chicagotribune.com - 10/28/2009
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Reduce umps on field to 4, and put 2 in booth
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Major League Baseball does not need six-man umpiring crews in the playoffs. It does need to get more calls correct, both the tough ones and the head scratchers that leave you thinking, "How, in the names of C.B. Bucknor and Phil Cuzzi did Tim McClelland miss that?"
yougabsports.com - 29 days ago
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yougabsports.com —
This might be a bold and brash
idea, but, how about assigning one ref or umpire...
to the sideline wearing video glasses. Have those glasses use the video frequency of the game they are assigned and watch the game. Whenever there is a disputed call, or a call of judgement, all ...
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A Suggestion to Refs and Umps
morehardball.blogspot.com - 29 days ago
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morehardball.blogspot.com —
Excerpt from WSBGMs : Piss poor umpiring has
been the story of the 2009 MLB postseason and...
the another chapter was written last night. 1st base umpire, Brian Gorman, blew 2 calls in back-to-back half innings: 1. the "linedrive" double play and 2. the Utley GIDP. 1. Ryan Howard caught that ball ...
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Stupid &$^%@# Umps!
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... and Phil Rogers . So it's just a matter of time, though "matter of time" might well be tied to Commissioner Bud's retirement. * Speaking of which, my only real quibble with ...
Weekend Discussion: How much umpire review should we have?
Red Reporter —
... . On the other hand, Phil Rogers at the Chicago Tribune thinks that this is a bigger deal in the playoffs, and therefore that MLB should move those two extra umpires into a review booth. No challenges, but those guys review all plays that they think should be reviews. Neil Best at Newsday thinks that ...
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