I am absolutely an umpire, referee and official apologist. While we the fans get the benefit of all sorts of camera angles and hindsight, they are tasked with making all the calls from one angle, in the moment. Then, when they invariably get a call wrong once in a while, especially in the collegiate and professional ranks, they get roasted on line, in the street and throughout the media.
Then, we have the audacity of wondering why we don't have better officials. Is this a job you would want? We should be thankful that we get the ones we get, rather than trying to get rid of all of those that we do have.
I don't believe for a second that there is an agenda that any official or umpire has against players or teams, simply based on my personal experience. I am a basketball referee, and my goal is simply to call the game consistently and fairly. And that is a goal. I'm not perfect and nobody else is, either. But for the most part, everyone is trying.
But man, Phil Cuzzi. Every Twins fan remembers his name from a certain "foul ball" in the playoffs, and frankly, after Monday night's game in Los Angeles, you are well within your rights to think that he has something against the Twins.
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— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) May 16, 2023
Amazing that they won last night, isn't it?Terrible miss on a fair/foul call by Phil Cuzzi and there will be zero consequences for it. @MLBUA get it together.
— Tarun Sharma (@tksharmalaw) May 16, 2023
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