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Top Comments of this video!! :3
I like how the guy who yelled is looking around like "I wonder who did that?"🤣
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Wendelstadt escalating to an ultimatum 5 pitches into a game led to complete stupidity. No reason for him even to escalate to that level over the HBP/check swing back and forth.
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Wendelstedt was hunting for an ejection - fan yelled "Let's go, home plate", which 1) isn't ejectable language and 2) isn't personal the way a manager or player would be (using umpire's first name during argument)
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I don't like Aaron Boone, but the line "I'm not probably right, I'm fucking right!" is one of my favorite hot mic moments ever.
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"No more, knock it off" is a MUCH better Stop Sign than "One more word" or its variants.
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Aaron Boone: "I didn't say anything!"
Wendelstedt: "You just did, you're outta here!!"
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Does the fact that Hunter knows he's not going to get a postseason assessment this year give him any interest in improving anything this year? Or does it just make him decide to say "screw it" and do the absolute minimum to stay employed?
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OMG.. I do umpire at the HS level and WE are told to never do that kind of line drawing.. because just like Lyns states... one more word and your gone... Ok.. you now have to toss.. you painted yourself in the corner... This is a very bad look.. I can only think that Hunter is trying to get Angel out of the news...
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Let's not forget that his scorecard for this game was also absolutely atrocious. Truly a pitiful performance from start to finish, and an even more pitiful follow-up of refusing to accept that he was wrong.
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The worst part of all this is, it was the fourth pitch of the day. Not late in the 8th inning and he was hot and tired from working the plate on a hot day. The fourth pitch of the day. Yikes.
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Hunter hasn't gotten too many post season assignments over the years. His tenure gives him a 2 slot like Angel, but has not moved on as crew chief material. Ultimatums and "I don't cares", are so passè. Going back and admitting being mistaken is seen as weakness. Plus, Johnny T.'s strike zone has really expanded. Sidenote. Great on field sound. Wish we had more of this so we don't have to lip read. Calling the game is different than game management. They're intertwined.
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Excellent analysis. And Wendelstedt doubling down makes it worse.
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I love that you talked about the ultimatum aspect of this. Really drove home the point that Hunter backed himself into a corner by acting stupid and had to do more stupid to get out of it.
Greg Amsinger had a great anecdote back when this happened: when he was in school, he was being the class clown, and the teacher disciplined him and said, "If I hear one more word out of you, you're going in detention," so he went back to his seat and put his head down, and his friend yelled 'WORD!' and the teacher sent Greg to detention because they weren't actually paying attention to what happened, just listening for something to happen. Anybody with siblings will probably have a similar story about getting in trouble with their parents.
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No comment on the fact that Hunter doubled down after the game and claimed that he has never thrown out a manager due to a fan, so it obviously couldn't have happened this time?
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As officials, we are there to serve the game. No place for ego where we are serving.
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I mean, I get that Aaron Boone is probably not most umpire's fav managers, but there has to be consequences beyond maybe not getting a post-season assignment?
Delivering such a heavy handed ultimatum that early in a game = bad
Saying "I don't care who said it, you're gone!", then doubling down after the game when the whole thing had already been flushed out = Brutally unacceptable
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His father was a respected umpire. Hunter is a far cry from his dad, and can be put in the with Angel, CB, Laz as one of the worst umpires. According to the umpire grades in that game he had a 68% correct strike call percentage. That is actually worse than Angel!
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This cannot happen. It’s absolutely unacceptable. This umpire needs to be fined.
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I just love “I’m not probably right, I’m F**king right, HUNTER”
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@vw8886
1 week ago
Wendelstedt not admitting he was wrong is a big problem. Just withholding postseason assignments isn't enough.
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