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[Phildo]

well the walk to helton was bull****. and i count 7 pitches on the black or inside that were called balls.

but if they keep beating that slangeup into the ground it won't matter anyway

edit: bull**** walk to helton



fwiw there is a very clear effect where umpires shrink their zone in pitcher's counts and expand their zone in hitter's counts. except this ump apparently

[TheNiggler]

http://boards.ign.com/teh_vestibule/...1040027/p1/?18

[Nez477]

Originally Posted by TheNiggler

http://boards.ign.com/teh_vestibule/...1040027/p1/?18

Wow how ballsy is that guy, huh? To go out on a limb like that on an internet forum?

[Nez477]

Damn, Clay Mortenson's perfect game broken up in the 7th

[AtThe Aquarium]

lincecum thru 6.1 in COLO

[tdarko]

****. i blame tug.

[g-bebe]

thread keeps on winning

[Phildo]

yeah ump's not squeezing timmy



2 of his 3 walks are bull****. lol blue

[TheGameAu]

lol pretty standard blown call.

[Phildo]

when there are multiple pitches on the black or in the strikezone on all four sides called balls then i think it is fair to say the ump is squeezing the pitcher:



that is 9 pitches in or on the black called balls. if you can find more than one pitch that timmy threw outside the strikezone which was called a strike i will be impressed.

[TheGameAu]

I'm not saying he didn't get "squeezed" by your definition, just that it is pretty standard and you could probably complain about it most games

I mean here is Liriano's start from tonight, didn't even get one called strike outside the zone

[Phildo]

i disagree. i don't think i could complain about 1 starting pitcher throwing 9 pitches on the black or in the strikezone that were called balls and all of 1 pitch on the black and 0 outside the strike zone that were called strikes in most games. i understand that umpires are not perfect, but generally they are not perfect in a manner that is slightly more fair to the pitcher.



looks to me like timmy pitched a fantastic game while getting squeezed against a pretty good offense in the most extreme hitters park in mlb. i am a little biased tho.

edit: yes it does appear that the ump was taking away one side of the plate from liriano. i didn't watch the game though so i am less sure about it but it does not look good. even more evidence that mlb needs robot umps imo.

[cwicemvp12]

Phildo I thought you didn't like this thread?

[Phildo]

i don't. that's why i crapped this thread up with my drunken umpire whining instead of a thread i do like.

[cwicemvp12]

Touche.