Baseball's Bizarre History of Umpire Abuse

“Baseball’s Bizarre History of Umpire Abuse”
A free KZbin exclusive baseball documentary written, produced, edited and narrated by Retro Baseball.
Over the past couple of years the likes of Angel Hernandez and Joe West have made the fan’s temptation to assault the umpire drastically increase. But you may think that no fan or player has ever been stupid enough to actually attack the umpire during a game, if you thought this, you would be very wrong to say the least, as Major League Baseball has endured a very bizarre in-depth history of sometimes violent umpire abuse.
Today I will tell you some of my favorite stories of forgotten hostile behavior towards are beloved umpire friends that I have found over the past few months of research.
I hope you enjoy.
One of my favorite stories that didn’t make it into the video’s run time:
In 1996, MLB player Roberto Alomar spat in umpire John Hirschbeck's face during a dispute. Alomar received a five-game suspension for the incident, but the punishment was served during the following season, and not the 1996 playoffs. MLB umpires, upset over the lack of an immediate suspension, threatened to go on strike before a federal judge prevented them from doing so.
Footage from the attack by Alomar: • Roberto Alomar Spits i...
Full game broadcast from that day: • Orioles vs Blue Jays (...
Also, here is a Wikipedia article involving other instances of umpire abuse (not exclusive to baseball) that you may enjoy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umpire_...
[Audio Credits]
[Background Music] (in order)
Primordial - Melodysheep: • Primordial
Through Space and Time - Etienne Roussel (Provided to Retro Baseball by Epidemic Sound) • Through Space and Time
Light Through Prison Bars - Jon Björk (Provided to Retro Baseball by Epidemic Sound) • Light Through Prison Bars
The Launch - Jon Björk (Provided to Retro Baseball by Epidemic Sound) • The Launch
The Outer Reaches - Melodysheep • The Outer Reaches
Visitors - Melodysheep • Visitors
[Repeats] Through Space and Time - Etienne Roussel (Provided to Retro Baseball by Epidemic Sound) • Through Space and Time
[Sound Effects] (in order)
Baseball Fans Cheering 1: • Outdoor Baseball Stadi...
Baseball Fans Cheering 2: • 1950s Audience Applaud...
Punching: • Cinematic Punch, Kicks...
Thank you for watching, feel free to leave a comment with a question or any thoughts you have about the video. I read all the comments, and greatly appreciate them.
[Chapters]
0:00 The Flocking of The Red Stockings
3:46 The Babe Vs. The Brick
6:53 The Connolly Anomaly
10:19 A Pal of The Pickpocketer
12:53 One More For The Road
14:12 Final Thoughts
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Is this the reason why Umpires have began to be mad with power nowadays, by calling shitty calls and throwing out any player/manager who calls them out on it and why MLB isn't doing anything to hold them accountable for shitty calls?

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So when do we bring this back?

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This almost makes me understand why umpires are so determined to ruin modern baseball and power trip whenever they can. Almost.

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I know of someone born on August 21st….. He’s a disaster…..

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I did the murder in Chicago

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It is absolutely absurd that baseball allows their umpires to be abused in the way they are. And even worse that many fans believe it is just "part of the game". No other sport permits that.

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You act like this level of abuse is still going on when in reality the amount of heckling umpires get these days is just standard for modern sports officials. The only chant you'll hear at every basketball arena in probably about half the games is "refs you suck." Regardless of it being right or wrong to pretend it's a baseball specific issue is just stupid. If you really want to talk about modern abuse of officials then you might want to talk look into the shit soccer referees have to deal with in certain countries where its the biggest sport. Some of the shit they still have to endure goes a little farther than some heckling and mean tweets. So you say no other sports permit that, but looking to the most popular sport in the world immediately proves you wrong lol

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@@ziggle5000 I'm referring to the abuse they receive from the players and managers. NOT the fans. No other sport allows it's participants to abuse the officials the way baseball does. And that is STILL going on today.

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@@tchevrier I’m a soccer ref and if you are dismissed (ejected), it’s universal from youth to professional to the World Cup that you will be suspended from your team’s next game (at least). And in the vast majority of leagues staying on the field to “get your money’s worth” after being told to leave results in at least 2 games of suspension. Get ejected, miss the rest of this game and the next one would massively cut down on the disrespect.

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@@tchevrier this simply isn't true either. There's literally a rule in baseball where as soon as a manager begins to argue balls or strikes its an automatic ejection that gets enforced all the time. If you've watched a single quarter of the NBA you'll see more complaining about calls than you'll see in a whole game of baseball. In fact, umpires in modern baseball are notoriously quick to throw out players over almost nothing. Madison Bumgarner got tossed at the start of the game this year for seemingly nothing, feel free to look that one up and let me know how much abuse the ump endured before madbum earned him his ejection.

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@@kenconnelly773 Exactly.

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Isn't it pronounced "Nickle" and not "Nicole"?

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Still bad because the K zone along with gambling on the tv makes people expect perfection not realizing that most players and managers actually enjoy the human element of the game. Umpires called their pitches in little league middle school highschool and everything up. They’re used to them

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Angel Hernandez is the modern day example of bad umpiring.

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