(03-31-2013 12:01 AM)Rick Gerlach Wrote:  

(03-30-2013 07:05 PM)13thOwl Wrote:  I really didn't care for the home plate ump today. He made me wish Oros was behind the plate calling balls and strikes. It seemed like Simms didn't have much working today, but Blue totally squeezed John. For the record, I didn't think the first base ump had his best game either. Both umpires seemed to sleepwalk through the game.

Our section had been commenting that we could have lived with the blow out and driven home thinking, "it was just one of those games." When the incomplete comeback was finished, we all were pissed that a guy poorly going through the motions would end up costing Rice the game. It is unusual for me to go half a season before I leave a ballpark thinking that the umpiring crew was totally incompetent, but this was the first time this season that the crew seemed to be not worthy of calling a whiffle ball game.

Out of curiousity, did the home plate ump throw someone in the dugout out in the bottom of the 8th? I know Coach came out and had a very long discussion with him after the inning ended, so he didn't get run.

IIRC, the ump came over and barked at the dugout after the foul ball call on the Rice line drive that hit off the first baseman's glove in what most of the crowd thought was fair territory but was deflected into foul ground.

I believe he yelled out (in frustration), " You have been warned!" So, we didn't see anyone tossed.

I rather enjoyed the Rice bench getting into the game. They were pretty vocal and at one point the Home Plate Ump warned them to knock it off.