are never fired and they have lifetime job security without accountability. Everyone on occasion probably does say something that is out of line for a public forum, it happens...of course it doesn't mean it is acceptable.Jeremy Dirckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18377576945075992373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-87685265316188006522011-08-04T23:46:36.194-07:002011-08-04T23:46:36.194-07:00Gil or Jeremy......
How can you approve a post wh...Gil or Jeremy......<br /><br />How can you approve a post which includes this statement: "Drake is a douche" ????????<br /><br />I've had 1 or 2 of my posts completely erased. My posts weren't even posted then deleted, they were never posted. Now I will admit the posts of mine that I'm referring to were WAY out of line for a public forum. But I still must question why an MLB umpire can be defamed in this way?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-31759000044108232902011-08-04T20:29:59.279-07:002011-08-04T20:29:59.279-07:00Why does it say "Home & Away"? The f...Why does it say "Home & Away"? The first feed is the Cardinals TV broadcast, the second is the Cardinals radio broadcast. No Brewers broadcast included.<br /><br />Obviously Molina overreacted. But Drake is a douche. He screwed the Cardinals at 1B Monday night and Molina on this play Tuesday. Clearly, he has it out for the Cardinals. I know everyone here thinks the umpires are never supported by MLB, but they never get fired, no matter how bad they are. Lifetime job security is pretty good protection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-15211238284163375632011-08-04T18:18:26.149-07:002011-08-04T18:18:26.149-07:00What do you think of the punishment, everyone? Fai...What do you think of the punishment, everyone? Fair? Too light? Too strict?Jeremy Dirckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18377576945075992373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-18339156620572897072011-08-04T17:47:33.270-07:002011-08-04T17:47:33.270-07:00here is the article from ESPN.. 5 games no appeal!...here is the article from ESPN.. 5 games no appeal!<br /><br />http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/6834233/st-louis-cardinals-yadier-molina-suspended-five-games-umpire-run-intmacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-80681089036903262202011-08-04T15:46:51.538-07:002011-08-04T15:46:51.538-07:00Early reports are that Molina will not appeal.Early reports are that Molina will not appeal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-35227551020314807012011-08-04T14:28:16.928-07:002011-08-04T14:28:16.928-07:00MLB cited the contact and "spraying [Drake] w...MLB cited the contact and "spraying [Drake] with spittle" as the reason for the suspension.Jeremy Dirckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18377576945075992373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-13820528279707426132011-08-04T14:18:39.395-07:002011-08-04T14:18:39.395-07:00And Torre will cut that down to 2 on appeal along ...And Torre will cut that down to 2 on appeal along with putting the blame on Drake somehow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-24240819757720466292011-08-04T13:54:45.612-07:002011-08-04T13:54:45.612-07:00Major League Baseball has suspended Yadier Molina ...Major League Baseball has suspended Yadier Molina for five games and fined him an undisclosed amount.Jeremy Dirckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18377576945075992373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-22653255428618231332011-08-04T09:20:09.641-07:002011-08-04T09:20:09.641-07:00This isn't the first time Molina has been outr...This isn't the first time Molina has been outrageous in an ejection.<br /><br />http://cascreamindude.livejournal.com/55223.html<br /><br />http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=2689415Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-86454889134042627902011-08-03T23:26:22.786-07:002011-08-03T23:26:22.786-07:00Dan, you would be correct. The majority of his mis...Dan, you would be correct. The majority of his missed calls were not actually inside or outside, but to his left. Whether the batter was left-handed (he was giving a lot of strike calls on the outside corner), or right-handed (he was giving a lot of strike calls on the inside corner) he was giving the pitcher the strike. He was also calling a lot of balls on the bottom part of the strike zone near the knees. Those were the vast majority of his missed calls.Jeremy Dirckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18377576945075992373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-38986805804669867722011-08-03T23:09:01.286-07:002011-08-03T23:09:01.286-07:00So with Tim Welke at about 86% in that Mets/Marlin...So with Tim Welke at about 86% in that Mets/Marlins game, I guess I was right that he did have a somewhat wide strike zone.<br /><br />Thanks for the info, guys!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04227950154076067364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-81373651215085889582011-08-03T22:19:07.369-07:002011-08-03T22:19:07.369-07:00Dan, the average accuracy during the QuesTec era w...Dan, the average accuracy during the QuesTec era was 93-94%. During the Pitch F/X era (past few years), that accuracy has grown slightly to about 94%. I'd say anything around that mark would be considered a good performance. <br /><br />For instance, in <a href="http://umpireejections.blogspot.com/2011/07/umpire-odds-ends-no-hit-3.html" rel="nofollow">No Hit 3</a>, Ted Barrett called a game with 96.3% accuracy. That is considered very, very good.