Yes, but he farted in his general direction. Suspend him.

I agree with the rest you said, but no on this one. He bounced it directly at him.

We’ll agree to disagree on that. The dude went ballistic. He just ripped it off his head and threw it. Doubt he even looked for a second where it went. Ever try and throw a batting helmet? It’s like spiking a football into the ground and trying to control its direction.

I’m not a fan of either one of these teams and hadn’t even heard of this guy until this morning, but after watching the video I don’t believe for a second he was aiming at the umpire. 70 percent of voters on ESPN.com think the same way.

The helmet randomly bounced and hit the ump

I agree with the rest you said, but no on this one. He bounced it directly at him.

I’m just saying its a huge double standard that you get pissed off and he’ll get a suspension, whereas you are arrested for DUI, nothing happens. I’m of the belief that if you get arrested for DUI if you’re any type of pro athlete, automatic year suspension.

All of this.

Absolutely nothing. But that’s not what Lisk and others say they want. Instead, we hear “blarg snarf umps have thin skin and agendas cuz this one time derp derp, so suspend ‘em all.”

Umpires hate it when a batter commences the trot toward 1B assuming that a pitch is out of the strike zone. It appears as though the ump called the 3rd strike as add’l payback for the trot to 1B.

Exhibit A.

draw your own conclusions

Miller has missed ~10% of the calls regardless of pitch.

Now that is 40 games a year. So he has done roughly 160 games behind the plate if you account for vacation. 160 games, roughly 250 pitches per game. That is about 25 missed cals on ball/strike per game. 25*260=4000. And in those 4000 pitches, he has only been hit by one helmet (to my knowledge). Yah Lawrie needs to grow the fuck up.

On a related note, the throw of the beer that hit Miller was an absolute strike. I’d love to see that one on Pitch FX. Barely misses the cops head and drills Miller in the shoulder.

/not red-green color blind.

If you do that at pretty much any job, you would be fired.

I’m just saying its a huge double standard that you get pissed off and he’ll get a suspension, whereas you are arrested for DUI, nothing happens. I’m of the belief that if you get arrested for DUI if you’re any type of pro athlete, automatic year suspension.

/looks at Larry Vanover

Apparently there was an announcement of a partnership. I missed the announcement but I was there to see somebody else get chided for missing it. Options, I suppose

If I were president for a day I would free every video ever. I want my kid to see Ken Griffey Jr.. and the great Dustin Pedroia.

Yardwork lives on in every post we do, flowing through us like the Great Spirit in the Sky.

Yardwork is dead. Long live Yardwork.

In death, a member of project mayhem has a name, his name is Robert Paulsen.

so Miller is just really bad at his job?

I’d say that’s a fair assessment. On average over his career since 2007 when Pitch F/X data became available, Miller has missed ~10% of the calls regardless of pitch. That’s not good.

Probably true. If you take their names away and put Dalglish and Hodgson side by side, other than the Carling Cup, is there that much of a difference?