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There are so few in history and so few chances, what are we doing here? There’s no reason short of an injury (none I could see) that they don’t let him try at least for 20/30 more pitches. I get if it’s just a no hitter but a perfect game is a different story. This is the worst version of asset management baseball - this game is for the fans and they let down all the Marlins/A’s (they booed the choice in the A’s stadium) and rest of baseball fans who want to see a perfect game.

With the news of CB Bucknor retiring at the end of the season, I had to explain to my wife why this was such good news in my mind. Bucknor was the last of that group of MLB Umps who were brazen in their incompetence.

Growing up you had Bucknor, Angel Hernandez, and Country Joe West who were some of the most egregious with how poor their strike zones were and how poor their call quality was over the decades. Hernandez and Bucknor just became bigger ass holes the more they got called out for being so bad too.

I would want to add Jim Joyce to the list as a Tigers fan, but he was generally good at his job sans the one REALLY BIG missed call. So I'm leaving him and Don Denkinger off. I'm not talking singular worst calls, I'm talking "should have been fired decades ago"-bad overall.

So who were some of the other really #bad umps in MLB all-time.

I started watching baseball in June 2013. Obviously, great players have come and gone. As a Tigers fan, I still think about Victor Martinez, Miguel Cabrera, and I always get emotional watching Prince Fielder's retirement announcement.

Seeing how many new stars come about, a question I always think about is: At what point will there be no players who were around when I started watching baseball?

At this point, active players that come to mind who have been in the league at least since June 2013 include Justin Verlander, Mike Trout, Max Scherzer, Jose Altuve, and Salvador Perez. It's getting pretty thin.

This one mystifies me so much because Lindor's been fantastic for the Mets throughout his entire tenure, especially in 2024 with his MVP-caliber season. Most of the time, though, you wouldn't know it by how many Mets fans on social media rake him over the coals. I just want to know.....well, why? Do the Mets fans in this server also want Lindor gone or have a love-hate relationship with the de facto Captain of the New York Mets?

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