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online.wsj.com - 10/13/2009

Does Baseball Need Umpires?

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Getty Images Melky Cabrera of the New York Yankees fails to make a play on a ball that lands fair but is called foul by umpire Phil Cuzzi on Friday.

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youtube.com - 10/10/2009

Joe Maurer Blown Call Video Against Yankees Fair Ball Called Foul By Umpire Phil Cuzzi

— youtube.com — SPORTSbyBROOKS.com: Joe Maurer has his fairly-hit fly ball against the Yankees called foul by umpire Phil Cuzzi... during Game 2 of the 2009 ALDS at Yankee Stad... (more) Joe Maurer Blown Call Video Against Yankees Fair Ball ...

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walkoffwalk.com - 10/14/2009

In Which We Discuss Umpires and the Robot Condition

— walkoffwalk.com — Umpires have been getting a bad rap this postseason. In his piece for the Wall Street Journal... , Jonah Keri posed the question, "Do we need umpires?" and if not, what would replace them? Simply, the answer is robots . Or not. Instead, baseball ... (more) In Which We Discuss Umpires and the Robot Condition

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bases.nbcsports.com - 10/13/2009

Does baseball need umpires?

— bases.nbcsports.com — Or at least so many, especially in the postseason.  That's the question Jonah Keri asks in today's... Wall Street Journal in the wake of some shaky officiating in the first round of the playoffs:The idea, of course, is that more... (more) Does baseball need umpires?

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Does baseball need umpires?
Circling The Bases — [image] Or at least so many, especially in the postseason. T hat's the question Jonah Keri asks in today's Wall Street Journal in the wake of some shaky officiating in the first round of the playoffs: The idea, of course, is that more umpires means better play-calling. But this isn't necessarily true. After Friday's game, Tim Tschida, the umpire crew chief on duty that night, told reporters that while there was no excuse for Mr. Cuzzi's blown call, there was one contributing factor. Umpires spend so little time working in the outfield during the season that it can be a ...

Three Dead Days (And Problems With Replay)
Fack Youk — ... and (surprise!) he doesn't want to look into expanding instant replay, citing the same dumb arguments ("the human element is vital to baseball") that have always been made but never made actual sense. (It's vital to baseball to get calls wrong?) He deemed the mistakes that took place during the Division Series "controversial", ...

Baseball's Robot Revolution Is Coming [Mlb]
Deadspin — ... to more situations beyond home run calls, but as Jonah Keri of the Wall Street Journal points out shouldn't we be able to get rid of the umpires altogether? The technology used at major tennis tournaments has pretty much put line judges out of business (although they still let them sit in those prime seats so Serena Williams has some to talk to), so that solves all those fair/foul questions. Balls and strikes are even easier to handles since every Major League park already has the "Pitch-f/x zone evaluation system" that the league uses to assess their umpires' ability ...

But amid all the yelling, there's another fundamental question that is oddly absent from the...
DRaysBay — ... Some dude named Jonah Keri

Should Technology Call the Game?
The Loss Column -- Baltimore's Independent Sports Talk Alternative -- a Baltimore Sports Blog and Community — ... In the case of Cuzzi’s mistake, one result has been a predictable call for more use of technology to take judgment calls out of the hands of umpires. Here’s one example and ...

Stuff That's Out There
Fish Chunks — Proctor has no hard feelings, trusts his agent. (tcpalm) Matt Trueblood discusses how Uggla would fit in with 8 teams that may want him. (bleacherreport) Get rid of the umpires! (wsj.com) ...

Bud Selig: Postseason Punching Bag
The Sporting Blog — ... Jonah Keri even suggested in the Wall Street Journal, ironically I think (hope), that MLB could do away with umpires altogether and go with random bits of video, GPS technology and microchips everywhere. ...

SAINT ANDREW’S NET: DOWN ON THE UMPS
With Leather — Saint Andrew’s Net is With Leather’s daily pile o’ links. It’s sleeping on the plane on the way to Vegas tonight and then getting a head start on booze, whores, and blackjack. The argument has been cast that baseball would be better off without umpires. I say that we’ll never know until the leagues–and not the umpires’ union–has final say over which umps work the games. WSJ. I sincerely hope that US Men’s National Team star Charlie Davies is in better shape than his ...

The 2009 Postseason Summed Up in One Photograph
The Sports Section — ... blame the inefficient system of developing umpires instead of the individual umps, though that's equally as concerning. Jonah Keri's plan to scrap the human element altogether is looking better and better every day. ...