Talk:Doug Eddings

message: A better image would probably be that of Eddings making the out motion, can anyone find that? zellin 02:53, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I changed "He came to public attention with a controversial call that allowed the Chicago White Sox to win a 2005 American League Championship Series game over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim." to "He came to public attention with a controversial call during Game 2 of the 2005 American League Championship Series between the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim."
At the point in which the call was made, the game was tied. The Angels could have ended the inning by getting Pablo Ozuna out when he stole second base, or could have struck out Joe Crede at the plate. Even then there was no guarantee that the Angels would have scored in the 10th and won the game. — Linnwood 06:46, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Obviously I am one of the editors against it. We already mention this one game much more predominantly than any other game he has umpired and to add hyperbolic commentary from one individual is a step too far. If anything the rest needs to be reduced. There are uncited claims and what appears to be individual interpretation of the call. Also you need consensus to add negative information to a BKP, not to remove it. Especially if you are the only one adding it and it was nmot in the article previously. AIRcorn (talk) 18:23, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

text: Remove the content you added. You cannot possibly believe that Ben Shapiro is an expert on baseball. If you do, you should not be editing Wikipedia. Actually, you should not be editing Wikipedia anyway because of your anti-umpire agenda, which will not be tolerated. Lepricavark (talk) 20:55, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes 

message: It seems to me that one call, in one regular season game in August is not significant  at a level to be included in an encyclopedia.  Umpires make many calls over the course of a game, and many that the team on the disadvantaged end of the call would disagree with.  While I do agree that the third strike call on Pierzynski in the 2006 ALCS is worthy of mention, the obstruction call from Aug. 24, 2008 is clearly not.
I propose deleting the section on the August 24, 2008 obstruction call.
What is the consensus?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Justus R (talk • contribs) 20:34, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  No discussion for over a month.  I am going to delete this section.  Discuss here if you disagree. Justus R (talk) 03:11, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Is this ChristianMan16 (talk)?
Justus R (talk) 21:56, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  August 24, 2008 Obstruction Call 

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message: Regarding this edit: with respect to how Eddings throws the ball to the pitcher, there is no source confirming that he is known for this. Regarding his throwing the ball wildly, I think lots of umpires are guilty of this at one time or another. I don't see much point in underscoring it in this biography.
With respect to screwups: it's tricky because the source is a standard sports journalism listicle. It's a single person's opinion and designed to get hits. That being said, there's never going to be a definitive list of worst umpiring errors. But on the third hand, I don't think it's important to rank the error against others. It should be enough to make note of it and its importance to the game and series. Readers are capable of judging its severity for themselves. Thus I suggest removing the reference to this being one of the worst umpiring mistakes. (Also it would be helpful if some more context was given regarding why there was no out call, such as the information in the Bleacher Report article, though I would prefer that it be sourced to reports written at the time.) isaacl (talk) 02:26, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editorial commentary