Umpires: Omnipotence & Imperfect Panoptic Vision

by somajunkie on Apr 26, 2007 2:28 PM CDT on Athletics Nation

[GAME: 4/25/2007, Mariners @ A's] Wretched umpires. Inflated egos. Heartless (as they should be). But (at least immediately) unaccountable. Unaccountable to fans. Unaccountable to teams. Unaccountable to facts. Unaccountable to themselves. A tyrannical secret-society, all-powerful,...