Umpire blasts Yankees and Red Sox

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If you're struggling to stifle yawns and stay focused the morning after watching the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox play another 4-hour marathon, umpire Joe West feels your pain.

Before Wednesday night's game, West called the AL East rivals "embarrassing" and "a disgrace to baseball" for slowing the pace of their games to a crawl, according to the...

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[BlueHen86]

If you're struggling to stifle yawns and stay focused the morning after watching the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox play another 4-hour marathon, umpire Joe West feels your pain.

Before Wednesday night's game, West called the AL East rivals "embarrassing" and "a disgrace to baseball" for slowing the pace of their games to a crawl, according to the...

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West might get reprimanded for this, but good for him.

[dbackjon]

Good for him.

[Seahawks]

This is what is wrong with MLB. Batters step out after every pitch. Pitchers leave the mound. Signs on every pitch.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[bluehenbillk]

Didn't see the game Tuesday night but I heard close to double-digit times batters on both teams stepped out of the batters box and were denied time, even Jeter.

[Seahawks]

The umpires should let the pitcher throw to the plate when the batter steps out. Right down the middle. That will stop them.

[Willie]

I could understand being pissy watching those games on tv that are that long...but if you're at the game personally, why would you fucking care? You pay that much to get into the game so why would you want it to end quickly? That's like wiping before you shit, it doesn't make any sense. And for umpires to complain...stfu you're getting paid.

[OSBF]

I could understand being pissy watching those games on tv that are that long...but if you're at the game personally, why would you fucking care? You pay that much to get into the game so why would you want it to end quickly? That's like wiping before you shit, it doesn't make any sense. And for umpires to complain...stfu you're getting paid.

Because most hard core baseball fans appreciate the beauty of a 2 hr game as opposed to a 4 hr marathon.

Get your damn ass in the box and take your hacks like a man.

They were talking about the pace of the game the other day on the MLB Network. They were comparing a regular season game from last year to a NLCS game from something like 1957. You would expect the pace of a playoff game to be slower and more intense, but the oposite was true. They showed some clips, no one ever stepped out of the batters box or off the mound, and they played a friggin' playoff game in like 1hr 47 min.

The umps could help by throwin' up the right hand a little more often. More called strikes will get the batters swinging which would make the game faster. There are times when it looks like the strike zone is the size of a postage stamp.

[Seahawks]

I could understand being pissy watching those games on tv that are that long...but if you're at the game personally, why would you **** care? You pay that much to get into the game so why would you want it to end quickly? That's like wiping before you ****, it doesn't make any sense. And for umpires to complain...stfu you're getting paid.

Because the game has become friggin boring.

[dbackjon]

I could understand being pissy watching those games on tv that are that long...but if you're at the game personally, why would you fucking care? You pay that much to get into the game so why would you want it to end quickly? That's like wiping before you shit, it doesn't make any sense. And for umpires to complain...stfu you're getting paid.

Because they have all become prima-donnas, and are ruining the game.

I want to watch baseball - not fall asleep.

[Col Hogan]

I could understand being pissy watching those games on tv that are that long...but if you're at the game personally, why would you **** care? You pay that much to get into the game so why would you want it to end quickly? That's like wiping before you ****, it doesn't make any sense. And for umpires to complain...stfu you're getting paid.

Because they have all become prima-donnas, and are ruining the game.

I want to watch baseball - not fall asleep.

[JayJ79]

I could understand being pissy watching those games on tv that are that long...but if you're at the game personally, why would you fucking care? You pay that much to get into the game so why would you want it to end quickly? That's like wiping before you shit, it doesn't make any sense. And for umpires to complain...stfu you're getting paid.

So if, say, you were hired to design websites, and the sites started taking twice as long to do as they used to, but you weren't getting paid anymore to do them, you wouldn't complain?

Umpires are paid by the game, not by the hour.

[UNHWildCats]

Papelbon put it best when he said “Have you ever gone to watch a movie and thought, ‘Man, this movie is so good I wish it would have never ended.’ That’s like a Red Sox-Yankees game,” Papelbon said. “Why would you want it to end?”

So the Red Sox and Yankees take 4 hours to play a game, its good value for the fans who pay to attend the game, better to have players who fight every pitch to help win then to have a team like the Pirates who won't even field a team that could win a AA Championship.

Joe West have a problem umpiring the game for 4 hours a day? Fine maybe he should go work in a factory or something for 8 hours a day and see how he likes that.

[dbackjon]

Full of conceit, are we now.

news flash to DeadSox and Yankmes (and ESPN)- baseball is played, and quite well, and quite entertaining outside of those two overhyped franchises.

[UNHWildCats]

I could understand being pissy watching those games on tv that are that long...but if you're at the game personally, why would you fucking care? You pay that much to get into the game so why would you want it to end quickly? That's like wiping before you shit, it doesn't make any sense. And for umpires to complain...stfu you're getting paid.

So if, say, you were hired to design websites, and the sites started taking twice as long to do as they used to, but you weren't getting paid anymore to do them, you wouldn't complain?

