August 14, 200323 yr Author It would be a lot better if he just moved to the AL. Solve a lot of problems and concerns Agreed, but during interleague games he should be placed back in AAA.
August 14, 200323 yr Wow being an Ump is life or death? I am sure he could find another job unless he has no education at all. Umps do get payed well.
August 14, 200323 yr Why is it so hard for you to believe that maybe he's just making crappy calls? When any other umpire makes bad calls, you say that he's a horrible ump. When Jim Wolf makes a bad call, it MUST be because he's trying to help out his brother's team. Hey, Hunter Wendelstadt said Lo Duca was safe at the plate. Maybe he has it in for the Marlins too! Please. You crankin' me up on the umps. Maybe he does have it in for the Marlins! Why is it that we always have the bad calles and mistakes go against us? Why not against the other team? Why do they occur so often to us? Why are they so obvious to everyone but the ump supposed to make the call? Why? there are bad calls in everygame, every night... get over it
August 14, 200323 yr Author Why is it so hard for you to believe that maybe he's just making crappy calls? When any other umpire makes bad calls, you say that he's a horrible ump. When Jim Wolf makes a bad call, it MUST be because he's trying to help out his brother's team. Hey, Hunter Wendelstadt said Lo Duca was safe at the plate. Maybe he has it in for the Marlins too! Please. Cape is just pointing out the conflict of interest. It's just too much of a coincidence that Wolf makes 2 bad calls today and both went against us. Whether or not he's making biased choices is beyond our comprehension. It worries me that he was able to ump any Marlins game. It worries me even if he is going to ump a Phils game when Wolf is on the active roster! Wolf could come into the game at anytime hypothetically, what would they do then?
August 14, 200323 yr It's just too much of a coincidence that Wolf makes 2 bad calls today and both went against us. Oh, right, because no umpire has ever made two bad calls in one game. Besides, both plays were fairly close. I didn't know what the right calls were until I saw the replays. Umpires don't get the benefit of slow-motion replays like we do.
August 14, 200323 yr Oh, right, because no umpire has ever made two bad calls in one game. Besides, both plays were fairly close. I didn't know what the right calls were until I saw the replays. Umpires don't get the benefit of slow-motion replays like we do. No, but they get to stand 4 feet away from the plays when they happen.
August 14, 200323 yr Author why would Wof pitch out of the bullpen? 20 inning game, any number of reasons. Is Ramp turning into Rune?
August 14, 200323 yr It would be a lot better if he just moved to the AL. Solve a lot of problems and concerns I agree. Or back down to Triple A.
August 14, 200323 yr Umps do get payed well. How much? I am sure they make more than a Teacher. It's mind boggling that a freakin ump can get payed more than a teacher :blink: . Teachers here in Hawaii get payed sh!t.
August 14, 200323 yr Teachers everywhere aren't paid well. Ya but compared to the mainland it's even worse.
August 14, 200323 yr Why is it that we always have the bad calles and mistakes go against us? Why not against the other team? Why do they occur so often to us? Typical narrow-minded response. Do you think, maybe, just maybe, you imagine bad calls occur more often for the Fish because you mainly watch Marlin games and are biased towards the Marlins? How many Phillies, Braves, Expos, Angels, Mariners, or White Sox games have you seen this year? How do you know those teams don't have even more bad calls go against them? Being a Marlin fan, you'll notice all the bad calls against the Marlins because...well...you're a Marlin fan. How many times have you heard someone on this board say "OMG, THAT WAS A HORRIBLE CALL, IT ALLOWED THE MARLINS TO SCORE 3 RUNS THEY DIDN'T EVEN DESERVE!!"? Oh wait, I forgot, the Marlins don't get any calls in their favor...rrright. Why are they so obvious to everyone but the ump supposed to make the call? Why? Maybe because everyone watching the game gets the benefit of super-duper slow-motion replays from twenty different angles, while the umpires don't? I didn't think the plays were that obvious until I saw the slow-motion replay. Anyone who claims that they knew 100% what the right call was before they saw the replay is lying.
August 14, 200323 yr ive watched, in their entirety (sp?), every single game of baseball played in the majors this year. I have concluded that the Marlins do indeed get the most bad calls called against them. Without a doubt. lol
August 14, 200323 yr Rune, Ramp, you are both losing sight of something here. I agree with Cape & others that there is a conflict of interest here. If you went to court, and say, you and your lawyer were going after someone and his brother was the judge, wouldnt you be at least a little suspicious? I am not saying there is a conspiracy here, but I can tell you, these guys are human. Wolf could be calling games in the AL, he doesnt have to be in the NL. (I know they have that rotating umpire thing now, but still, cmon...)
August 14, 200323 yr lol....a brother of a pitcher in the NL East can't ump games in the NL (that arent the Phillies)? Come on now. Absurd.
August 14, 200323 yr and how can you compare a court of law to a GAME! A judge can affect the rest of his brother's life....an ump can affect one single GAME!
August 14, 200323 yr the NFL allows David Boston's father to ref Cowboys and Eagles game(when Boston was a Cardinal) this is ridiculous to think that Wolf is out to get us
August 14, 200323 yr I agree with Cape & others that there is a conflict of interest here. What about major league umpires who grew up as diehard Phillie fans or diehard Dodger fans or diehard Yankee fans? Is that not also a conflict of interest? Should an umpire who is a diehard Dodger fan be fired if he makes a couple borderline calls which go against the Giants? If you started crucifying umpires every time you thought there was a "conflict of interest," no one could become a major league umpire.
August 14, 200323 yr What about major league umpires who grew up as diehard Phillie fans or diehard Dodger fans or diehard Yankee fans? Is that not also a conflict of interest? Should an umpire who is a diehard Dodger fan be fired if he makes a couple borderline calls which go against the Giants? If you started crucifying umpires every time you thought there was a "conflict of interest," no one could become a major league umpire. I understand what you're saying, but there is a huge difference between being a fan of a particular team and being someone's brother.
August 14, 200323 yr haha some of you are godamn ridiuclous these huge conspiracy theories some of you come up with... unbelievable! i dont have anything to say.
August 15, 200323 yr I've posted about Jim Wolf in another topic. All I have to say is that Jim Wolf shouldn't be able to umpire any games that can potentially affect the Phillies. It is a huge conflict of interest and If Wolf can umpire a game that can affect the Phillies,then I should be able to umpire a Marlin's game. There is no conspiracy against the Marlins though...That's insane.
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