I had a roommate who was a volunteer umpire, I asked him why umpires were so dramatic about calling their call, he explained that calling them as he saw it was the the only truth, therefore he should not be questioned, and the more conviction he exemplified in each of his calls, made it less likely anyone would call him out for his error
Lackey was lucky that he didn't get run after the first pitch. Throwing behind a hitter usually gets it done. But then to come back and hit the guy on the next pitch---what the hell did he expect would happen, LOL.
Maybe Lackey did it intentionally, which means he should be ejected. Or, he has no control over his pitches and he should he ejected. for the safety of the batters.
I’m not the most experienced lip reader but ummm, I think John Farrell said “Respectfully, Mr. Umpire sir, I disagree with your call! It’s malarkey!!” 🤷🏿♂️
What about the case where Ronald Acuna Jr. gets smoked on the first pitch of the game by Jose Urena? Literally the very first pitch and Urena gets tossed.
MLB should punish umpires who display these types of behavior regardless of what the union wants. People pay good money to watch baseball players, not umpires, trying to upstage them or blowing calls left and right (I'm looking at you, Angel Hernandez).
I hear there is a system being developed that will actually accurately track where the ball is within the strike zone for real time review, and I can't wait to see Angel's terrible job FINALLY be officially recognized. May take another year or two, but it will be a glorious day when it finally happens.
@k1productions87 This sounds amazing. My worry is that the minute this system is complete, the Umpires' Union will sue the league because it will cut some of their jobs, and we all know some of them need to see the unemployment line.
@@nyfinest017 the umpire will still be there. Its just for the purpose of review. And would only really happen at Home Plate, leaving all the other field locations still manned. Hopefully only by those who had proven themselves reliable, keeping blowhards like Angel behind the plate and constantly under review. i.e. "do your job better, dickhead"
@@dougamundson6836 Official warning must come first. Further, there are other calls in this video besides that singular one. Like all those who get ejected for saying something, raising their hands in the air, or so much as glancing in the Umpire's general direction. I don't give a damn what words come out of a player's mouth; if there is no physical contact with the Umpire, there shall be no ejection, ESPECAILLY without official warning.
@@k1productions87 So, what you are saying is: when a pitcher throws at a batter's head, he only gets a warning? Anybody with a brain can see certain things. When a pitcher threw at George Brett's head in the first inning, the guy should have been thrown out. No warning, no extra warmups for the replacement. EVERYBODY knew what was going on.
@@dougamundson6836 Firstly, pitchers have been giving "chin music" for decades, if not over a century at this point. Secondly, that's not the only ejection on this video. Did you not READ what I had said, before @'ing me in your response? Clearly not, because I was quite specifically talking about those being ejected for SAYING things, not throwing at a batter's head. So, NO, I was NOT saying what you apparently thought I was saying, since you obviously like making stuff up that people OBVIOUSLY didn't say.
@@k1productions87 I agree, up to a point. But anybody that thinks that he wasn't throwing at Brett's head is an idiot. So: should a pitcher be allowed to throw at a batter's head with no repurcussions? Please answer.
No they don’t. You have no idea what was said between them. It may not look like anything but it’s in the rule “you can’t argue balls and strikes” if you do you run the risk of being ejected. Not one umpire on here showed anyone up.
@@lscales6131 omg thank you for your opinion.. we all would be lost without you.. 'the expert' giving us his opinion . I am pretty sure I saw a picture of you in the baseball hall of fame
@@lscales6131 Ejection should only occur if you lay a finger (or any body part) upon the umpire. Besides,... with how bullshit some of the Umpire's ball and strike calls have been, they NEED to be argued. Literally every other sport has the ability to challenge the call on plays,... yet Baseball flat-out refuses to ever allow this at home plate. Why?
@@k1productions87 no they don’t not on judgment calls. Can you challenge a holding penalty in NFL? Or a hooking penalty in NHL? No that’s why balls and strikes are judgment calls and it’s in the rules you can argue balls and strikes. They allow for most if not all other calls.
Entitled millionaires? The rule used to be that you get ejected if you make physical contact with the umpire. The players didn't change that rule, the Umpires did, as well as blocking any semblance of review (despite literally every single other sport allowing plays to be reviewed, in case of bad calls). Who are the entitled ones here?
@@lucieleimbach There also needs to be some kind of tenure cap on Umpires as well. If you're blowing calls left and right, and then get so butthurt about it that you eject a player for so much as looking in your general direction... its time to go.
Everyone is lawsuit happy with no manhood If someone got knocked out, they'd sue, because they are cowards The rest of the players want to do something, but being banned from baseball and arrested is not worth losing the money they are making If they only payed the players up to a million a year even a max contract should be a million max If they made less money like in the old days, they'd have more gumption to be a man, from what I think NHL players make nothing compared to MLB players and they fight every time they need to or want to
We'll see when the new system goes into effect, that will accurately measure the strike zone in real time, so there will finally be official record of how absolutely terrible some of the Home Plate Umpire's truly are at their job (lookin' at you, Angel Hernandez)
