The past 8 or 9 days has not been too impressive for the umpires. Let's start with the Twins and Rangers on July 18. Home plate Brian O'Nora wasn't feeling well (that's an understatement) and had to twice leave the game to hurl. The second one was captured on camera for all to see. If you have to leave the game not once but twice, you shouldn't be behind the plate. To make matters worse, crew chief Gary Cederstrom did not take control of the situation and send O'Nora to the dressing room.
Fast foward to the Twins and Rangers on July 19. Brian O'Nora is now the third base umpire. Early in the game one of the Rangers hit a foul ball that was initially ruled a home run. Thankfully after the umpires reviewed the replays they got the call right. What was disconcerting is that Brian O'Nora had probably the best view in the stadium and blew the call.
Now we'll move to Oakland and highlight one of the worst calls at home plate in a long time. Mike Muchlinski was working the plate in a wild high scoring game. Mike Muchlinski was lazy which resulted in him being out of position and making a terrible call. Replays clearly showed Cuddyer was safe, however the game was over instead of now being tied.
Mr. Selig - are you seeing any of these embarrassing incidents? Umpires make $100,000 to $300,000 per year. Is it too much to ask that people making this kind of money make a better effort to make the correct call?
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