9/24/2007: Cardinals (Wainwright) at Brewers (Bush), 7:05 CT

[trwi7]

KILL HIM NED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MoneyballMan]

Yost just itching for an early shower.

[rluzinski]

Whoever wanted the entire team to get thrown out is having their wish. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[trwi7]

HE WAS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rluzinski]

Wow. yost was right. The runner was out. Crazy two games. At least it's not going to matter in this game.

[trwi7]

Horrible position by the umpire and absolutely disgraceful umpiring PUNCH HIM!!!!!!!

[MoneyballMan]

He was out big-time! Foot never hit the plate!! This really sucks.

[adambr2]

Honestly, can you even believe this lately? Should there be an investigation?

[brewers255]

can someone post a replay of it I missed it. Thanks.

[jhart05]

It's not crazy.

 

It's utterly ridiculous.

[MoneyballMan]

Horrible position by the umpire and absolutely disgraceful umpiring PUNCH HIM!!!!!!!

Hee hee - could you see that? Yost just stops arguing and punches him?!!

[MoneyballMan]

And it wasn't just that call at the plate - the strike zone is whatever the home plate umpire wants it to be. They just showed exactly the same pitch (one by Bush, one by the Cards) and the calls were exactly the opposite. This guy's a joke.

[bacon06]

Are the Brewers going to go the route of the 2002 Milwaukee Bucks and say conspiracy?

[ccbrew]

Wow, I turn to MNF for a couple minutes and all heck breaks loose..

 

FSN getting into it now as well with an overlay of the pitch to Miller and a similar pitch to Pujols.

[trwi7]

Thank God for realgm I just posted a paragraph that would've gotten me banned here. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[adambr2]

Love what FSN just did comparing the Miller and Pujols pitches. Made Phil Cuzzy (sp?) look like a joke, which he has been tonight.

[JrDave2304]

Horrible position by the ump and because of that do you not just assume that since Rivera is completely blocking home plate that the base runner is out? From where he was standing what can he base the runner being safe on?

 

Edit: Great camera slow motion camera view and another great comparison of the Miller/Pujols pitches which just further proves the point i made earlier of an inconsistent strike zone.

[trwi7]

Guess I'm going to have to watch the press conference tonight. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[RU Rah Rah]

So, what's the objective here? To win games, right? Then you probably don't go out of your way to antagonize another umpiring crew in the first game of a series. Honestly, you gotta think of the big picture here, especially with a week to go.

 

(That isn't to defend those calls, all of which pretty well sucked.)

[brewswinga2]

Wow am I excited for Yost's post game interview.

[moofnelson]

I've watched a lot of baseball games this year, and the one thing that amazes me is how rotten the umpires are behind the plate.

[brewers19]

Here's to hoping that 20fry can post a video of the play at the plate and the strike zone overlay.

[jhart05]

Did you hear that?

 

"The reputation the Brewers have with some of these umpires."

 

That is very sad. The umpires need to do their dam job.

[MoneyballMan]

So, what's the objective here? To win games, right? Then you probably don't go out of your way to antagonize another umpiring crew in the first game of a series. Honestly, you gotta think of the big picture here, especially with a week to go.

 

(That isn't to defend those calls, all of which pretty well sucked.)

But you can't just let them not to their jobs, which is what Yost's point was. The Crew is busting their butts (even with just a slimmer of hope left), so the least the umpires can do is to keep doing their jobs through the end of the year. They just seem to be lazy right now "playing out the season".

[trwi7]

Here's to hoping that 20fry can post a video of the play at the plate and the strike zone overlay.

 

Here's to hoping that one day brewerfan.net allows us to swear so I don't have to rush over to realgm to let all my swears out.http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/happy.gif