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Friday, September 09, 2005Young: "I called it from my heart."Larry Young, on trying to cheat the Angels:
"I called it from my heart."Well, there's your first mistake. You have eyes, dickbag. You also have a brain (you do, right?). Those are the tools of the major league umpire, not the heart. "I know it was unpopular with Mike's team..."Oh, I have no doubt that you knew it was unpopular - that is, after all, why you made the call. "...but I felt it was the right call."Oh. My. God. When you call a player out on appeal, you damn well better know that you're making the right call. There can be no doubt in your mind. "Feelings" don't enter into it. Bud Selig: Fire this man. Fire him now. Comments:Wow. He couldn't have used worse words in his apology. I feel for umpires and referees because it's a tough job, but Young is clearly incompetent. That was just horrible. It's too bad they don't make the list of umpires who deviate too much from the Questec ball/strike calls publically available. I wonder if Young would appear on that list? I recall reading something a few years ago that joked about how umpires have changed over the years: way back when it was "I call them as they are" then it became "I call them as I see them" and there were a couple more after that (each getting worse than the last). Of course, the new phrase Young is proposing is "I call them as my heart tells me." His heart is evil, he is evil. Since when do umpires "call it from my heart," what is this, a broadway theatre production. |
