An Excerpt From Tim D's Killed Book

Everything you wanted to know -- and more!:

http://deadspin.com/5392067

 

We'll be hearing of mysterious deaths before Mike Slive allows any SEC officials to write a book like this.

 

This is great!

 

Sports officiating has to be one of the few vocations where the more you suck the better known you become.
I don't know if any of this stuff is true - but I have heard of most of these NBA refs - and it is always in terms of "oh crap X is reffing the game tonight."

 

Looking forward to Phil Cuzzi's 2014 book.

 

Hang around the halls of MSG a few nights. It's better than a Ph. D.
The Bavetta stuff's been a classic case of "you can learn a lot by watching", for years.

 

Angel Hernandez should write one too.

Somebody will have to read it to him though.

 

Wow. I read every word of that. Didn't think I would.

 

There's always Eric Gregg, but that wasn't dishonesty -- he was just so large,
he couldn't get a good view of the zone, so he called far more strikes than
he should have. One of the great "under" umpires in MLB history.

 

And I no longer think this stuff is the truth. If this type of stuff was so routine, why would Donaghy remember mundane details about one time when a ref thought about calling traveling on Kevin Garnett. I don't think that's the type of thing someone would remember.

 

If the Son of Sam Rule applies, why write a book?

 

You remember when you have life-and-death control of something -- as these guys did, if they chose to.