I have see a lot of games and it seems like the umpires give all close calls to the yanks or the red sox. It seems like thay are fans of both those teems. Anyone elce seen this or feel this way?
2006-08-13 20:15:07 · 8 answers · asked by Mr. J 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
It seems like umpires give close calls to individual pitchers or hitters, not a team as a whole. As a result of the respect umpires hold for great pitchers such as Clemens, Maddux, Glavine, etc, umps will decide an abnormal amount of close calls favorably for them. Similarly, great hitters with a strong knowledge of the strike zone or just pure star power such as Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, and David Ortiz will get many close calls for them as well. Now the Yankees and Red Sox have had and currently have many great hitters and great pitchers on their teams (e.g. Rodriguez, Jason Giambi, Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, Mike Mussina, Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling) so it may seem like they get these calls more than less star-studded teams. Same goes for White Soxx hitters who proved themselves in last year's World Series (like Jermaine Dye, Paul Konerko, and Jim Thome (yes I know he wasn't on the World Series-winning team last year, but he has always been a great hitter so that will get him calls))
2006-08-13 21:42:53 · answer #1 · answered by oakland_athletics333 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i'd opt to assert the pink Sox will win the sequence. inspite of the undeniable fact that, i imagine the Yankees will win the sequence a minimum of three video games to 2 or 4-a million. The pink Sox pitching sounds like it truly is sagging badly merely even as it truly is maximum mandatory. And the Yankees are scoring runs in bunches on the prompt, it's going to be very not person-friendly for the Sox to win this sequence or make the playoffs in any respect this season except the Yankees bypass into an extented tailspin(which i'm hoping for, yet no longer looking ahead to). Sorry, i really wish i'm incorrect.
2016-11-25 00:02:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup....it's not right. and I noticed they're giving calls to the White Sox now too. I think it has to do that these teams have a big viewing audience..hence more revenue, so the umps kinda "know" (wink wink) to give these teams an edge. And I hate it when the umps make up their own strike zone. There is an official zone..they all need to abide by it. Good question.
2006-08-13 20:29:07 · answer #3 · answered by GoldnHart 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
That's funny. For many years in the 90's, I thought that umps likes the Braves. Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine had very wide strike zones. LOL
2006-08-13 21:23:03 · answer #4 · answered by davester1970 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, this is insane. Umpires don't care who wins, they just want the game to reach it's natural conclusion.
2006-08-14 04:40:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
NONSENSE!! The umpires do the best job they can, and they are impartial. I've never seen any evidence to the contrary!!
Chow!!
2006-08-14 02:59:48 · answer #6 · answered by No one 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I haven't particularly noticed this, but both teams have long histories, which might be to blame.
2006-08-13 20:25:13 · answer #7 · answered by bcKinger 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
more importantly, find me a baseball fan who doesnt care about either team, EVERYONE has a preference when it comes to boston and new york
2006-08-13 20:21:59 · answer #8 · answered by mikemusic19 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