[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

Oh, hell yea, it's soooo rare for a white ump to be biased against a minority player with a history of being "mouthy." That ugly thing with Bradley at 1st base didn't just come out of nowhere. These guys talk about this stuff the next day at breakfast, or lunch. Look at it objectively, and you'll see what really happened. I don't think it's just random unfortunate error(like da Cannon.) What I hate is not necessarily the natural bias in people. People with Manny's personality type are almost always loved by those close to them, and disliked by most everyone else. What I hate is when professionals allow themselves to act on their own bias. The chances that he doesn't like Manny are high. Manny argued with him earlier about a borderline pitch. The bases are loaded with 2 outs in the 5th inning. The Met fans would erupt if the hated Manny could be called out on strikes in this situation (it would be sweet.) Dodgers are already ahead 5-0 against a team that's struggling offensively. I just think the ump thought he'd give himself(as well as his buddies, n' the fans around the league) a thrill. I do not think he just was unfortunately blind on this one pitch. It wasn't a close pitch. He probably thought it was close enough he could get away with it, but it wasn't. I have a history of giving the accused guy the benefit of the doubt in these situations(results in Black rage being focused full force upon moi.) Why it happened is not nearly as important as it seems. Fact is he butchered the call badly. Should be treated like any other big mistake at work. Cannon tends to think those with the higher status jobs should get a softer cushion when they don't perform their jobs well. I've seen it a lot with Conservatives. It's quite a phenomenon. Fact is the ump is either biased, or inept. Fact is that baseball tolerates people like this, because a lot of people just like the arguments in baseball. They like that more than a properly called game. Obviously, people have varying tastes.

You are retarded. So now the white umps are racially biased? Oh boy...