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Sunday, October 16, 2005Voices"Sure Josh Paul caught the ball, but if he had just made the tag anyway, we wouldn't even be talking about this." "Sure Eddings called the final out of the inning, but had the Angels just kept playing, we wouldn't even be talking about this." "Sure it hit the glove, but if Finley had just run, we wouldn't even be talking about this." "Sure I ran the red light, but if you had just swerved, we wouldn't even be talking about this... Now scoop your brains off the pavement and get over it." Comments:100% sour grapes. If Figgins, Vlad, and Anderson are doing their jobs, we aren't having this conversation. And if the umpires were doing their jobs, the Angels would have a chance without those guys doing their jobs. I had assumed Rob was joking. If not, you're both idiots. The fact that the Angels didn't cover the umpires' asses doesn't make the umpires any less incompetent or worthy of scorn. The umpires have been shit. The Angels are playing like shit. But why can nobody state the former without deflecting the blame onto the latter? And yet nobody seems to have much trouble going the other way, blaming it all on the Angels while defending incompetence at its worst. the umpires have fucked over the angels, pure and simple. i dont usually talk about conpiracy in baseball but here, its hard not to. the white sox have been involved in corrupt baseball before, so this wouldnt be the first time. going beyond that, im just sick to my stomach by the calls i've seen made this series. and its not just the two most blatent calls we've seen so far, those being the josh paul and steve finley call, but theres a lot of little calls being called wrong. im an angels fan, yes, but i wouldnt be at all pissed if the umps would just fucking make the right calls. people need to be fired, investigations need to be made, and the way the game is played needs to be changed, this is just wrong. umpires are paid to get the calls right, if they can't do that they should see some sort of penalty. i dont care if they are only human, this is the mlb. Unfortunately,our enemic offense can not overcome any sort of mistakes. I only hope the org learns its lesson and addresses the offensive weaknesses (*cough* Garrett and Derwood *cough*) Someone needs to supply some power and protection to Vlad. Erstad's 7 HR is horrid for a 1st baseman and Garrett's 17 was almost passed by Rivera (15) in half as many at-bats. Of a six-man team of umpires, only 2 did not make an undeniable crap call, and one of those was the crew chief, who defended the crap calls. So there was one guy. One guy out of six. Any fan of the sport should be horrified. umpires need to start getting penalized for their mistakes. theyre paid to get the call right and this isnt little league. |
