Minor League Ballplayers Discuss Bad Umpires (184)

Two days after Wally Backman's epic ejection, his players discussed the South Coast League's umpires. Peanuts infielder Joey Hooft - who wore a microphone during the game - is heard here suggesting the league should implement a QuestTec-like system, where video cameras and computers would determine pitch location. This is extra footage from "Playing for Peanuts" - a documentary TV series about minor league baseball. ORDER THE DVD BOX SET (3 Discs, 10 Episodes + Bonus Features) - http://bit.ly/peanutsdvd For more information on Peanuts manager Wally Backman (current manager of the , visit http://southgeorgiapeanuts.net/roster/coaching-staff/wally-backman For more information on Playing for Peanuts, visit http://www.southgeorgiapeanuts.net

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• umpire

[critter2]

before you whine about umpires show some edvince first, second your on the same team your going to be bias thirdly this is a waste of time.

[playingforpeanuts]

@critter2 This is extra footage from a documentary about minor league baseball. It's not an exhaustive analysis of umpires. We put a mic on players in the dugout. This is some of the footage we gathered. Thanks for checking it out.

[pkirishfan]

I umpire Varsity high school level baseball and it seems that every batter thinks a ball that they look at, that I call a strike, is a ball 100% of the time. Batters need to swing their bats at borderline pitches and quit blaming their inadequacies to hit the ball on the umpire behind the plate. I did not see where the ball crossed the batter on the first pitch. From that standpoint it is hard to see whether it was a strike or not.

[bigyaz]

Breaking news: Baseball players complain about umpires!