Mets/Yanks Ump Blows Call

It's amazing to me that Bob Davidson is still umpiring at this level.

He's the guy who almost caused an international incident with a bad call against the Japanese in the World Baseball Classic. He called a Japanese runner out for leaving third too early, which cost Japan a second-round game.

A couple of days later, also in a game involving the US, he took away from a Mexican player a home run that had hit the foul pole, instead ruling it a double. Luckily, Mexico still won that game.

 

That call against Japan was beyond awful.

He's terrible.

 

Just curious about how you go about getting an interview with an ump after something like this. I thought they didn't speak to the media.

 

Because baseball doesn't need instant replay.

 

I'm certian there's about a thousand people here who can answer that question better than me, but as I understand it, you can request to speak with the crew chief. And generally he says no.

 

Then isn't there a certain sense of this ump manning up to the mistake by allowing the interview?

 

At least he owns up to it. Normally MLB would admit a mistake on his behalf two days after the fact. Though I'm a bit confused by the "nuts and bolts" line.

 

I think he was talking about it being a basic call, fair/foul, safe/out, not some obscure rulebook interpretation.

At least he admitted his mistake. He didn't seem to be blaming anyone else for it.

 

I guess my whole problem with it is it seems like he isn't sorry he missed the call, he's sorry he got caught.

 

I think "bolts and nuts" is his way of saying it's a basic every day call.

 

if ever a sport was tailor-made for replay, it was baseball. what, they argue it would "slow down the game?" it can't get much slower, can it?

 

That quote sounds to me like a guy whose pissed off at himself for (expletive) up a call.

"No one feels worse about it than I do."

What more do you want from the guy?