And to expand on this point a bit.... You can find Web sites, gambling sites, that can forecast how a certain NBA referee will impact a game. Whether he tends to favor the home team, the visitors or abide by some other external precious (not suggesting nefarious ones, just being vague.) It's open theorized by sports call types and even analysts that the NBA assigns certain refs to certain games to improve the chances of one team at the expense of the other.
THAT, in my mind, is a real problem that can undermine a sport. Umpiring, yeah, it's imprecise and sometimes aggravating, as it's always been, but it seems to be fair. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, yeah. There are 20 perfect games in baseball history. > > But the ultimate measure of an enforcement mechanism is whether or not it > disrupted the competitive balance of a game. It did not. > > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I put the perfect game is much rarer than a win. I was watching and I was >> psyched that I'd get to see the play. Nobody would be bitching if that call >> cost them the game. >> >> So this is much *worse* than if it cost the team the game. >> >> I think the ump should have given the perfect game the benefit of the >> doubt. But it seems that Joyce had no doubts about the call until he saw >> the replay. >> >> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Two points, first this error--while HUGE--did not impact the outcome of >>> the game. Just robbed someone of a personal and historic achievement. >>> >>> Second, I'd be fine with some limited instant reply on the bases. I just >>> don't like the idea of a computer calling balls and strikes. It'd be handing >>> over too much control of a game to a computer with a TV camera. >>> >>> There's a difference between using technology to support the umps and >>> using it to replace them. I can support the former, but not the latter. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I was watching the play and thinking, "I hope this isn't a close play >>>> that comes down to the Ump." My bad. >>>> >>>> Someone will have to tell my why having umps making "human mistakes" >>>> adds to the game. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I once attended a Cape Cod League game where a Yarmouth pitcher was >>>>> denied his second consecutive no-hitter by a blown call at 1b. >>>>> >>>>> And I thought THAT up was a big douchebag for blowing it. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Larry Rupp <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> The heat has been turned up uncomfortably now - instant reply can >>>>>> not be ignored any longer. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from Larry's mobile device >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 2, 2010, at 10:08 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> After Jim Joyce's catastrophe tonight, I'm off the fence and on >>>>>> board with Ray. 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