Umpires are paid by the game, not by the hour.

As a senior umpire and crew chief Joe West makes close to $300,000 a year. Dividing that by 162 games (and they dont work 162 games) he makes $1,851 a day. For a 4 hour game he makes $462 a hour.... AND HES GOING TO FUCKING COMPLAIN he needs to shut his fucking mouth... better yet, let him try another failed job walk out and not get his job back when he backfires like last time.

[UNHWildCats]

I could understand being pissy watching those games on tv that are that long...but if you're at the game personally, why would you fucking care? You pay that much to get into the game so why would you want it to end quickly? That's like wiping before you shit, it doesn't make any sense. And for umpires to complain...stfu you're getting paid.

Because most hard core baseball fans appreciate the beauty of a 2 hr game as opposed to a 4 hr marathon.

Get your damn ass in the box and take your hacks like a man.

They were talking about the pace of the game the other day on the MLB Network. They were comparing a regular season game from last year to a NLCS game from something like 1957. You would expect the pace of a playoff game to be slower and more intense, but the oposite was true. They showed some clips, no one ever stepped out of the batters box or off the mound, and they played a friggin' playoff game in like 1hr 47 min.

The umps could help by throwin' up the right hand a little more often. More called strikes will get the batters swinging which would make the game faster. There are times when it looks like the strike zone is the size of a postage stamp.

Thats another thing with West. The game Sunday would not have lasted 4 hours if he actually called the damn strikes that he wasnt calling for both teams. Same thing Tuesday night, they werent calling strikes, Lester and Burnett both had words with the ump Tuesday night about it.

[BlueHen86]

I could understand being pissy watching those games on tv that are that long...but if you're at the game personally, why would you fucking care? You pay that much to get into the game so why would you want it to end quickly? That's like wiping before you shit, it doesn't make any sense. And for umpires to complain...stfu you're getting paid.

Because it's a weeknight, and kids have to go to school the next day and adults have to go to work. A game that starts at 7:30 should end around 10:00. If it goes extra innings that is one thing, but if it runs late because batters are stepping out on every pitch that gets to be ridiculous.

[BlueHen86]

So if, say, you were hired to design websites, and the sites started taking twice as long to do as they used to, but you weren't getting paid anymore to do them, you wouldn't complain?

Umpires are paid by the game, not by the hour.

As a senior umpire and crew chief Joe West makes close to $300,000 a year. Dividing that by 162 games (and they dont work 162 games) he makes $1,851 a day. For a 4 hour game he makes $462 a hour.... AND HES GOING TO FUCKING COMPLAIN he needs to shut his fucking mouth... better yet, let him try another failed job walk out and not get his job back when he backfires like last time.

He's right in this case. Some batters call time in order to mess up the pitchers timing, baseball should put a stop to that. Imagine what football would be like if there were unlimited timeouts? Teams would be calling timeout on every play, either to mess up the other teams timing or because they didn't like the other teams player formation.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

Don't watch Baseball because it fucking sucks. Barely ever open a thread about Baseball for the same reason. One thing that seems funny is the movie comparison. If you had a movie that was a fantastic 2 hr. movie would you really want it to last 4 hrs. without any added entertainment? I mean they could just have a 5 min. break after each scene for ya to contemplate what you just watched right.

How in the fuck is a 4 hr. game that has the same amount of innings, at bats, strikes, etc. more entertaining than a 2 hr. game?

Now you're probably asking yourself why the hell is Ursus even asking this when he doesn't watch and he doesn't give a shit?

I'm at a loss myself on that one.

[UNHWildCats]

Don't watch Baseball because it fucking sucks. Barely ever open a thread about Baseball for the same reason. One thing that seems funny is the movie comparison. If you had a movie that was a fantastic 2 hr. movie would you really want it to last 4 hrs. without any added entertainment? I mean they could just have a 5 min. break after each scene for ya to contemplate what you just watched right.

How in the fuck is a 4 hr. game that has the same amount of innings, at bats, strikes, etc. more entertaining than a 2 hr. game?

Now you're probably asking yourself why the hell is Ursus even asking this when he doesn't watch and he doesn't give a shit?

I'm at a loss myself on that one.

because the 2 hour or less games are generally boring 1-0 or 2-1 games with lots of first pitch outs less exciting then a high scoring game with lots of action

[BlueHen86]

Don't watch Baseball because it fucking sucks. Barely ever open a thread about Baseball for the same reason. One thing that seems funny is the movie comparison. If you had a movie that was a fantastic 2 hr. movie would you really want it to last 4 hrs. without any added entertainment? I mean they could just have a 5 min. break after each scene for ya to contemplate what you just watched right.

How in the fuck is a 4 hr. game that has the same amount of innings, at bats, strikes, etc. more entertaining than a 2 hr. game?

Now you're probably asking yourself why the hell is Ursus even asking this when he doesn't watch and he doesn't give a shit?