<br />In <a href="http://umpireejections.blogspot.com/2011/05/umpire-odds-ends-no-hit-2.html" rel="nofollow">No Hit 2</a>, Jerry Meals called 93.8% correct, and in <a href="http://umpireejections.blogspot.com/2011/05/umpire-odds-ends-no-hitter.html" rel="nofollow">No Hitter (No Hit 1)</a>, Bruce Dreckman called 95.1%.<br /><br />These are all considered good percentages with 94% as the league's overall average.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361341904305010488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-38201393632460208932011-08-03T22:00:56.653-07:002011-08-03T22:00:56.653-07:00Thanks Jeremy! I forget, what is considered a goo...Thanks Jeremy! I forget, what is considered a good ratio, over 90%?Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04227950154076067364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-36058826789197623702011-08-03T16:56:14.086-07:002011-08-03T16:56:14.086-07:00at :57 of the double broadcast clip you can see th...at :57 of the double broadcast clip you can see the spittle fly from Molina and appears to hit Drake in the left side of his face. I do not see anywhere that Drake initiated the contact in either clip.Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-35027057226970815002011-08-03T13:19:14.040-07:002011-08-03T13:19:14.040-07:00Dan, based off my rough calculations. I see there ...Dan, based off my rough calculations. I see there was 167 called pitches that game (almost half the pitches in the game were callable, a lot of balls). Out of the 167, Welke appeared to miss 23 (though a couple are borderline in the vertical bounds, so a closer look may be needed). 144 correctly called pitches out of 167 called pitches=86.2% correctly called rate.Jeremy Dirckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18377576945075992373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-64369892583493269132011-08-03T12:40:22.301-07:002011-08-03T12:40:22.301-07:00Video doesn't lie, Molina.
If he thinks he ...Video doesn't lie, Molina. <br /><br />If he thinks he didn't initiate contact, he's delusional.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-33546074633500904632011-08-03T12:26:35.184-07:002011-08-03T12:26:35.184-07:00Molina denies initiating contact against Drake and...Molina denies initiating contact against Drake and spitting on him:<br /><br />"Well the call, obviously, that was a bad call. Obviously, if you see a replay, that was a really bad call for him. And, then, after that, he was arguing with me and he touched me. He wasn't doing a bad job. He was OK, but the inning before, he missed like three pitches for us and then he gave the pitch to them, and that's not fair. I was talking to him, and he was pushing at me. He said, ‘Don't come here; don't come back here,' and I said, ‘I have the right to come back here,' and he threw me out. I'm glad to get the win. Whatever they do, we can talk later, but we'll have to wait for that. We never spit on any face of any man; that's not me. I was all sweaty and my face was all sweat and I was yelling at him, but I would never spit on anybody's face. I don't know what it was, but when I was inside, I saw the replay, and in the moment, I didn't see anything. But I didn't spit on his face. I don't do that."Jeremy Dirckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18377576945075992373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-82285971824583443522011-08-03T11:40:36.462-07:002011-08-03T11:40:36.462-07:00@Gil- now it makes sense.@Gil- now it makes sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-85097364056838894222011-08-03T10:45:07.709-07:002011-08-03T10:45:07.709-07:00Pitch f/x graphs are always from the catcher/umpir...Pitch f/x graphs are always from the catcher/umpire perspective. When broadcasters use pitch f/x data for their own graphs, they simply reverse the image (flip horizontally) to provide a pitcher's perspective to match their camera angle.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361341904305010488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-7140532148973861882011-08-03T10:42:21.148-07:002011-08-03T10:42:21.148-07:00The pitch chart does not reflect what the video sh...The pitch chart does not reflect what the video shows, why? The called 3rd strike was near the inside corner, where is the last pitch on the chart? Is it #4 ??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-3356182545865241672011-08-03T09:50:05.351-07:002011-08-03T09:50:05.351-07:00Molina should have kept his cool and has no excuse...Molina should have kept his cool and has no excuse for his actions. Rob Drake is a joke of an umpire. One of the worst zones and horrible call at first the night before. This is a shame for the Cardinals organization and also a shame to MLB to have an umpire as bad as Drake on the roster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-14715768260455966282011-08-03T07:48:26.776-07:002011-08-03T07:48:26.776-07:00It seems as though Molina acted aggressively. I d...It seems as though Molina acted aggressively. I do not know if Molina chews (tobacco) but if you get that in your eyes it stings an awful lot. Umpires also do not like getting spit on and he may or may not have billed him with the helmet. The short clip was not enough to tell. I'd be surprised if Molina got more then two games unless there was something that we didn't see in that clip.tmacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917712291092871273.post-91464766878614224252011-08-03T05:19:23.315-07:002011-08-03T05:19:23.315-07:00Intentional? If so, then the old saying about pla...Intentional? If so, then the old saying about players and managers being paranoid is certainly true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com