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comment by ButterflyEffect
ButterflyEffect  ·  3800 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Every Day Is Judgment Day for an Umpire.

It's just like everything else really. People don't always notice when things are working the way they should be, but the second something goes wrong that is what's remembered.

Referees and umpires in every sport are remembered more for what they get wrong than what they get right.

That said, screw Angel and Joe.





Meriadoc  ·  3800 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is more certainly true, but I think there's respect for good ones. Ed Hochuli in football will always be loved.

cgod  ·  3800 days ago  ·  link  ·  

In boxing, referee Steve Smoger is almost universally regarded with respect boardering on reverence. There are a few other guys who are generally respected and a few who are intensely despised.