Comments on: What the umpires said

By: bigyaz

bigyaz — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:24:20 +0000

I guarantee the umpires know the rulebook inside out. You’re basing everything based on what Jeter says he heard (or thought he heard).

Jeter made a positively boneheaded error. This whole controversy is a convenient way for him to deflect the criticism he deserves for that.

By: bryan w

bryan w — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:40:39 +0000

I don’t know if Girardi even realized that Chavez had the ball in has hand while tagging Tex with the glove because he didn’t argue it. I don’t know how the ump didn’t see that either because his other arm was stretched behind him then he comes back around with ball in hand and never reaching into the glove to take it out. I wonder sometimes what goes in the minds of umpires who get calls correct probably 99% of the time. But when things are so obvious and they miss them it just gets magnified which is the reason they need a replay challenge system just like the NFL where you can challenge twice a game and get a third if you win the first two. It’s really a simple solution but baseball is always way behind the times and they are just refusing to join the 21st century.

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Umps: Jeter Must Have Misheard — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:29:27 +0000

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Umps: Jeter Must Have Misheard | Sports Revelations — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:00:08 +0000

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By: YankeeFan

YankeeFan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:40:57 +0000

This controversy has to do with an umpire not even knowing the rules of the game and a person like Jeter who has a good reputation continues to say that lame explanation from the time he told Girardi on the field to the postgame makes it all the more likely that Foster did say that. Not to mention Hirschbick not even backing him the first time and Foster running away from the media.

Nobody has talked about the two other blown calls that cost the Yankees the game as much as anything. The reason? because bad calls are going to be made though they were very bad calls but the rules were not skewed as was the case here.

By: AsianShuutoHeat

AsianShuutoHeat — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:34:05 +0000

So this is basically how they handled this.

1. Hirschbeck (did I get his name right?) drags Foster to the room to get “disciplined”.
2. They both sit in there with a cup of coffee and just look at each other.
3. Foster cuts the cheese and they both laugh like little kids.
4. Foster then brings up the notion of just lying and making something up.
5. Hirschbeck then agrees because he wants to sleep.
6. So they both come up with the fact that Foster DID indeed mention the tag.
7. Foster cuts another one as he walks out of the room.

so they make something up… greeeeat move

By: MattG

MattG — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:11:19 +0000

Why do say “again?” I seem to be a lone voice on this thing. Does anyone agree with me on this? No.

Foster’s probably a jerk and a lousy umpire. He is probably too arrogant–a trait very common among officials. But I don’t know that, his stupid stance and comments notwithstanding, he is actually wrong here.

What’s more, I do think that the reputation of the Yankees and Jeter have a lot to do with this controversy.

By: MattG

MattG — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:06:51 +0000

I saw the replay last night, and I am parroting what Cone says, because I agree with him. I think he got the tag on before he pulled the hand back.

By: Benjamin Kabak

Benjamin Kabak — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:57:41 +0000

Great. You also believe the guy sitting 500 feet from home plate in the far reaches of the upper deck is in a better position to make the call than someone watching a replay.

Have you watched the replay or are you again just parroting what other people say? His hand was on the base before the tag.

By: YankeeFan

YankeeFan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:45:03 +0000

much ado about nothing? The umpire is getting paid to do his job and he doesn’t know the rule.