by SSTN Admin
May 5, 2024
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Yesterday Aaron Judge was thrown out of the game on a borderline call. In his life, he has never been thrown out of a game.
On his ejection - He didn't carry on. He was walking back to the dugout. Even after he was tossed, he didn't "put on a show." Them even after the game with the press interviews, Judge took the high ground.
Not long ago Aaron Boone was thrown out for... not saying anything.
What can be done to improve the umpiring in Major League Baseball?
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Bring on the robo-umps! The robo-strike zone (automatic strike zone) is the only way to ensure accuracy with balls and strikes, and the fans, the players, the teams, and everyone involved deserve 100% accuracy. They talk about "speeding up the game". Well, it slows down the game when there are disputes with umpires over balls and strikes.
The sign of a good umpire is when you don't know the names of the umpires who umpired the game. Yes, I know the umpires names are announced by the stadium PA announcer, and by TV and radio broadcasters at the beginning of the game, but after that, if these umpires are good, their names are soon forgotten. The umpires names only co…
Technology will fix most of these problems, however bad calls have always been a part of the game. There are always going to be bad umpires, however there should be a mechanism to eliminate the most egregious.
Replay has fixed the most egregious calls on plays in the field. There are still errors, but it's a vast improvement over Don Denkinger's and Jim Joyce's game-wrecking calls before replay.
The real problem is the strike zone. I don't know the status of roboump pitch calling technology, but it can't arrive fast enough to suit me.
That said, the strike three call on which Judge got ejected was a strike. It would impress me if he looked at the tape and admitted he was wrong.
for a first offense, placement in stocks.
for a second offense, a whipping
a third offense would result in a drastic chastisement
Until an umpire can lose both his post season assignments, and his job - even at the end of the season, based on his performance and ratings/metrics, truthfully nothing will change. Right now, only technology can push an umpire's decision aside.
A realistic thing that can be done right now is 1) Umpires in all full season minor league games are 4 man crews, and the the umpires in the majors add a 5th crew member to be an onsite replay official. To hear the other day that 'you're beef is with the guys in NY, bring it up with them', was ridiculous.. Make the replay official explain his/her decision to the manager.