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cementor · 10-13-2009, 07:18 PM

IS it just me or has the umpiring gone seriously south late in the year. Being a Rockies fan ( in the stands for all the Denver based games ) the umping was not as good as my sons JV games this last spring. numerous blatant missed calls some even in the Rox favor (but not many) I didn't get to watch a lot of the other series ,but the noise has been much louder than in the past. I also wonder the selection process for umps. I loved Bob Davidson as a radio guy while on sabbatical from MLB, but he was absolutely ridiculous in game 2 in Philly behind the plate.. groovers were balls and 6 inches off the plate were called strikes. What a joke. I knew the networks wanted big market teams , they will get their wish. No umpiring didn't cost the Rox the series, lousy clutch hitting and inability to close did, but with three 1 run games it doesn't take much to skew a series. Go Angels, since I don't much like any of the remaining options and for goodness sakes find some decent umps they can't ALL suck .......can they?

10-13-2009, 07:18 PM	#233 (permalink)
cementor Crazy Location: Denver	IS it just me or has the umpiring gone seriously south late in the year. Being a Rockies fan ( in the stands for all the Denver based games ) the umping was not as good as my sons JV games this last spring. numerous blatant missed calls some even in the Rox favor (but not many) I didn't get to watch a lot of the other series ,but the noise has been much louder than in the past. I also wonder the selection process for umps. I loved Bob Davidson as a radio guy while on sabbatical from MLB, but he was absolutely ridiculous in game 2 in Philly behind the plate.. groovers were balls and 6 inches off the plate were called strikes. What a joke. I knew the networks wanted big market teams , they will get their wish. No umpiring didn't cost the Rox the series, lousy clutch hitting and inability to close did, but with three 1 run games it doesn't take much to skew a series. Go Angels, since I don't much like any of the remaining options and for goodness sakes find some decent umps they can't ALL suck .......can they? __________________ Cementor If I was any better I'd have to be twins!