Umpire Randy Marsh apologized for Game 163 call, but it is enough?

Thanks for rubbing it in, Marsh.

Think about the blown calls in the past that always get brought up… and the fact that you probably look at the people who still yap about them (e.g. Cardinals fans from ’87) as somewhat whiny.

Umps make calls in the heat of the moment, and sometimes they get them wrong (surprisingly rarely, though). We have instant replay, but I’m glad we don’t have it for every single call. Think about the NFL where they have a ton of instant-replay-reviewable calls — and how often people still grumble about the officials.

I chose option #4 because we had a ridiculously big lead and didn’t close it out. Sure, the Twins got red-hot towards the end, but… shoot, man, we were up several games in the last week of the season and we didn’t win it. Game 163 never should’ve happened in the first place.

If we died, we died. It’s part of the game. It’s the way it goes. I’m over it. There have been a million bad calls in the history of baseball, and there will be a million more. (At least until my Umpotron-5000 prototype goes into mass production.) We just need to hope that more of them are for us then against us.

I wish I could change the “I never cared” option to something like: “I never cared because the ball barely grazed his jersey and I’d guess the majority of umps miss that call every single time.”

I am critical on umps and most officials in all sports — I think there should be a forced retirement because let’s face it: guys that are 55 or older trying to ump a game played by 22-35 year olds is a ridiculous notion. But, that HBP wasn’t exactly obvious to someone standing behind the plate. It was obvious to US because of our point of view. I don’t blame Marsh for that call at all.

if you miss a call like that, it burns inside you. especially if it realistically affects the outcome of the game. yeah, i would have preferred marsh was more public with the apology, but the fact that he went back and admitted he blew it shows that he’s willing to take responsibility. he never had to do that. nobody forced him to.

if anything, i look forward to him umping more games because here is a ref that can learn and be sorry for his mistakes.

There was something utterly pathetic about our whining about a ball barely grazing the loose shirt of one of our guys and our season hinging on it, when after all we only had (what?) a three game lead with four to go.

We choked. It should have never come down to that. Umps blow calls (even as I personally believe baseball is the best-officiated major sport). It happens.

I don’t exactly call that choking, especially since there were a whole bunch of people saying that all the Tigers needed to do was play .500 ball. That’s exactly what they did. It doesn’t matter how many games you’re ahead by when you have that same number of games left against the team that’s trailing you in the standings.

As for Marsh, well, he went on to blow several calls in the postseason, which hampered the Dodgers during the NLCS (although they had other issues, such as pitching meltdowns), so it’s not like he has a personal vendetta against the Tigers or anything.

Simple as that. We let the season slip away and we made it go down to game 163.
Still, what happened happened. It’s over with.

…we should even have been in a game #163…..yes the twins playe da great final 30 games but all we needed to do was win one more game over the final 2 weeks and we would have been fine…..We blew the playoffs not Marsh.

In all honesty, I try not to think about the way last season ended AT ALL. I actively try to put it out of my mind because it was so upsetting. What I do think about is the late season collapse. I agree with others, game 163 never should happened.

Again, I put it out of my head. It hurts more than 2006 does. Please don’t make me think about last year. Give me Johnny Damon and let me talk myself into a 2010 playoff run.

I don’t think games come down to one play, so I don’t believe hit or not decided the game. There were plenty of opportunities throughout the game to prevent it from coming down to that point just as there were plenty of opportunities throughout the season to prevent it from coming down to that game.

it hurts to think about it again and I think it’s pretty pointless for this to even be brought up now.. but whatevs, there’s nothing anyone can do about it.

put the past behind, thusly, a brand new year it is 2010. By the way, let me say ’’Tigers always play poorly in September near .500 or below so, what is excepted,for years since been watching baseball ithas been that way..The only way to change is win not losing..anyway…peace & goodwill to you all!

Goodwill is for quitters. I hold grudges.

Inge for missing two sac-fly chances, Laird for swinging at ball four with the bases loaded, Granderson for his ninth inning base-running error, Raburn for playing a single into a tripe, Miner for throwing a hanging curve, or Porcello for throwing away a pick-off with a man on third.

A missed “hit” by pitch on a baggy jersey is on the very bottom of my list.

just think of it tiger fans, inge will still be playing 3rd base this season…love the guy, great glove and arm, but with 2 knee surgeries, little offseason hitting practice…can’t wait to see how many runners he leaves stranded this year…or doesn’t advance the runner from first with no outs, etc….there’s a time when fan loyalty needs a reality check and realize we need a productive bat at that position…hope im wrong, but he’ll be lucky to hit .240 this year…oh boy!!!

and they didn’t.

I didn’t even bother trying to find video of this pitch because I agree with everyone who says it never should have come to that.

I know I shouldn’t dwell on just one particular play or pitch or at-bat, but I’m still having a hard time getting over Gerald Laird swinging at ball four with the bases loaded.