I was thinkin the sam thing when i found out that Randy Wolf's brother was umpiring our games!!!!!

 

He blew that call that made pudge get thrown out of the game also!!!!!!!

 

f*** the whole Wolf family!!!!

 

Burn in hell WOLF family!!!!!

 

 

 

:guillotine

mikebball,

 

That is a little extreme for me, but thanks for another Wolf Conflict of Interest Product.

I was thinkin the sam thing when i found out that Randy Wolf's brother was umpiring our games!!!!!

 

He blew that call that made pudge get thrown out of the game also!!!!!!!

 

f*** the whole Wolf family!!!!

 

Burn in hell WOLF family!!!!!

 

 

 

:guillotine

Instant replay will not work in baseball. Just keep the game pure and don't even try for it.

I guess I'm not the only one with a good pair of eyes

The one problem I have with all these judgements based on replays is that they never show the replay from Wolf's view. He got the bag by dragging his foot backward, barely touching the bag, then losing his balance. From a side view, yes he caught the bag. But I can see how from Wolf's viewpoint, it may have looked like he just lost his balance and missed the bag.

 

Dan

This is stupid! Why is MLB letting this Jim Wolf run around 'blowing calls'. The Marlins have enough to worry about already. He should be an AL umpire, and only that!

What? I didn't know that he blew the I-Rod call! Let's just hope he doesn't umpire in the postseason!

blown calls happen everyday..... this just happened with a member of a rival team's family member as the umpire

blown calls happen everyday..... this just happened with a member of a rival team's family member as the umpire

And...Your point is...?

GET OVER IT

GET OVER IT

Yeah, sure. Yeah, we don't care about the fact that we lose games because the ump is a big Phillie's fan, yeah we don't care about the wild card...

Im gonna go to the pro with an anti Jim Wolf sign

 

 

:mischief

Im gonna go to the pro with an anti Jim Wolf sign

 

 

:mischief

Don't forget to put in a bad word for the Phillies themselves as well!

Yeah, sure. Yeah, we don't care about the fact that we lose games because the ump is a big Phillie's fan, yeah we don't care about the wild card...

yea the world is out to get the Marlins

Ramp, I hate to say it, but your ego is running wild here at the forum. You still cant admit that there is at least a perception problem with the Wolf thing? Hell, I said this back on the other thread - something no one seemed to notice - then Redman said the EXACT SAME THING. He is right, and, well to indluge my ego - so am I :shifty . There is a problem with perception, and it is ashame that Wolf the umpire's dream comes at the expense of his brother's dream. Wolf cannot be allowed to ump games that could possibly effect the Phils' chances. He has to be placed in the AL. Simple as that, and that is something MLB would have to make an exception for because the umpiring system is not AL/NL only squads anymore.

 

Oh, and screw instant replay. We are not perfect, our games our not perfect, so lets not try and pretend that our instant replays will allow for perfection because the whole thing smacks with imperfection anyway! Let the people who play, play and let the people who judge/witness do their thing. And let the performance of those individuals determine whether they have a job or not.

I am not a fan of replay either. It is still evidence that has to be interpreted by one person - in this case, an umpire. But it does 'standardize' the point of view for judgement, in that everyone, including the person making the judgment (umpire) has the same evidence to work with. If that is the case, then why is there a discrepancy still when one particular piece of evidence is presented to many people? For that, just have everyone watching vote for the call, that way MLB raises the stakes a little for everyone to be involved.

 

But that is all ridiculous. There is no perfect system, period. Instant replay is ridiculous because it undercuts the authority of the judges on the field in the first place. If any ruling they make can be overturned because of what the cameras saw, then why not just have instant replay make all the calls? Why even have umpires in the first place. No, I think we need to evaluate the men/women doing their jobs and make sure the best are in place. This requires competition. This also requires that unions stop trying to cement people into their positions and promote competition within the organizations they supposedly protect. Have MLB evalutate the umpires, but have the Ump Union decide who to keep/fire, etc. Or reverse so that way there is a check and balance. Very interesting debate though.

But that is all ridiculous. There is no perfect system, period. Instant replay is ridiculous because it undercuts the authority of the judges on the field in the first place.

 

It doesn't seem to be a problem in the NFL or NBA. Both those leagues existed for more than half a century without instant replay. Both leagues had the same reservations as MLB currently does (does replay undermine the authority of the refs or tarnish the tradition of the game). And now both utilize instant replay, and there haven't been any complaints I know of. I don't see why it wouldn't work for MLB as well.

Well, what is the 'price' for instant replay in the MLB? In the NFL you risk a timeout, there is no time in baseball. What is the risk in the MLB? Leave it how it is and get a body regulating the umps before you even touch instant replay.

Instead of getting into a sand throwing or yelling match with the umpire they just come out of the dugout, challenge the call on the play and go to video. It would actually speed up the games since they wouldn't argue or toss anyone before they make a desicion on the call. No need to conference.

 

There would be no "cost," instead you would have two or three challenges per game.