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MLB 2017: The Yankees are dead, Yankees burn in hell

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Captain Clark Terrell said:
Major League Umps Unite to Protest Kinsler Fine

These guys are pathetic. Rallying around Angel Hernandez makes them look even worse than they already do.
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I said it in a conversation somewhere (CSN I think), if the umpires want to be taken seriously, they need to do a hell of a lot better job doing their job.

If they don't like the criticism, they shouldn't leave a Joe West sized opening for the criticism. It's like 95% about the balls & strikes that can't be reviewed.
 
Ar-Pharazon said:
I said it in a conversation somewhere (CSN I think), if the umpires want to be taken seriously, they need to do a hell of a lot better job doing their job.

If they don't like the criticism, they shouldn't leave a Joe West sized opening for the criticism. It's like 95% about the balls & strikes that can't be reviewed.
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They also shouldn't be trying to make the game about themselves. Nobody watches baseball for the umpires, especially the umpires who are terrible at their jobs. I don't mind umps like Jim Joyce, who generally does a good job working games. It's the Joe Wests and CB Bucknors I could do without.
 
Mr. Laser Beam said:
They did when Dutch Rennert was working the plate. :lol:
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You didn't even watch baseball when Dutch Rennert was an umpire.

Anyway, in fun stat of the day news, with Colón's win over the Diamondbacks last night, he became the third active pitcher (Scherzer, in Hawk voice LACKEY) to beat all 30 teams. He has yet to win a game at Wrigley or Chase Field; I'm not sure how many players have beaten all teams and won at every stadium.
 
Timby said:
You didn't even watch baseball when Dutch Rennert was an umpire.

Anyway, in fun stat of the day news, with Colón's win over the Diamondbacks last night, he became the third active pitcher (Scherzer, in Hawk voice LACKEY) to beat all 30 teams. He has yet to win a game at Wrigley or Chase Field; I'm not sure how many players have beaten all teams and won at every stadium.
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Some fun research (the new Atlanta stadium makes it more challenging)...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_league_pitchers_beating_all_30_teams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_Major_League_Baseball_stadiums
 
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It's easy if you get traded a zillion times, so you play for and against enough teams that you're bound to pick them all up eventually...
 
Scout101 said:
It's easy if you get traded a zillion times, so you play for and against enough teams that you're bound to pick them all up eventually...
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Well, sure, if you're a decent journeyman, but ... EDWIN JACKSON
 
Yep. Has 97 wins, but played with 12 different teams as far as I could quickly tell. Being kinda crappy helps, because you'll be traded, cut, or otherwise moved on from a lot...

And played 11 in the NL, 7 in the AL, so the lengthy career spanning both leagues and lots of teams makes it pretty easy, actually.
 
According to reports, the reason only some umpires took part in the white wristband protest, and the reason the umpires folded immediately, was that MLB notified the union in writing that it would lead to fines.
 
Scout101 said:
Yep. Has 97 wins, but played with 12 different teams as far as I could quickly tell. Being kinda crappy helps, because you'll be traded, cut, or otherwise moved on from a lot...

And played 11 in the NL, 7 in the AL, so the lengthy career spanning both leagues and lots of teams makes it pretty easy, actually.
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It's like consecutive games hit streaks, meaningless. 1/4 or 1/5 every game for 20 games doesn't add up to a very good batting average.

And like with Jackson, beating all 30 teams doesn't mean a lot when your lifetime record is 97-116.
 
This fiasco sums up the career of Angel Hernandez perfectly.

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OK, the Mets' entire medical staff needs to go, seriously.

According to a source, Matz consented to multiple pain-killing injections, occasionally on game days, to quell the pain that came along with an elbow that at times swelled to the size of a grapefruit. The pain came and went, though the elbow bothered him mostly between starts.

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One source described a belief by some in the organization that Matz was simply learning to get over the “mental hurdle” of pitching through pain. Indeed, injury has been a constant theme throughout his career.
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"Quit bitching, Matz, rub some dirt on it and get the fuck out there."
 
Jesus fucking Christ on a Pogo stick. Not just firing them, but I can see some lawsuits coming out of this mess.
 
Rich Hill is in the middle of an extra innings no-no against the Pirates, going into the bottom of the tenth and had a perfect game going into the ninth inning.
 
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