MLB finally sh*tcans an ump

[yk9001]

for a drug offense.

 

http://www.presstelegram.com/moresports/ci_23590766/mlb-umpire-brian-runge-fired-after-drug-violation

 

 

 

[Glen]

Quick, somebody get Angel Fernandez and Joe West some drugs!

[EDinTUSTIN]

Well, rules are rules. Runge happened to be one of the better umpires.

[gotbeer]

Well, rules are rules. Runge happened to be one of the better umpires.

 

Yeah, I was going to say, everything I've searched for doesn't show he's a bad ump.  West must not have liked him making all the other umps look bad.  Or worse, or incompetent.

[tdawg87]

I have never heard of him so he must not suck too bad.

[AngelsLakersFan]

"Joe West, president of the World Umpires Association"

 

Scary quote from the article...

[AngelsLakersFan]

I have never heard of him so he must not suck too bad.

Ya, Runge was one of the better ones - that last strike call of Humber's perfect game aside. 

[ELEVEN]

PEDs?

[Mark68]

Well, rules are rules. Runge happened to be one of the better umpires.

Well then, give 'em all what Runge was smoking/snorting/shooting up.

[Bashbrothers]

That's the ump Milton Bradley went off on.

[Carlos]

He was probably taking something to enhance his vision. Right?

[AngelsLakersFan]

He was probably taking something to enhance his vision. Right?

 

He was caught looking at the replay on the jumbotron... 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I would like to see a system for umpires similar to the relegation system used in the English Premier League. Umpires would be rated on a scale, and the lowest rated X number of umpires (whatever was agreed upon) would be sent to AAA for the next season with the same number of AAA umps being promoted. This system could be used throughout all the levels of baseball. The problem now is that becoming an MLB umpire is like a Supreme Court appointment: A job for life no matter how badly the guy sucks at it. Joe West should have been kicked to the curb years ago.

[Taylor]

The Umpires Union is worse than Congress.

[sneaky_flute]

if a little yayo improves umpiring around the league then i'm all for it.

[Section517]

The epitome of a fat and lazy union steward.

 

"Joe West, president of the World Umpires Association"

 

Scary quote from the article...