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Offline Machiavelli

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MLB picks umpires with dubious strike zones for ALCS and NLCS
« on: October 10, 2014, 12:49:46 pm »
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October 10, 2014

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Major League Baseball announced the 14 umpiring assignments for the League Championship Series round Thursday, and many of the boys in blue selected didn't have the best of seasons calling balls and strikes.

According to rankings published by Bloomberg Businessweek, the crew chief for the ALCS, Joe West, was the second-least accurate umpire behind home plate during the 2014 season. By percentage of correct calls, West was 83rd out of 84 umpires who made at least 1,000 total calls. West was right 83.91 percent of the time. The best umpire who made at least 1,000 calls was Paul Schreiber at 88.46 percent.
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Re: MLB picks umpires with dubious strike zones for ALCS and NLCS
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2014, 12:52:47 pm »
Quote from: Machiavelli on October 10, 2014, 12:49:46 pm
Major League Baseball announced the 14 umpiring assignments for the League Championship Series round Thursday, and many of the boys in blue selected didn't have the best of seasons calling balls and strikes.

MLB is legally classified as 'entertainment' for a reason.

That allows for directed outcomes without breaking the law...


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Re: MLB picks umpires with dubious strike zones for ALCS and NLCS
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2014, 01:10:22 pm »
geez......joe west, he has been a horrible ump his whole career. I was saddened when they took him back after the union strike.
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Re: MLB picks umpires with dubious strike zones for ALCS and NLCS
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2014, 01:22:29 pm »
I think it is time for congress to investigate the situation.  They investigate every other meaningless controversy.
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