This ump should be terminated immediately after the game. People pay to see players like Cabrera, not to see Steve Fairchild umpire a game. Unbelievable.
Coaches' timeouts are worse. Basketball teams should get one, full stop.
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OT: Miguel Cabrera tossed out of game with bases loaded one out.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:05 PM
#1
OT: Miguel Cabrera tossed out of game with bases loaded one out.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:07 PM
#2
Ya I'm guessing that ump
Ya I'm guessing that ump isn't going anywhere. You should start a petition though.
July 28th, 2013 at 11:23 PM
#3
idk
prince often looks weak in my opinion...
If the dude has cabrera in front of him and two solid hitters behind. Should be hitting much better. imdao (in my dumb ass opinion, cause what do I know)
jdon
July 28th, 2013 at 2:08 PM
#4
His feelings must have been
His feelings must have been hurt. If I was Leyland, they'd have to pull me off the field.
July 29th, 2013 at 10:05 AM
#5
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First and foremost the first pitch was at least 6 inches high AND 6 inches outside. It was a HORRIBLE called strike. The second pitch was almost the same pitch. You have the best player in the game up to bat and 45,000 paying customers there to see exactly this moment, and this dipshit umpire runs him out in the middle of an at-bat? Jim Leyland under-reacted. He should have gone all Earl Weaver on his ass.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:08 PM
#6
Devils advocate- now I don't
Devils advocate- now I don't know exactly what an ump can toss a guy for. But miggy beefed the first one, then the second. He wasn't volatile or anything, but he did say "that's fucking horrible/terrible". Something to that effect after the second one.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:09 PM
#7
And I don't think that should
And I don't think that should be an auto ejection, but who knows.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:12 PM
#8
I've been watching baseball for a couple of decades
And I've never seen an ejection based on a similar level of argument. That was just f*cking brutal.
On the bright side... George Campbell.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:55 PM
#9
I'm guessing
Fairchild is single. Because otherwise he would know what an "argument" is!!
July 28th, 2013 at 2:11 PM
#10
The threshold for a tossing needs to be high.
Simpy mouthing off should NOT be cause to throw a player from the game. Fans, who are the reason the game exist, pay to see guys like Cabrera play. MLB know this, why don't the Umps? The Umps only have jobs because of the player.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:16 PM
#11
I agree with the threshold
I agree with the threshold part. But that doesn't mean the threshold should be different based on the talent of the player. A superstar shouldn't be able to mouth off or go crazier and get away with because he is a superstar.
This didn't happen here. But I don't agree with the "people pay to see this great guy play so he gets a long-ass leash" thought.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:21 PM
#12
That isn't a long leash
though. I have seen plenty of players be more vocal than that in games, and not get tossed. The umpire also has to be smart enough to know the situation, he potentially altered the outcome of the game, one that may be important for a team in a playoff race.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:21 PM
#13
That isn't a long leash
though. I have seen plenty of players be more vocal than that in games, and not get tossed. The umpire also has to be smart enough to know the situation, he potentially altered the outcome of the game, one that may be important for a team in a playoff race.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:23 PM
#14
Triple post, never
done that before.
July 28th, 2013 at 4:25 PM
#15
Tell that to the NBA.
Tell that to the NBA.
July 28th, 2013 at 6:41 PM
#16
I would love to. The NBA is
I would love to. The NBA is the poster-child for that shit
July 28th, 2013 at 2:32 PM
#17
No, he said something much
No, he said something much worse.
"Su mamá hace tamales leve" were his exact words. I would have ejected him too.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:08 PM
#18
I agree with you. Throwing
I agree with you. Throwing out the best player in the game when he wasn't demonstrative is ridiculous. That said, both pitches to Miggy looked like strikes.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:12 PM
#19
First pitch
First pitch was definitely not a strike. I think Miggy was looking for the benefit of the doubt on the second one, but Umpy wasn't having it. Complete disgrace to his profession. I hate nothing more than when the umpire makes the game about them and tries to put on a show. People paid good money to see Cabrera play today, and he did nothing to have that right taken away from him.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:20 PM
#20
First pitch was a strike in
First pitch was a strike in my opinion. Pitch fooled the catcher which made it look like a ball, but it was in the strike zone.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:21 PM
#21
Disagree. That first pitch
Disagree. That first pitch was up, and probably outside.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:24 PM
#22
Umpire hadn't been calling high strikes
prior to that though. Phillies pitcher actually threw a couple of pitches in the first inning that were strikes, but they were deemed to be a smidge up by the ump.
July 29th, 2013 at 8:04 AM
#23
I think Rod Allen had the
I think Rod Allen had the line of the day as soon as Miggy was tossed "Whoa, we did not come here to see you today Chad Fairchild."
