Monday, August 03, 2015

Baseball umpire says player punched him after calling third strike

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It seems as if when the robot umpire take over the world, you may have to arm them with a stun gun or a sting ray to ward off angry players / coaches, Note to Eric Byrnes,  See Schilling response to Questec.

from umpire.org
http://www.umpire.org/index.php/stories-archive/12-abua-abua/469-baseball-umpire-says-player-punched-him-after-calling-third-strike
Credit: Tigerdroppings.com - Enraged that he was called out on strikes, a 16-year-old baseball player punched an umpire under the left eye, causing serious injuries to the umpire's face, according to a Jupiter police report.
"It's like he was trying to kill me. He hit me so hard, blood was coming out my nose. I spit and saw a piece of my tooth come out," said Jupiter resident Chad Saunders, 48, a Marine who was being paid $50 to umpire the July 3 game at an auxiliary field at Roger Dean Stadium. 
Police have charged the boy, who was not named in the police report, with aggravated battery, a felony. 
X-rays determined Saunders has suffered four fractures to his cheek below his left eye. His upper left rear molar was chipped. Two plates and several screws were used in an operation on July 16 to repair the damage, said the Jupiter resident. 
"Those plates and screws are the only things holding my face together," said Saunders, a former realtor and bartender from New Jersey.

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Here come the RoboUmps:
http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/07/for-the-first-time-sensors-and-a-computer-play-umpire-in-a-pro-baseball-game/

It all sounds cool and efficient, like my computer.....when it runs right. When it doesn't.......like when it freezes up, or I keep getting the sands of time thingy.....you better be ready to que up Leslie Nielsen.

'Cause that ain't gonna be too funny 'cuz.

https://youtu.be/VWY9S-uKU-4


Plus what's going to happen to all that work the SABR-cats are doing trying to quantify the value of pitch-framing. All that work goes bye-bye.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/buster-poseys-pitch-framing-makes-him-a-potential-mvp/
San Francisco Giants' Buster Posey catches the ball.

Buster Posey is a "potential MVP" because of his pitch framing? Player, please!?!? First off, he is an actual MVP winner and that was before anybody involved with SABR or statistical analysis "discovered" his pitch framing ability. I think he does an awful lot of other shit well that makes him a potential MVP candidate this year over and above his pitch framing skill. My goodness. The stupid shit you find on the Internet.




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