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Did anyone ever think we'd have to be afraid that MLB might use instant replay for the count?
In the past I would have always assumed the umpire was right in that situation. Now I'm not so sure.
I know. I'm watching the RNC too.
What argument can the umps make about this? That they shouldn't be expected to be able to count? I don't want robots, but blatantly messing up balls and strikes twice in a few weeks is not helping their cause.
They're just lucky that the Angels won the game anyway. An appeal would have to be upheld.
And I still say that the best way to mitigate the loss of foul territory to premium seating is to make the third 2-strike foul ball be strike three.
I believe it's twice happened to Orlando Hudson this season.
Looking at the scoreboard? But even if you thought they made a mistake, it would be very difficult to argue with replay.
I just can't believe how much this is happening now. They may need for the 2nd base and third base umpires to begin recording the count.
I'd get down more on the umps if it didn't seem like nobody can freaking count.
It's really inexcusable. Why doesn't the pitcher complain when he's got a K and the ump thinks it's 2 strikes?
Another use for the instant replay.
I can't really get too down on the umpires here. How many PAs do they see in a year? That a given ump messes up once a year is not terrible, or him being an idiot. Do the MLB umps use those clickers? Maybe there was an immediate distraction or something and he missed the click.
However, I'll agree that the wronged team in each case should be paying more attention.
Frankly I don't recall this happening at all in previous seasons. Counting the incidents recounted in this thread that makes about 6 this year, which is horrid and absolutely inexcusable.
I think it's a lot like traffic lights, once you delegate that responsibility to something (or, in this case someone), you trust its judgement over your own. Several of the people you referred to may well have actually noticed, but once their impressions weren't corroborated, they simply deferred to the ump. The difference between this, and, say, Little League is that, well, I doubt any of the parents there defer a God damn thing.
Or maybe sacrifice flies.
Well, remember it's more important that umps each have their own distinctive timing and movements than that those movements be intelligible. After all, they're performers who people pay hundreds of dollars to see.
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