July 28th, 2013 at 2:25 PM
#24
If somebody isn't
thick skinned enough to take a player saying a couple of words to them, they flat out out have no business being an umpire. Ridiculous to alter a game like, based on a couple of words. I don't care what those words are, the umpire should be able to take itl ike a big boy.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:09 PM
#25
Terrible call. At least we
Terrible call. At least we have big Don Kelly.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:09 PM
#26
My biggest pet peeve of
My biggest pet peeve of baseball...umpires with ultra ego personalities trying to steal the show. C. B Bucknor and Angel Hernandez to name a few
July 28th, 2013 at 2:09 PM
#27
In the ump's defense, both
In the ump's defense, both strikes were borderline okay calls. In Miggy's defense, he didn't do anything demonstrative and was simply talking. No reason to toss him. Oh and Don Kelly is pretty bad.
July 28th, 2013 at 4:37 PM
#28
Guy ends up scoring a couple
Guy ends up scoring a couple runs and has the go ahead RBI. We don't need him.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:11 PM
#29
Yup this ump needs to go
PS not pleased with your post jacking Salvatore
July 28th, 2013 at 2:12 PM
#30
I posted mine at the same time you posted yours.
So no "post jacking".
July 28th, 2013 at 2:13 PM
#31
Sarcasm my friend
ELE- Everybody love everybody
July 28th, 2013 at 2:13 PM
#32
wheres
Lou Pinella when you need him.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:15 PM
#33
Who is Steve Fairchild?
Who is Steve Fairchild?
July 28th, 2013 at 2:16 PM
#34
The former head coach of Colorado State.
The douchebag Umps name is Chad but Steve came to mind first.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:17 PM
#35
The first pitch was
The first pitch was questionable especially with the frame job by Ruiz, he backhanded the ball back into the zone thats usually a tell tale sign its a ball.
The 2nd pitch looked perfect so I don't think Miguel had a beef on it but he clearly didn't make any motions and wasn't showing up the ump so the ejection is a pretty awful call. I'm sure Leyland will have an interesting post game, at least I hope he does because Chad Fairchild is a joke.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:16 PM
#36
As a Detroit fan, I always
As a Detroit fan, I always under- why do officials hate us so much?
July 28th, 2013 at 2:22 PM
#37
Especially Hockey when the
Especially Hockey when the officials took away a series winning goal from Chicago? That is definitely "Detroit Hate"
I'm sorry, I'm a Detroit sports fan but this whole "The refs hate us" bit is a joke. Refs and umps screw every team over all the time. Since you probably watch mostly Detroit sports you only witness bad calls against Detroit and still forget all of the generous calls we get too.
July 29th, 2013 at 12:23 AM
#38
idk
having listened to sports radio in alternate cities I think most fans are stupid... detroit, as a whole, suffers from a dearth of perspective driven mostly by the fact that we know nothing about anyone else on any other team, with the exception of football to which I credit fantasy football...
it is what it is homie
July 28th, 2013 at 2:19 PM
#39
.
Still too many umps who just like to take advantage of their authority. Like a bad cop.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:21 PM
#40
Brazilian soccer referees
Brazilian soccer referees lose their heads over less than what this twatwagon did.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:59 PM
#41
Uh, the ref that got
Uh, the ref that got decapitated by fans stabbed a player to death.
July 28th, 2013 at 3:00 PM
#42
I see
what you did there
July 28th, 2013 at 2:21 PM
#43
Crash must have call the ump
Crash must have call the ump a cocksucker.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:22 PM
#44
A Major League umpire should
A Major League umpire should not be that thin-skinned.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:25 PM
#45
same ump who tossed Leyland and the pitcher
same ump who tossed Leyland and the pitcher (Putkonen?) against the Sox with no warnings given
July 28th, 2013 at 2:27 PM
#46
That is one of the worst
That is one of the worst calls/ejections I have ever seen. It is a totally different game if cabby is sitting in a 2-0 or even 1-1 count. Heck he still might have hit one out down 0-2. Either way love how Leyland sticks up for his boys, for all his flaws he knows how to do that right.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:31 PM
#47
I didn't want to start a
I didn't want to start a whole new thread for this, but this joke of an ump is leading MLB with 8 ejections. 2 were today and 2 were in the White Sox game. Half of his ejections are against the Tigers
July 28th, 2013 at 2:36 PM
#48
Was about to post
that. Not exactly shocking that he would lead the league in ejections, with that thin of skin.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:31 PM
#49
Eric Gregg would have liked
Eric Gregg would have liked this strike zone.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:41 PM
#50
Bases loaded again. Let's see
Bases loaded again. Let's see how long it takes Fairchild to eject Fielder now.
July 28th, 2013 at 2:58 PM
#51
What do you expect? He's
What do you expect? He's arguing balls and strikes when a strike gets called looking, with the guy that leads all of baseball in ejections. Cabrera should know better. Especially with the bases juiced. Argue after the potential punchout, not the two previous pitches.
