Today, Joyce blows a call at 1b on Esposito's
infield bunt.
Joyce is best known for blowing a call at first base to ruin Detroit pitcher Armando Galarraga's bid for a perfect game in 2010.
Boo hoo
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I'm not a fan of bashing the umpires for missing a call at full speed...especially when I have trouble making most calls while watching several slow motion angles.
If this becomes acceptable then I'm calling out Scott Rolen for barely even trying to get Werth's ground ball. Or Hanigan letting an inside fastball clank off is glove letting runners move to 2nd and 3rd. Or Rolen getting handcuffed on a mildly difficult hop. Or Coco Crisp muffing a can of corn. Or Matt Holliday screwing up nearly every big ball hit to him.
Just saying. To err is human.
If this becomes acceptable then I'm calling out Scott Rolen for barely even trying to get Werth's ground ball. Or Hanigan letting an inside fastball clank off is glove letting runners move to 2nd and 3rd. Or Rolen getting handcuffed on a mildly difficult hop. Or Coco Crisp muffing a can of corn. Or Matt Holliday screwing up nearly every big ball hit to him.
Just saying. To err is human.
quote:Originally posted by biggerpapi:
I'm not a fan of bashing the umpires for missing a call at full speed
Spoken like an umpire with too many conflicts
I'm no umpire. But I do feel I have a pretty good view of the strike zone from my spot on the fence, 50' down from first base.
I've done just enough umpiring to know two things, one is I'm not very good at it and secondly, it is a tough, thankless job.
Having said that, I feel obligated to let them know when they have blown a call. It would seem that the call at first is an easy one? Get a good angle so you can see when the runner's foot hits the bag, and listen for the ball to strike the glove.
I know that the mind plays tricks sometimes when things happen quickly. You say to yourself, what did I just see or hear?
An example, I was stopped at a traffic light at O dark thirty one morning. The car in front trunk popped open. A man in a sports jacket, dress shirt, tie, got out and walked back to close it. He had no pants on but was wearing a woman's full slip. The light turned and I was pulling around him as this was going on. After I took off, I've questioned my mind many times about what did I see??
Having said that, I feel obligated to let them know when they have blown a call. It would seem that the call at first is an easy one? Get a good angle so you can see when the runner's foot hits the bag, and listen for the ball to strike the glove.
I know that the mind plays tricks sometimes when things happen quickly. You say to yourself, what did I just see or hear?
An example, I was stopped at a traffic light at O dark thirty one morning. The car in front trunk popped open. A man in a sports jacket, dress shirt, tie, got out and walked back to close it. He had no pants on but was wearing a woman's full slip. The light turned and I was pulling around him as this was going on. After I took off, I've questioned my mind many times about what did I see??
The problem with umpiring today at that level is that the talking heads show the video over and over in slow motion and somehow suggest that they are horrified that the ump blew the call. The fact is that few can do that job. Yes, they make mistakes. What they get right is never discussed. For example, at the end of the season in the Cardinal's/Nats game where the homerun was hit and it was borderline, they made the call correctly and replays showed just how difficult that call really was.
It is becoming more and more typical for us to sit in judgement of others. Yet, most of us should be thankful that the public does not get to view our mistakes at work and display them for the world to see. This past week, I made some people very upset with me. One fired a very nasty email to others about me. The problem was that I was included in the "reply all." I now have those remarks in an email and can do some serious damage to that person's reputation. Why would I do that. I can weather the storm of her remarks and know that she made a mistake in the heat of the moment. WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. JMHO!
It is becoming more and more typical for us to sit in judgement of others. Yet, most of us should be thankful that the public does not get to view our mistakes at work and display them for the world to see. This past week, I made some people very upset with me. One fired a very nasty email to others about me. The problem was that I was included in the "reply all." I now have those remarks in an email and can do some serious damage to that person's reputation. Why would I do that. I can weather the storm of her remarks and know that she made a mistake in the heat of the moment. WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. JMHO!
quote:Originally posted by biggerpapi:
I'm no umpire. But I do feel I have a pretty good view of the strike zone from my spot on the fence, 50' down from first base.
I was just thinking yesterday that the umpiring in the playoff games I have been able to watch thus far has been extremely good, particularly behind the plate. It seemed that they were getting a remarkable amount of edge calls right as compared to K-zone.
Then I watched some of today's Cards/Nats game. HP ump's last name was Joyce. He was calling strikes on pitches that were well off the plate up, down, in and out. I saw it and K-zone confirmed it. Hmmm, only 3 hits per team. Unfortunately, he had WAY too much impact on that game.
Then I watched some of today's Cards/Nats game. HP ump's last name was Joyce. He was calling strikes on pitches that were well off the plate up, down, in and out. I saw it and K-zone confirmed it. Hmmm, only 3 hits per team. Unfortunately, he had WAY too much impact on that game.
Let us not over think this...Joyce is not a good umpire...he is fostered by a union that allows it to happen like many others...not much different than many professions. He has been awful FOREVER behind the plate....it is what it is
I can never understand how an umpire is allowed to set his own strike zone. Joyce's zone last night was ridiculous. Why is that allowed? He certainly had an impact on the game and that, IMO, is just wrong.
I thought I was watching the LL World Series.
I thought I was watching the LL World Series.
Joyce's stike zone yesterday in the Cards/Nats playoff game was the biggest strike zone I have ever seen in MLB. Ever! Pretty much went both ways although it was a little one sided to Washington toward the later innings as I really think he started playing to the crowd! Washington had like seven K's in a row...Yes I am from St. Louis and am biased toward the birds on the bat. But it was a big strike zone that definitely favored the pitchers. Joyce also seems to really like calling strikes as you can hear him over the crowd every time he cals one it...
The biggest strike zone ever was by Eric Gregg in the 1997? World Series. I think he got a lot of **** over that from baseball. Might be one of the reasons he never got back into MLB and wound up bartending at Veterans Stadium after the umpire strike.