Comments on: Umpires on arguing managers: “Sometimes you’re going to be the prop for their little stage show”

By: derklempner

derklempner — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 01:38:03 +0000

That’s only because he’s the background. Not a prop.

By: phillyphannn83

phillyphannn83 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:21:22 +0000

Never amount to anything??? guess you don’t even watch baseball because you clearly have no idea what you’re talking about. I for one love it. Keep it in the game, like fighting in hockey. Its an extracurricular part of the game that can completely change the course of play.

By: shawndc04

shawndc04 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:24:39 +0000

I remember a story about Gene Mauch which may or may not be apocryphal. Gene was managing the Phillies when they were truly awful. In a game when they were getting routed, Gene came out to argue a meaningless call and would not quit arguing. The ump told him, “Gene, I know what you’re trying to do. You want me to throw you out. Well if I gotta umpire this shit, you gotta watch it. Now get back to the bench.”

By: paperlions

paperlions — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:43:49 +0000

He’s no Prop Joe, that’s for sure.

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:25:52 +0000

It’s amazing how much “longer” replay challenges will make a game of baseball, but the stupid, never-amount-to-anything, manager running out to argue with the umpires remain in the game without debate.

By: cur68

cur68 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:24:47 +0000

Mr. West does not lurk. He more oozes glutinously and hunkers behind something larger than he (battleships and the like) and then plops down on his prey. Poor innocent little thumb click….what did it ever do to deserve that?

By: b453841l

b453841l — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:07:48 +0000

MVP Baseball 2005 had the best feature where you could argue close calls. You would just tap a button rapidly and your manager would start having a tantrum with the ump. The longer you did it, or if you did it multiple times during the game, the more likely you were to get tossed. Once you got ejected, you couldn’t make any player changes, so your computer bench coach would have control. If the call was really bad, you could spaz a long time before getting ejected. If you didn’t get ejected, it seemed to fire your team up and make good things happen. What a great game!

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:05:48 +0000

ha ha

In which case, I’m glad I didn’t add: a tool maybe, but never a prop

By: b453841l

b453841l — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:59:47 +0000

Apparently Mr. West is lurking in this forum thumbing down the truth.

By: mj1818

mj1818 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:57:41 +0000

Sometimes they need to do this to get the their team and or the crowd back in the game. It works sometimes and lights a fire

By: mrwillie

mrwillie — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:32:04 +0000

Yeah, maybe the managers arguing with the umps is strange, but I like it. It gives baseball character. Show or no show, it gets the players fired up knowing their manager is behind them. Besides in an age where players can’t celebrate in the NFL and coaches can’t leave their box in the NBA we should be glad baseball let’s their characters be themselves from time to time. So bring it on managers, keep on running out there and kicking dirt.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:50:50 +0000

Dang! I thought you were outing yourself there for a minute.

By: sdelmonte

sdelmonte — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:47:52 +0000

Terry’s seen Hoosiers, hasn’t he? There are worse influences on a career.

And it’s funny you use ED-209, since I think everyone is afraid that we will get the baseball version of that robot: looks great on paper, costs a lot of money, makes errors that a human could make, and gets blown to bits by the tech that baseball doesn’t buy. Given the history of innovation within baseball, it seems likely that there will be a lot of glitches along the way to a reliable electronic system to supplement the men in blue.

By: chill1184

chill1184 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:18:28 +0000

* It (edit function!)

By: chill1184

chill1184 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:17:50 +0000

Strange but sometimes I can get really F-ing funny

By: steve7921

steve7921 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:14:19 +0000

are you saying that Joe West thinks he is on stage singing…that would explain some of his calls!!!

By: townballblog

townballblog — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:13:01 +0000

hahaha!

By: DelawarePhilliesFan

DelawarePhilliesFan — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:09:21 +0000

In some cases I think that is true – that it is for show, or backing up your player who would otehrwise be tossed. But for the most part, it is what it appears to be: emotions boiling over.

As the late great Richie Ashburn often said when he saw balls 12 inches outside called a strike, “Harry, I wouldn’t last more then a couple of innings in this game!”

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:08:27 +0000

Joe West is no prop, Sir.

By: townballblog

townballblog — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:06:19 +0000

Managers on arguing umpires: “Sometimes you’re going to be the prop for their little stage show”…

Could go both ways, right?