So, who was it? Jim Joyce? Chuck Meriwether? Mike Reilly? Doug Eddings?
by PositivePaul on May 21, 2009 3:33 PM PDT
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I saw this quote in the P-I article on RJ's return to Seattle tomorrow:
So dominant was Johnson that before a game in 1993, the home plate umpire told Mariners catcher Dave Valle, "They don't even need you with Randy pitching."
"What are you talking about?" replied Valle, who would not name the ump.
"He's so good they don't need you. Let me call the pitches tonight."
"I let him call every pitch." recalls Valle, to whom the umpire whispered pitches under his breath.
An overpowering Johnson went the distance in a Mariners victory.
The full article is here: http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1155646/index.htm
What to make of this???
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So, to sleuth...
Quick — someone look over all of RJ’s starts in 1993 on RetroSheet. Check for complete games, and compile the list of umps. It would be interesting to see that list…
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by PositivePaul on May 21, 2009 3:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That list
Drew Coble
Ed Hickox
Joe Brinkman
Ken Kaiser
Dale Scott
Tim Welke
Jim McKean
by Matthew on May 21, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is the only time I will ever get to say
LATE
by shinallsrevenge on May 21, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm...
I’d lean towards McKean, Scott, or Kaiser…
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by PositivePaul on May 21, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Could have been:
Jim McKean, Tim Welke, Dale Scott, Ken Kaiser, Joe Brinkman, Ed Hickox, or Drew Coble.
by shinallsrevenge on May 21, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If this is true, then wow it's hilarious! Talk about bias with the ump having a vested interest in the outcome
You just know he wants that pitch to be a strike!
by Kermit. on May 21, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know, I read this yesterday, and it just seems too good to be true.
You’d think the batters would notice and someone would have said something. That’s just amazingly unprofessional for an ump.
by Teej on May 21, 2009 3:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think we should groom a member to become a MLB Ump and do a similar thing with Felix so that he doesn't pitch like a retard.
And it would also be useful for use with Player BB if he ever closes again.
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by EnglishMariner on May 21, 2009 4:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
We need to sic Rob Neyer on this.
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by Phildopip on May 21, 2009 5:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I can't believe this
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by I'm NOT Corco on May 21, 2009 5:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I can't believe
It’s NOT Corco
by chrisisasavage on May 21, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Yes
I’ve had one too many. Six packs that is.
by chrisisasavage on May 21, 2009 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Val has mentioned this during a game a couple times.
Anybody recall this as well? I’m probably inventing a memory now that I’ve had all day to think about it.
by Kermit. on May 22, 2009 1:06 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
As funny as this is, it's also extremely unprofessional.
by waldo rojas on May 22, 2009 8:23 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Which is why I doubt that it's 100% true
Stories like this take on the ring of truth over the years even if they’re just apocryphal.
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by pdb on May 22, 2009 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would almost be guaranteed to be a complete game.
I figure the ump would call more borderline strikes if he was calling the pitches.
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by Llewdor on May 22, 2009 4:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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