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Tuesday, February 05, 2019My week at umpire school, where everyone wants a thankless jobI’m blowing it. I can sense Dana DeMuth’s disappointment, and there’s nothing worse than disappointing Dana DeMuth, whose 35-year tenure as a big-league umpire earned him the dubious privilege of helming this cage session. I can’t really see his disappointment, though, because my grossly oversized umpire’s mask keeps nudging my glasses further and further down the bridge of my nose. Not being able to see also makes it difficult to determine whether a pitch is a ball or strike. And, as I’ve learned in the last few days, that’s already pretty damn hard. Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone
Posted: February 05, 2019 at 07:49 PM | 1 comment(s)
Beats: umpire school, umpires Sunday, October 28, 2018Here’s what it’s like to umpire the longest postseason game in MLB history
In case you’re curious to know what it feels like to umpire a seven-hour baseball game…. QLE
Posted: October 28, 2018 at 07:24 AM | 10 comment(s)
Beats: extra innings, umpires, world series Friday, October 26, 2018NFL reportedly fires down judge in middle of season
Not baseball related precisely but interesting to see a sport terminating an official during the season for poor performance. Tuesday, October 16, 2018Umpires Ejections and Player Ethnicity: An AnalysisIn looking at the data overall, the percentage of ejections of nonwhite players exceeds nonwhite players’ league representation — meaning there were more ejections of nonwhite players than league representation would predict occur if ejections were equally as likely to happen to nonwhite as white players. Similarly, ejections of white players fall short of what league representation would predict. When looked at in totality, ejections of nonwhite players far exceed what league representation predicts (p<.01), with an effect size approaching medium (.277). So umpires disproportionately eject nonwhite players. Perhaps most tellingly, a narrow majority of player ejections in the past 10 years have been of nonwhite players (442) compared with ejections of white players (418). Tuesday, September 11, 2018An automated strike zone’s looming, and the Rockies — like all of baseball — are split on the prospect of a robot calling pitchesWhat comes first- us turning on the robot umpires, or vice versa?
QLE
Posted: September 11, 2018 at 08:06 AM | 102 comment(s)
Beats: robots in baseball, strike zone, umpires
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