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    Image of Steve U Steve U
    11/18/09

    In reply to Study: College Basketball Refs Suck, Too
    some sort of frictionless plane where the normal human weaknesses don't apply

    Shangri-Lube?
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    Image of Phintastic Phintastic
    11/18/09

    In reply to Study: College Basketball Refs Suck, Too
    I was going to make a joke about tax dollars at work, but since these are Indiana schools, the citizens would probably wonder why more research money isn't being poured into projects like this.
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    11/18/09

    In reply to Study: College Basketball Refs Suck, Too
    Bobby Knight is asking if the study comes in Braille so that the refs themselves can read it.
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    Image of MarkKelsosMigraine MarkKelsosMigraine
    11/18/09

    In reply to Study: College Basketball Refs Suck, Too
    it further corrodes the wishful notion that referees can operate on some sort of frictionless plane where the normal human weaknesses don't apply.

    I love you Tommy, but no one believes this. Not every study like this is meant to counterattack some fictional bogeyman.
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    Edited by MarkKelsosMigraine at 11/18/09 3:31 PM MarkKelsosMigraine was starred MarkKelsosMigraine was unstarred
    Image of dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac
    11/18/09

    In reply to Study: College Basketball Refs Suck, Too
    It's like if you asked a bunch of blind people to perform Y.M.C.A.
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    Image of DirkToberFest DirkToberFest
    11/18/09

    In reply to Study: College Basketball Refs Suck, Too
    I don't need studies like these. If I've learned anything from the greatest sports video game of all time, NBA Jam, it's that we don't need referees to have an entertaining and close basketball game.
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    Image of Barry Lutz Barry Lutz
    11/18/09

    @DirkToberFest: BOOM-shakalaka!
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    Image of Sheed's Bald Spot Sheed's Bald Spot
    11/18/09

    @DirkToberFest: Ever since you got a star, you've been on fire!
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    Image of DirkToberFest DirkToberFest
    11/18/09

    @Sheed's Bald Spot: God. I hope that's sarcasm. Otherwise, it's a sad day for comedy.

    #tips
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    Image of Sheed's Bald Spot Sheed's Bald Spot
    11/18/09

    @DirkToberFest: Oh man, you've gotta give me more credit than that.

    /#justthetips
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    Image of MarkKelsosMigraine MarkKelsosMigraine
    11/18/09

    @Sheed's Bald Spot: Agreed. DirkToberFest is probably the funniest commenter on Deadspin after:

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    And all commenters between 2005 and 2009. But he's very talented.
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    Image of David Hume David Hume
    11/18/09

    @MarkKelsosMigraine: Good lord.
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    Image of DirkToberFest DirkToberFest
    11/18/09

    @MarkKelsosMigraine: At least I'm funnier than people not on that list.

    Hey, Hatey. How's my ass taste?
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    Edited by DirkToberFest at 11/18/09 5:13 PM DirkToberFest was starred DirkToberFest was unstarred
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    11/18/09

    @MarkKelsosMigraine:

    Damn im happy to be on that list.
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    Image of Sheed's Bald Spot Sheed's Bald Spot
    11/18/09

    @MarkKelsosMigraine: I'm on top of DAULERIO and Will Leitch? What is this, Deadspin Vegas 2K8?
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    Image of Chris Hanson's Axe Chris Hanson's Axe
    11/10/09

    In reply to Upon Further Review, Baseball Is Stupid
    Upon Further Review, Baseball Is Stupid

    That's why I watch football. #badcalls
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    Image of cromartie cromartie
    11/10/09

    @Chris Hanson's Axe: I would promote this if I had the ability. Minor league baseball is a summer treat that fills the space between football seasons. The major leagues are a waste of time. #badcalls
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    Image of Chris Hanson's Axe Chris Hanson's Axe
    11/10/09

    @cromartie: I spent the summer covering minor and local leagues for my job, and it was fairly enjoyable; especially the 7-inning leagues. #badcalls
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    10/30/09

    In reply to Another Rough Night For The Umpires
    My guess is that in the pre-TV days, there were no missed calls — ever. #umpires
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    Image of MarkKelsosMigraine MarkKelsosMigraine
    10/30/09

    In reply to Another Rough Night For The Umpires
    Another Rough Night For The Umpires

    The Umpires are married to Michael Madsen? #umpires
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    Image of David Hume David Hume
    10/30/09