I'm at a loss myself on that one.

because the 2 hour or less games are generally boring 1-0 or 2-1 games with lots of first pitch outs less exciting then a high scoring game with lots of action

If the extra two hours was action I don't think anyone would have a problem with it. But it's not, it's guys stepping out of the batters box to adjust their batting gloves or feel their crotch; or conferences at the mound discussing how to pitch to a guy that the pitcher has faced 100 times before.

Why are you arguing this? Do you really think 4 hour baseball games are a good thing? Or are your panties in a wad because the Red Sox were one of teams that the Ump's critcized?

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

because the 2 hour or less games are generally boring 1-0 or 2-1 games with lots of first pitch outs less exciting then a high scoring game with lots of action

If the extra two hours was action I don't think anyone would have a problem with it. But it's not, it's guys stepping out of the batters box to adjust their batting gloves or feel their crotch; or conferences at the mound discussing how to pitch to a guy that the pitcher has faced 100 times before.

Why are you arguing this? Do you really think 4 hour baseball games are a good thing? Or are your panties in a wad because the Red Sox were one of teams that the Ump's critcized?

Those are exactly the two things that I have understood to be a major part of the holdup and there ain't no action in either of those two things.

Fuck Golf too.

[UNHWildCats]

because the 2 hour or less games are generally boring 1-0 or 2-1 games with lots of first pitch outs less exciting then a high scoring game with lots of action

If the extra two hours was action I don't think anyone would have a problem with it. But it's not, it's guys stepping out of the batters box to adjust their batting gloves or feel their crotch; or conferences at the mound discussing how to pitch to a guy that the pitcher has faced 100 times before.

Why are you arguing this? Do you really think 4 hour baseball games are a good thing? Or are your panties in a wad because the Red Sox were one of teams that the Ump's critcized?

if you seriously think 2 hours of a Red Sox/Yankees game is just what you mentioned you are an idiot. One reason these two teams have games that drag on is both teams have lots of players who are patient and work deep counts.

Lets compare two games from Tuesday. Boston vs New York and Houston vs San Fran.

The Boston/New York game saw a combined 332 pitches over an official 228 minutes of game time. This averaged out to about 1 pitch ever .68 minutes or about every 42 seconds (Before you complain about that remember game time includes commercial breaks between innings which totals anywhere from 25 to 27 minutes depending on wether you calculate using 90 second breaks or the USA Today reported 2 in 5 second breaks (I have never counted)) Meantime the other game had 259 pithes over a 158 minute game which averaged out to one pitch ever .6 minutes or one pitch every 36 seconds or so, again take into account inning breaks before complaining about the time.

So right there theres very little difference between time between pitches, the big difference is NY and Bos take tons of pitches and/or foul off a lot which adds a lot to the game. Also keep in mind on that Tuesday game the home plate umpire had a very bad strike zone and was squeezing both Burnett and Lester which added to pitch counts and added to game time, both Burnett and Lester complained with the umpire between innings. So the big difference isnt with Red Sox or Yankee players stepping out more or having more mound visits. And the umpires need to take some blame for games dragging on.

[Grizalltheway]

If the extra two hours was action I don't think anyone would have a problem with it. But it's not, it's guys stepping out of the batters box to adjust their batting gloves or feel their crotch; or conferences at the mound discussing how to pitch to a guy that the pitcher has faced 100 times before.

Why are you arguing this? Do you really think 4 hour baseball games are a good thing? Or are your panties in a wad because the Red Sox were one of teams that the Ump's critcized?

if you seriously think 2 hours of a Red Sox/Yankees game is just what you mentioned you are an idiot. One reason these two teams have games that drag on is both teams have lots of players who are patient and work deep counts.

Lets compare two games from Tuesday. Boston vs New York and Houston vs San Fran.

The Boston/New York game saw a combined 332 pitches over an official 228 minutes of game time. This averaged out to about 1 pitch ever .68 minutes or about every 42 seconds (Before you complain about that remember game time includes commercial breaks between innings which totals anywhere from 25 to 27 minutes depending on wether you calculate using 90 second breaks or the USA Today reported 2 in 5 second breaks (I have never counted)) Meantime the other game had 259 pithes over a 158 minute game which averaged out to one pitch ever .6 minutes or one pitch every 36 seconds or so, again take into account inning breaks before complaining about the time.

So right there theres very little difference between time between pitches, the big difference is NY and Bos take tons of pitches and/or foul off a lot which adds a lot to the game. Also keep in mind on that Tuesday game the home plate umpire had a very bad strike zone and was squeezing both Burnett and Lester which added to pitch counts and added to game time, both Burnett and Lester complained with the umpire between innings. So the big difference isnt with Red Sox or Yankee players stepping out more or having more mound visits. And the umpires need to take some blame for games dragging on.

Moral of the story: don't get into an argument with Travis unless you have 8 free hours during the day to type out posts like this one.

[OhioHen]

Because the game has become friggin boring.

Baseball has ALWAYS been boring.

7 minutes of action crammed into 3 short hours (4 if it's post-season or Yankers vs. Red Palms).