Comments on: WWBD – What Will Bud Do? http://knuckleballsblog.com/2010/06/03/wwbd-what-will-bud-do/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wwbd-what-will-bud-do "Like butterflies with hiccups" Tue, 21 May 2013 14:15:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: dewluca http://knuckleballsblog.com/2010/06/03/wwbd-what-will-bud-do/#comment-790 dewluca Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:05:10 +0000 http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=1752#comment-790 Scott Simon did a beautiful piece on this issue this morning on NPR Weekend Edition Saturday . . . http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127495176
Maybe it really was a “perfect game” just not the recordbook kind . . .

Seems like Gardy’s recent suggestion about having a couple of red cards to toss each game is a popular one . . .

I agree with Babs, whatever they come up with shouldn’t lessen the pressure to get it right during the play rather than afterwards . . .

Enjoy the day!

]]> By: CapitalBabs http://knuckleballsblog.com/2010/06/03/wwbd-what-will-bud-do/#comment-784 CapitalBabs Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:26:32 +0000 http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=1752#comment-784 I gotta say that I would be unhappy if they over-ruled the game and honestly, I really don’t think that Selig has the balls to go against tradition that strongly.

As much as I believe in getting it right – I think it’s important to get it right THEN. Changing it afterward takes the pressure off but it takes the pressure off if you know what I mean. Do I think it’s time we provided another resource for umps? Perhaps. I’m not sure what I would want the rules on its use to be. But if it is voluntary for them? I could go along with that.

On the other side of the equation is this – when they make verifiably WRONG calls, they should be penalized – no matter how stand up a guy they are. Things happen on the field, but there should be consequences. There are for everyone else.

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