    In reply to Another Rough Night For The Umpires
    It's official: I have more faith in the accuracy of Bjork explaining a cyclotron's operation, than anything Berman says.
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    Edited by David Hume at 10/30/09 10:57 AM David Hume was starred David Hume was unstarred
    Image of Thats_Juan_Lucky_Pierre Thats_Juan_Lucky_Pierre
    10/30/09

    In reply to Another Rough Night For The Umpires
    Last time a DP was miscalled this badly, my buddy and I ended up dropping off some Puerto Rican hooker at the doors of the ER with $50 pinned to the collar of her Mi Orgullo t-shirt. #umpires
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    Image of UkraineNotWeak UkraineNotWeak
    10/30/09

    In reply to Another Rough Night For The Umpires
    Along with bad umping, goes bad scoring. How could any Scorer rule that an RBI hit for Stairs in the second? A one hopper right at A-Rod. This is the majors. Third Basemen are suppose to make that play. Error on A-Rod.
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    Edited by UkraineNotWeak at 10/30/09 10:52 AM UkraineNotWeak was starred UkraineNotWeak was unstarred
    Image of SteveJeltzFan SteveJeltzFan
    10/30/09

    @UkraineNotWeak: Because even in the World Series, official scorers are just some old, local shmucks who mourn the loss of the afternoon newspaper. #umpires
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    Image of MarkKelsosMigraine MarkKelsosMigraine
    10/30/09

    In reply to Another Rough Night For The Umpires
    so the idea that replays will get everything right is laughable.

    Salman Rushdie's exes concur. #umpires
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    Image of UkraineNotWeak UkraineNotWeak
    10/30/09

    In reply to Another Rough Night For The Umpires
    On the second DP, you could've also ruled interference on Victorino at second. He was halfway into center field and not within two feet of the bag when he slid into Jeter. #umpires
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    Image of CanHeHackett CanHeHackett
    10/30/09

    @UkraineNotWeak: So that has absolutely nothing with the topic of this article - the umpire at first base missing a clearly blatant call. Your point is terribly made. #umpires
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    Image of UkraineNotWeak UkraineNotWeak
    10/30/09

    @CanHeHackett:

    My point is that Victorino was no where close to the bag at second when he took Jeter out on the slide and by rule could've been called for interference. That too was blatant. #umpires
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    Image of DaOtterAgain DaOtterAgain
    10/30/09

    In reply to Another Rough Night For The Umpires
    Dude, there's no way any of the other umps could have seen that phillies double play ball. With two other runners on, everyone else has something they're supposed to be looking at except the outfield umps. The yankee one was regrettable.

    And it seems a bit presumptuous that NOW replay is inevitable.
    /Dikenger joke #umpires
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    UkraineNotWeak promoted this comment DaOtterAgain was starred DaOtterAgain was unstarred
    Image of UkraineNotWeak UkraineNotWeak
    10/30/09

    @DaOtterAgain:

    Home plate ump has a clear view of it and can make the call. #umpires
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    Image of twoeightnine twoeightnine
    10/30/09

    @UkraineNotWeak: Exactly. And if Howard did catch it why did his fatass throw to second instead of walking to first? That's a lot of extra energy. #umpires
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    Image of SteveJeltzFan SteveJeltzFan
    10/30/09

    @twoeightnine: This is a larger problem with umpires vs. instant replay. In football, if you think a ball is fumbled, you pick it up and run toward the end zone. Baseball is not as linear - whether Howard catches that ball determines where he throws next and how the Yankeess can get out (tag vs. force). There's a larger argument here that I'm not going to make now, because I haven't formultaed it. Also, A. J. Burnett looks like a plucked turkey. #umpires
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    Image of I Like Cheap Beer I Like Cheap Beer
    10/30/09

    @UkraineNotWeak: If by clear view, you're assuming he got his mask off in time and could clearly see, 90+ feet away, a ball skip of the dirt by a fraction of an inch. All of this within a few seconds of being hit by the batter.

    Sometimes there are bad calls where rational baseball fans have to agree, "Yeah, it was the wrong call, but I understand why they got it wrong." #umpires
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    10/30/09

    @I Like Cheap Beer: If he can't do that he shouldn't be behind home plate in the World Series. #umpires
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    Image of I Like Cheap Beer I Like Cheap Beer
    10/30/09

    @twoeightnine: Do you know an ump who could catch that 100% of the time. By all means call Bud Selig up if you do.

    That Howard catch was tough for any ump to see clearly is what I'm saying...

    Oddly enough, even being a Phillies fan, the Utley double play didn't upset me too much.
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    Edited by I Like Cheap Beer at 10/30/09 12:20 PM I Like Cheap Beer was starred I Like Cheap Beer was unstarred
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