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pstrickert · 06-02-2012, 01:55 PM

wrt "Hawk" Harrelson: I don't mind him. But I wonder if he has anger management issues.

Because I have an MLB.TV subscription, I watch a lot of different games. In most cases, I don't care who wins or loses; I just want to see a good ballgame. Last night, I was watching the Phillies-Marlins game. The Phils were leading 6-4 in the eighth. The Marlins had the bases loaded with 2 out. Papelbon was pitching, Hanley Ramirez was hitting. The count was either 2-2 or 3-2. Papelbon threw a pitch that clearly missed inside. Not even close, really. Kirwin Danley, the HPU, called it a strike. Ramirez vehemently objected. He even threw his helmet down. Now, I couldn't even tell you who was calling the game for the Phils. But as they went to the break, they watched a replay of the last pitch. "Good pitch," one of them said. The other concurred, "Yeah, that was a good pitch."

During the commercial break, I decided to switch to the Marlins broadcast. When they came back from the break, the Marlins announcers (again, I have no idea who they were) watched a replay of that last pitch (using Pitch Trax). The pitch, as I thought the first time, missed inside. It wasn't even close to the strike zone. The Marlins broadcasters agreed that the HPU missed the call. One of them said, "You know how you can tell the umpire knew he blew the call? Because he didn't throw Ramirez out of the game, even though he slammed his helmet to the ground." One of them added that the HPU had missed a lot of pitches for both teams. And he said that the Marlins had nobody else to blame but themselves. They had not taken advantage of numerous opportunities to score more runs.

Quite a difference.

06-02-2012, 01:55 PM	#48
pstrickert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,026	wrt "Hawk" Harrelson: I don't mind him. But I wonder if he has anger management issues. Because I have an MLB.TV subscription, I watch a lot of different games. In most cases, I don't care who wins or loses; I just want to see a good ballgame. Last night, I was watching the Phillies-Marlins game. The Phils were leading 6-4 in the eighth. The Marlins had the bases loaded with 2 out. Papelbon was pitching, Hanley Ramirez was hitting. The count was either 2-2 or 3-2. Papelbon threw a pitch that clearly missed inside. Not even close, really. Kirwin Danley, the HPU, called it a strike. Ramirez vehemently objected. He even threw his helmet down. Now, I couldn't even tell you who was calling the game for the Phils. But as they went to the break, they watched a replay of the last pitch. "Good pitch," one of them said. The other concurred, "Yeah, that was a good pitch." During the commercial break, I decided to switch to the Marlins broadcast. When they came back from the break, the Marlins announcers (again, I have no idea who they were) watched a replay of that last pitch (using Pitch Trax). The pitch, as I thought the first time, missed inside. It wasn't even close to the strike zone. The Marlins broadcasters agreed that the HPU missed the call. One of them said, "You know how you can tell the umpire knew he blew the call? Because he didn't throw Ramirez out of the game, even though he slammed his helmet to the ground." One of them added that the HPU had missed a lot of pitches for both teams. And he said that the Marlins had nobody else to blame but themselves. They had not taken advantage of numerous opportunities to score more runs. Quite a difference.