September 17, 2024 • 6 mins
Brian O'Nora was the home plate umpire for last night's Astros-Padres game. The Astros players (namely Caleb Ferguson) and coaches (Alex Cintron) didn't like his work. Adam Clanton is not a huge fan of Brian O'Nora the guy. O'Nora was arrested as part of a 'buying-sex-via-the-internet' sting in Liberty Township, OH. in 2020. He would eventually plead down to lesser misdemeanor charges. However, Clanton cannot stand that O'Nora continues to be a Major League Baseball umpire.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What you see on TV, which is an accurate depiction
of the strike zone, does not matter to us, because
we give our terrible umpires massive grace when we grade
them and give them an extra inch above the plate,
inch to the side, inch on the inside corner, wherever
we feel like it's necessary to turn that seventy nine
(00:21):
percent success rate into a ninety three percent success rate.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
I'm so glad you said that, especially the part where
you were talking about these guys are known, their names
are known. Well, you're ready, let's role play? Ready? Who
do I get to be like that? Uh, let's just
just go along with me. We host this show. We
just recently began simulcasting on Space City Home Networks, so.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Our role playing should be much more enjoyable for those
of you that are watching it. So stick stick around.
It's a visual situation now in addition to audio.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Just just say, for the sake of argument, right that
I go out and I have a real bad night
or ten and I get charged with Let's just say,
for the sake of argument, it was solicitation and possessing
criminal tools in connection with a human trafficking sting.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
That's pretty descriptive.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
If I'd very hypothetical, just hypothetically, if I already get
picked up for basically taking part in a sex sting
operation or a subject that was part of that, along
with thirteen or fourteen other people, Just for the sake
of argument, how long would it take Brian Erickson, Eddie
Martini and the brass here at iHeartMedia to throw me
(01:36):
out of my ass? Again?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
You should probably mention Mark Sherman too, because that's the thing.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
To do today. Ah, that's what Mark would say. How
long do you think it would take for them to
fire me?
Speaker 1 (01:46):
I mean, I wouldn't as as soon as they saw you,
as soon as you answered their phone call.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Let's just say, for the sake of argument, the guy
behind the plate last night that was egregiously missing calls
so badly that Jeff Blum's exact reaction was oh Man
for one of the pitches. Let's just say he was
involved in that, because he was. In twenty twenty one
arrested no sorry, December twenty twenty arrested and charged with
(02:12):
solicitation and possessing criminal tools in connection with the human
traffickings thing in Liberty Township, Ohio, which is lovely this
time of year, the trees change colors. It's just great
unless you're him and you're picked up in a sex
sting operation. But here we are four years later. He's
behind the plate last night calling horrible balls and strikes
against the Astros. I can't throw life of me figure
(02:34):
out how that guy, who admittedly has a job that
maybe like a handful of people on the planet have,
is still allowed to do it. After that, I'm googling
this guy just to see what he looks like without
his mask on last night, so I can fuel sports
hate within me, because this is what I do when
it's late in the game and the Astros can't score
any runs, and I'm like, well, I got to take
(02:55):
out my anger on somebody because I love my team.
So let's see what this guy looks like. Oh, I
google him and he was picked up in a sextying
operation in twenty twenty, and theory is behind the plate
in San Diego calling all these horrible calls against the Astros.
And now my blood pressures up and I'm gonna pass
out because Brian O'Nora is a terrible umpire and apparently
(03:15):
a terrible human being.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
But don't worry, he pled down to lesser charges. He
pled not guilty and then pled down to lesser trying.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
To be kidding me, Rob Manford, I know you suck.
We know you suck. Everybody knows you suck. You can't
have this kind of stuff happen.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Would you blame the MLB?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Do know this for four years? Why don't you blame
jol Hernandez is just a jerk. This guy's a criminal.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
The funny thing is many of them unfunny about this.
We know Angel is actually not a jerk. He's like
a pleasant fella on the field, but he's just really
really bad at his job. And I'll be I think
this is a very serious set of accusations that you
bring up.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Well, I mean it's all over, it's on now media,
so it doesn't lie.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
I certainly should maybe prevent his could prevent his employment,
but it doesn't make him better at calling balls and strike.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
He just happened calling balls and strikes. Was calling balls
and strikes in that the balls were strikes and the
strikes were definitely balls.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Yeah, they were good stuff. Thirty four called strikes, seven
of them were balls. That's why I mentioned mentioned the
seventy nine percent his seventy nine percent actually well accurately
well below average. Same thing on called balls uh Well
mentioned the one O eight of one twenty two. We
all know as we saw an ejection come from it.
(04:33):
There were two instances where the Astros were irate. They
because of there's a build up, you get to that point,
you know, the pitch to Yaner Diaz, which of course
was followed by a.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Base hit.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Janner Diaz strikes out on the three to two pitch.
That wasn't close enough to even think about calling it
a strike, but Brian o'noor did. And then later in
the game, Caleb Ferguson's coming off the mound after he
has to get the next hitter out because he allowed
the hitter before him to get another pitch, which he
singled off coming off the mountain and saying it was
right down the middle, right down the middle, and then
he screamed, come on, because the pitch was it was close.
