Post by Islandboagie on Jun 1, 2013 12:16:05 GMT -5
Rog- No one has ever been able to tell me why basketball players miss foul shots, why balls get dropped, why batters don't always hit cripple pitches even in batting practice, or why officials miss calls. I think the answer is because these activities are being performed by human beings, not machines, and these skills are something that can be mastered, but not perfected -- since they are performed by humans.
Boagie- Obviously you've never used a paper shredder or tried to print up a report, machines often screw things up. The difference is machines don't have the capabilities to correct those mistakes by themselves. It's the human's job to realize the mistake and fix it, whether it's their mistake, someone elses or a machine's. A machine will just keep printing out skewed pages and doesn't care if it's right or wrong. It has one task to perform and will do it without regrets. Because of this, humans are smarter.
If a machine were created to shoot free throws it would probably shoot free throws at a very high percentage, but if it became unbalanced and started missing to the right, the machine wouldn't be able to correct itself. Only a human could realize it, and make the adjustments.
Nobody, and I mean NOBODY thinks umpires are flawless, or should be, so WHY in god's name do you keep making this your argument???
I have talked about Jim Joyce clearly missing the call at first during the perfect game, but praised him for his statements after the game. He realized he screwed up and admitted it, and felt terrible that he cost someone his place in the history books. His comments and actions following the game turned a bad situation into a better story than the perfect game itself. It's honorable people like Jim Joyce who make their professions better because they're a part of it. You seem to think that following this so called umpire's book is more important than the actions of Jim Joyce. I say bullshit. Some book is not a reason to stop being an honorable person with integrity.
In baseball if a player makes a mistake, there's another player who tries to pick him up. It's a game about teamwork. If Jeremy Affeldt can't get out a lefty, and a righty is due up next, often he's taken out for someone like Casilla or Kontos. If one of those guys get's a double play ball or a big strikeout to end the inning, who is the most relieved and thankful? Jeremy Affeldt.
On offense, if a player fails to get a bunt down, or advance the runner, the next hitter is then asked to pick that guy up by getting a hit. If he does get a hit, who's often the first guy to greet that player at the dugout? The player who couldn't get it done. That's what a team is all about. Everyday, perhaps mutiple times a day teammates pick eachother up.
What some umpires do is selfish. They refuse to admit that maybe they made a mistake. It would be like if Affeldt refused to hand over the ball when Bochy came out to make a change. Saying "Nope, I got that last guy out, you didn't see it like I did, I'm not going to leave the mound." Of course, this wouldn't happen because the players have respect for their manager and have been taught how to do things. You relinquish the ball if it's not your day, no big deal, rely on your teammate to save your butt and maybe you can repay the favor next time around.
Nobody here says umpires can't make mistakes, Rog. But, an umpiring crew is a team, they should pick eachother up if one makes a mistake. And the person who makes a mistake shouldn't have such an inflated ego where he won't allow that to happen. Unfortunately, too often the inflated ego comes into play. I don't agree with it, no matter how many times you try to defend it.
The bad umpires are like that free throw shooting machine that became unbalanced, it's time Major League Baseball takes a wrench to these mother f'ers.
Boagie- Obviously you've never used a paper shredder or tried to print up a report, machines often screw things up. The difference is machines don't have the capabilities to correct those mistakes by themselves. It's the human's job to realize the mistake and fix it, whether it's their mistake, someone elses or a machine's. A machine will just keep printing out skewed pages and doesn't care if it's right or wrong. It has one task to perform and will do it without regrets. Because of this, humans are smarter.
If a machine were created to shoot free throws it would probably shoot free throws at a very high percentage, but if it became unbalanced and started missing to the right, the machine wouldn't be able to correct itself. Only a human could realize it, and make the adjustments.
Nobody, and I mean NOBODY thinks umpires are flawless, or should be, so WHY in god's name do you keep making this your argument???
I have talked about Jim Joyce clearly missing the call at first during the perfect game, but praised him for his statements after the game. He realized he screwed up and admitted it, and felt terrible that he cost someone his place in the history books. His comments and actions following the game turned a bad situation into a better story than the perfect game itself. It's honorable people like Jim Joyce who make their professions better because they're a part of it. You seem to think that following this so called umpire's book is more important than the actions of Jim Joyce. I say bullshit. Some book is not a reason to stop being an honorable person with integrity.
In baseball if a player makes a mistake, there's another player who tries to pick him up. It's a game about teamwork. If Jeremy Affeldt can't get out a lefty, and a righty is due up next, often he's taken out for someone like Casilla or Kontos. If one of those guys get's a double play ball or a big strikeout to end the inning, who is the most relieved and thankful? Jeremy Affeldt.
On offense, if a player fails to get a bunt down, or advance the runner, the next hitter is then asked to pick that guy up by getting a hit. If he does get a hit, who's often the first guy to greet that player at the dugout? The player who couldn't get it done. That's what a team is all about. Everyday, perhaps mutiple times a day teammates pick eachother up.
What some umpires do is selfish. They refuse to admit that maybe they made a mistake. It would be like if Affeldt refused to hand over the ball when Bochy came out to make a change. Saying "Nope, I got that last guy out, you didn't see it like I did, I'm not going to leave the mound." Of course, this wouldn't happen because the players have respect for their manager and have been taught how to do things. You relinquish the ball if it's not your day, no big deal, rely on your teammate to save your butt and maybe you can repay the favor next time around.
Nobody here says umpires can't make mistakes, Rog. But, an umpiring crew is a team, they should pick eachother up if one makes a mistake. And the person who makes a mistake shouldn't have such an inflated ego where he won't allow that to happen. Unfortunately, too often the inflated ego comes into play. I don't agree with it, no matter how many times you try to defend it.
The bad umpires are like that free throw shooting machine that became unbalanced, it's time Major League Baseball takes a wrench to these mother f'ers.