Posts Tagged umpires are really bad at their jobs

First off, we apologize for our extended absence. We found a treasure map to Al Capone’s gold and decided spending weeks digging aimlessly in Illinois for hidden treasure would be more profitable than blogging. Although we found nothing, we were correct — futile searches for non-existant gold ARE still more profitable than blogging. However, it would be a shame to let this BR sponsorship go to waste just as The Hope is heating up. Thus, we return!

Abraham’s poor mastery of his profession beckons us always, however, particularly today in response to the umpires’ jobbing of the Yankees not once, not twice, but thrice!

It’s not going to do the Yankees any good, but it would seem that Foster and Bell will have to answer for their mistakes. No, they’re not going to be suspended or fined. But MLB does hold umpires far more accountable than in previous years.

It is characteristic of Pete’s hackery that he says something that at first glance sounds profound, even ominous, but which on a second reading is objectively absurd. Read the block quoted sentences again: The umpires screwed up. There will be no punishments meted out to them — no suspensions, no fines.  However, despite the lack of consequences for their poor job performances, MLB “holds umpires more accountable than in previous years.” It sounds to me like they do nothing of the sort.

Expecting Pete to engage with the material beyond a superficial nostrum, however, is expecting too much of his milquetoast brand of non-challenging journalism.