Jim Joyce is the ****...

[dawgstudent]

I don't care what he called. He owned up to his mistake and has taken what he did to heart. I respect that guy.

 

[LewisNixon]

MLB umpires who make 6 figures and can't get simple calls right deserve no respect. Come to think of it, the ones who get the calls right deserve no respect. They are $!%#$+* umpires.

Make a huge fuckup on your job tomorrow that gets plastered on the front page of every newspaper in the world and see if you boss thinks "I'm Sorry" is good enough.

 

[hatfieldms]

Nobody is perfect, and will make human error. He at least stepped up and took responsibility unlike many would have

 

[dawgstudent]

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[patdog]

has made a call at least as bad as the one he did at some time in their career. And I'm pretty sure you've probably 17ed something up in your work career. It happens. But not a whole lot of people own up to it like he has.

 

[LewisNixon]

but he really would have appeared to be a clueless dumbass if he had not stepped up. It was a fairly obvious mistake.

Yes, we are all human and make mistakes, but @!++%%# up your main job and then getting a pass cause you cry and say your are sorry just does not work in most major workplaces.

And I could not care less about the no hitter or any of it, just a general observation.

@!++%%# pussification of America continues.

 

[LewisNixon]

fine, I think he did the right thing and good for him for admitting what the rest of the world already knew. But this word, RESPECT, keeps tripping me up.

And I am not deep down serious and mad or anything, so temper the overreaction thing. Just an observation about something that seems obvious to the non baseball obsessed.

 

[LewisNixon]

other than the cool blue shirts?

 

[dawgstudent]

I feel bad for the guy, especially the fact he received death threats.? And respect the way he manned up.? He also got emotional tonight about it. ? You definitely overreacted.?

In your honor:

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[LewisNixon]

you took the temper of my response in the "zealot, mad, pissed off, DiamondReb" kind of way when I intended it to be just what I said in later posts.

I commend the guy, he stepped up and did what was right. But my original point is still my original point.

And thanks for the Aretha.

 

[dawgstudent]

but respect can be applied in many different cases.

 

[LewisNixon]

if you will re-read my posts, you will get what I was saying.

G'night.

 

[dawgstudent]

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[KurtRambis4]

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[FlabLoser]

He owned up to his mistake and has taken what he did to heart.

Did he have a choice? His options were to admit fault, or be Rogers Redding.

 

[LewisNixon]

asdf

 

[Todd4State]

He owned up to his mistake and has taken what he did to heart.

Did he have a choice? His options were to admit fault, or be Rogers Redding.

"I called it like I saw it." End of discussion. He also had the whole "ball not securely in the glove" angle that he could have used as an escape route. He did neither. He did the right thing.

This year in baseball has been marred by umpires calling balks for no good reason, complaining about the length of the game, and baiting players into ejections. And now you have this umpire who made a poor call, in a game that would have put Armando Galarraga in the history books had it not been for his call, and what does he do? He admits his mistake and apologizes-sincerely. You will have to excuse me for finding this refreshing.

On top of that, what about Armando Galarraga? I mean, here he is about to have his name etched into the record books and it is erased by a mistake by an umpire. How does he react? He walks away smiling. And then what does he do? He forgives the umpire. He didn't say one word to him. He went back to the mound and got the last hitter out.

And then Jim Leyland- yes, he argued with the umpire, but that is his job to do so as a manager. He has to protect his players. And several of the players were arguing with Joyce after the game and Leyland had to step in before someone for the Tigers got a fine. But after the game, Leyland also forgave the umpire.

I do not believe that I would have handled the situation nearly as well as those three individuals.

 

[patdog]

It's your own fault if it's not.

 

[dawgstudent]

http://sports.espn.go.com...amp;source=ESPNHeadlines

 

[zerocooldog]

luckily this wasn't in the Nippon league or we'd probably see a harakiri.

 

[dosequisdawg]

im guessing you have the luxury of being able to make a mistake in your job without being on the front page of every newspaper in the country, having people give your family death threats, and being criticized by millions. whether you respect umps or not, it would be awful to have your screw up be publicized like that.