Fair or Foul, safe or out, , the umps generally get the majority of the calls right, but is it just me, why are more players and managers getting tossed out of games.
Arguing balls and strikes has always been a cardinal sin, and an instant ticket to the showers and the wet bar, but bang bang plays at 1st, 2nd or 3rd get questioned all the time. Players and managers have different angles, sometimes players are wrong too. Managers are never wrong, just ask them.
I just find it happens more frequently than 30-40 years ago that players, and coaches, and managers get the have ho very quickly. Is it the TV cameras, is trying to collect 'scalps', their reputation at stake, a combination of all 3, who knows.
I watched a spring training game last March, it was only the 3rd such game, and the manager got tossed for arguing from the dugout. Funny story because the manager was actually arguing with a player, and the ump thought it was all about his balls and strikes calls.
The umps are human, but I just get this feeling that they are trying to strike at the delicate balance and maybe it's causing them to take matters too seriously, and over react.
Now we have instant reply on potential home runs, or are they foul balls, now the ump can gt a reply called. It will not happen that close base calls get reviewed, because it would just slow the play down even more than it is.
Is it possible the umps hate this, and are tossing players, and mangers in an effort to exert some control, or show the powers they have. They had better be careful this trend does not get worse, because I am pretty sure you don't pay $ 50 a ticket to watch the ump gyrate his strike 3 call.
Did ya ?? Thought as much.
September arrives next week, and we'll look at the races in earnest.
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