Has Major League Baseball Umpiring gotten worse?

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It is not getting worse Since baseball began, there have been missed calls. Really obvious missed calls are not overturned because what the umpire says goes. I think they are afraid that if they reverse themselves when they make a mistake, they will somehow become vulnerable to bending to the will of the crowd or the players or the coaches.As for the umpires taking guff from players and coaches, I think the league has actively discouraged this.

In the past, managers like Billy Martin and others would throw fits and kick dirt and throw bases, and the umpire would yell back and let it go on for several minutes. The crowd loved it, but that is not what baseball was about. I have a feeling the league has instructed umpires to nip arguments like that in the bud.

It is the same in tennis. You don't hear about players like John McEnrow any more. If you mouth off to the judge, you loose a point, or the game, or the match.

I hope this helps.

1 Human eyes don't see as well as video cameras.

Human eyes don't see as well as video cameras.

2 I suspect it's YouTube that has changed, not the umpiring. I wouldn't want to have to call the exact position of a baseball zipping by at 90+ MPH, often not even on a straight line. Baseball is a game of inches, and unfortunately, people are not good at judging inches.

And the faster the game is, and the more money riding on it, the more important the inches are. Most sports, when played at that level, push the margins of error well below what human beings can give. The game wasn't designed for that level of precision.

The game was designed for fun. Baseball prides itself on the human dimension, if it's going to be of any interest at all. They're the only game without a clock, and they're happy for it.

The more tech you add to fix the problems, the more you're going to squeeze out what little life the game has left.

I suspect it's YouTube that has changed, not the umpiring. I wouldn't want to have to call the exact position of a baseball zipping by at 90+ MPH, often not even on a straight line. Baseball is a game of inches, and unfortunately, people are not good at judging inches.

And the faster the game is, and the more money riding on it, the more important the inches are. Most sports, when played at that level, push the margins of error well below what human beings can give. The game wasn't designed for that level of precision.

The game was designed for fun. Baseball prides itself on the human dimension, if it's going to be of any interest at all. They're the only game without a clock, and they're happy for it.

The more tech you add to fix the problems, the more you're going to squeeze out what little life the game has left.

3 I think the 'close' plays, the runner at first and plays at home, are probably as bad as they have ever been, but the super HD slow mo's and 7 camera angles now let the TV viewer see when they are wrong. What I can't understand are the obvious calls that are missed. Swisher on the pick off at 2nd, Mauer's 'foul' ball, and the ridiculous double play at third that only went for one out.

There should be an official off the field that can immediately see these blown calls and reverse them. The umps who want that TV time with their behavior need to be disciplined, but they have not shown any ability to police themselves.

I think the 'close' plays, the runner at first and plays at home, are probably as bad as they have ever been, but the super HD slow mo's and 7 camera angles now let the TV viewer see when they are wrong. What I can't understand are the obvious calls that are missed. Swisher on the pick off at 2nd, Mauer's 'foul' ball, and the ridiculous double play at third that only went for one out.

There should be an official off the field that can immediately see these blown calls and reverse them. The umps who want that TV time with their behavior need to be disciplined, but they have not shown any ability to police themselves.

Most definitely, but as Carl points out above, there have always been mistakes and the TV camera angles are now letting people see the goofs they couldn't see before. However, human error is a part of the game - although some of the blown calls we've seen over the last couple of weeks are really atrocious - and I'd hate to see it ruined by instant replay. The game is played at a nice, liesurely pace and is restful and relaxing - unlike football where the object of the game is to see how much damage you can do to the other team, kind of like a miniature version of a war - and to institute instant replay would not only slow the game down even more, but would cast aspersions on the integrity and dignity (such as it is - especially in the American League playoffs) of the umpires.

While the umpiring may not be as good as it was in the earlier days of baseball - we really don't know do we since so many of those games weren't filmed - does that justify instituting instant replay? I think not. The game should be left alone and let human error play a part in determining what happens.

And remember, the umpires have never been loved all that much - people used to yell "Kill The Umpire" which, if you yelled it today, someone might actually try to do! Leave it alone and let those human errors play a part in the outcome of the games - that's what makes baseball as great as it is.

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