Bumming around town with Bill Bumerton
Bumerton is a retired Navy fighter pilot who had been missing in action for several years while he traversed the globe looking for greener grass. He discovered the grass is only greener here (it’s blue in Kentucky), so he returned to again take charge of his 1954 green Hudson Hornet that has been in storage, refilled his pipe, and is ready to continue his smokin’ ways. Here is what he recently told us at the Sports Paper.
I’m hoping, Big Dawg, Major League Baseball socks A-Rod real good. As you have told me often in the past, A-Rod is one big phony. He’s a great ballplayer when clean, but there are plenty of indications he was not clean as often as he says he was. The story going around is MLB will suspend A-Rod for violation of the baseball labor deal, which would put A-Rod on the shelf while he appeals. If he is suspended purely for PED use, then he could continue to play while appealing. I’m with you Big Dawg that MLB gets him on the labor deal. Some guys just don’t get it even after being repeatedly told, and A-Rod is one of those guys. … Speaking of MLB, I think it’s about time baseball joins the 21st century and makes use of video replay to looked over close calls. Do it like the NFL and give managers two appeal plays a game. I’m tempted to give managers a penalty if they are wrong. Maybe the next batter is an automatic out, something like that. But I think it’s about time MLB used the modern tools available to them. You know better than anybody, Big Dawg, that they have been using replay for years. When you were the MLB official scorer at those Marinaros of yours they installed a TV with the ability to access reply right in front of your seat in the Safeco press box. When there was a close call, you often went to the reply to confirm your call. So why not use it on the field for the umpires.? Enough said. Go get me a tall latte.
