I'm fed up with umpires

[Blzer]

I want to rant, but I don't want to ramble. Basically, they are trigger happy in every sense of the word and they don't leave emotion at the door, which is exactly what they are supposed to be doing. Their biggest job on the field is to be invisible. When they don't, I start to have problems with them.

This isn't just concerning the MLB, this has to do with when I play and when I coach as well. All of them in every level are awful abusing their authority.

And I'm not making my case as if I haven't umpired before either. As young as I am (22), I've umpired for 10 years. Obviously I had done younger groups in the past, but for the past four years I haven't done any sort ranked below high school ball. Now I think I am pretty good at making calls, that's either just me or people tend to not have a beef with me. However there are always fans who just can't see the strike zone from the side correctly and tend to call me out on it, but there is nothing to lash back at them. Oh, and my dad reviews my games as often as possible and sometimes even tapes them. I want to get calls right, I don't want to be emotionally defensive.

Why did I make this post now? I'm not really sure, but I'm watching the Cardinals play the Braves and I'm watching an umpire eject Terry Pendleton about as obnoxiously as he possibly could (Pendleton sits on the bench, mind you). It's just annoying.

[elTodd]

Yeah, I agree. I think the worst offender is Joe West. He tries to make everything about himself. Like you said, the umpires should be invisible. Unfortunately a lot of the guys nowadays seem to be trying to make a name for themselves.

The way I look at it, if I don't know the umpires name, then he must be doing his job correctly.

[ASB37]

Didn't an umpire eject a fan a few weeks ago? I mean I understand he wasn't behaving and whatnot, but shouldnt that be up to the stadium security to handle? Seems to me like the ump should be paying attention to what's happening on the field and not ejecting fans. If he had a problem with someone in the seats, maybe he should have walked over and spoken to a security guard and let the staff handle the situation.

Seems to me like alot of these Umps are trying to draw attention to themselves.

[l3ulvl]

Last week Brandon Inge hit a HR to left that was reviewed and correctly reversed. Tonight a HR was hit against the Tigers that was reviewed and incorrectly NOT reversed, then in the 6th inning Ian Kinsler struck out looking at a pitch right down the middle to end the inning and started walking back to the dugout, only to realize it was not called a strike. "Pitchtrack" showed the ball was exactly down the middle, the very next pitch was an RBI single to right/center.

I'm fed up with umps, too.

Spoiler

But I'm a Tigers fan so I'm sure it's obvious

[BatsareBugs]

I've been fed up with the umpires since 2006, when it was apparent that they were screwing over the Padres because Sandy Alderson was their CEO.

[steelcurtain311]

They're not half as bad as the NBA refs. Or the questionable NFL ref calls that conveniently happen in the playoffs.

[Blzer]

Cox was just thrown out in the second inning from Hahn. This is ludicrous.

At least he shunned away from Cox's negativity instead of provoking it even more.

[snepp]

If Joe West were here he'd eject you from the forum.