(05:08):
It was the same distance from the right side of
the plate and the left side of the plate, and
was not out of the zone above the plate. It
was all inside the plate as indicated last night, as
we saw where the batter was standing. You know, the
hype of everything about it was a strike, and it's
kind of an important situation late in a game. It's
an important situation early in the game. There's five to
(05:29):
ten umpires that should not be calling balls and strikes. Ever,
they have enough umpires to prevent it. And we talk
about how often the rotation keeps them from being behind
the plate. Well, just keep the rotation permanent. Brian Onora
and C. B. Buckner are two of them. Don't put
them behind the plate. That's punishment. It's great for the
(05:50):
game of baseball, though, which is the only thing you
should be after. We're not docking your pay, we're not
firing you even just quit putting on the gear because
you're not good enough at it.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Brian no Nora, very bad. Mbre got to get him
out from behind the plate. I can't believe it. Very
very bad on pirement
What you see on TV, which is an accurate depiction
of the strike zone, does not matter to us, because
we give our terrible umpires massive grace when we grade
them and give them an extra inch above the plate,
inch to the side, inch on the inside corner, wherever
we feel like it's necessary to turn that seventy nine
(00:21):
percent success rate into a ninety three percent success rate.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
I'm so glad you said that, especially the part where
you were talking about these guys are known, their names
are known. Well, you're ready, let's role play? Ready? Who
do I get to be like that? Uh, let's just
just go along with me. We host this show. We
just recently began simulcasting on Space City Home Networks, so.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Our role playing should be much more enjoyable for those
of you that are watching it. So stick stick around.
It's a visual situation now in addition to audio.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Just just say, for the sake of argument, right that
I go out and I have a real bad night
or ten and I get charged with Let's just say,
for the sake of argument, it was solicitation and possessing
criminal tools in connection with a human trafficking sting.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
That's pretty descriptive.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
If I'd very hypothetical, just hypothetically, if I already get
picked up for basically taking part in a sex sting
operation or a subject that was part of that, along
with thirteen or fourteen other people, Just for the sake
of argument, how long would it take Brian Erickson, Eddie
Martini and the brass here at iHeartMedia to throw me
(01:36):
out of my ass? Again?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
You should probably mention Mark Sherman too, because that's the thing.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
To do today. Ah, that's what Mark would say. How
long do you think it would take for them to
fire me?
Speaker 1 (01:46):
I mean, I wouldn't as as soon as they saw you,
as soon as you answered their phone call.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Let's just say, for the sake of argument, the guy
behind the plate last night that was egregiously missing calls
so badly that Jeff Blum's exact reaction was oh Man
for one of the pitches. Let's just say he was
involved in that, because he was. In twenty twenty one
arrested no sorry, December twenty twenty arrested and charged with
(02:12):
solicitation and possessing criminal tools in connection with the human
traffickings thing in Liberty Township, Ohio, which is lovely this
time of year, the trees change colors. It's just great
unless you're him and you're picked up in a sex
sting operation. But here we are four years later. He's
behind the plate last night calling horrible balls and strikes
against the Astros. I can't throw life of me figure
(02:34):
out how that guy, who admittedly has a job that
maybe like a handful of people on the planet have,
is still allowed to do it. After that, I'm googling
this guy just to see what he looks like without
his mask on last night, so I can fuel sports
hate within me, because this is what I do when
it's late in the game and the Astros can't score
any runs, and I'm like, well, I got to take
(02:55):
out my anger on somebody because I love my team.
So let's see what this guy looks like. Oh, I
google him and he was picked up in a sextying
operation in twenty twenty, and theory is behind the plate
in San Diego calling all these horrible calls against the Astros.
And now my blood pressures up and I'm gonna pass
out because Brian O'Nora is a terrible umpire and apparently
(03:15):
a terrible human being.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
But don't worry, he pled down to lesser charges. He
pled not guilty and then pled down to lesser trying.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
To be kidding me, Rob Manford, I know you suck.
We know you suck. Everybody knows you suck. You can't
have this kind of stuff happen.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Would you blame the MLB?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Do know this for four years? Why don't you blame
jol Hernandez is just a jerk. This guy's a criminal.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
The funny thing is many of them unfunny about this.
We know Angel is actually not a jerk. He's like
a pleasant fella on the field, but he's just really
really bad at his job. And I'll be I think
this is a very serious set of accusations that you
bring up.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Well, I mean it's all over, it's on now media,
so it doesn't lie.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
I certainly should maybe prevent his could prevent his employment,
but it doesn't make him better at calling balls and strike.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
He just happened calling balls and strikes. Was calling balls
and strikes in that the balls were strikes and the
strikes were definitely balls.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Yeah, they were good stuff. Thirty four called strikes, seven
of them were balls. That's why I mentioned mentioned the
seventy nine percent his seventy nine percent actually well accurately
well below average. Same thing on called balls uh Well
mentioned the one O eight of one twenty two. We
all know as we saw an ejection come from it.
(04:33):
There were two instances where the Astros were irate. They
because of there's a build up, you get to that point,
you know, the pitch to Yaner Diaz, which of course
was followed by a.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Base hit.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Janner Diaz strikes out on the three to two pitch.
That wasn't close enough to even think about calling it
a strike, but Brian o'noor did. And then later in
the game, Caleb Ferguson's coming off the mound after he
has to get the next hitter out because he allowed
the hitter before him to get another pitch, which he
singled off coming off the mountain and saying it was
right down the middle, right down the middle, and then
he screamed, come on, because the pitch was it was close.
(05:08):
It was the same distance from the right side of
the plate and the left side of the plate, and
was not out of the zone above the plate. It
was all inside the plate as indicated last night, as
we saw where the batter was standing. You know, the
hype of everything about it was a strike, and it's
kind of an important situation late in a game. It's
an important situation early in the game. There's five to
(05:29):
ten umpires that should not be calling balls and strikes. Ever,
they have enough umpires to prevent it. And we talk
about how often the rotation keeps them from being behind
the plate. Well, just keep the rotation permanent. Brian Onora
and C. B. Buckner are two of them. Don't put
them behind the plate. That's punishment. It's great for the
(05:50):
game of baseball, though, which is the only thing you
should be after. We're not docking your pay, we're not
firing you even just quit putting on the gear because
you're not good enough at it.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Brian no Nora, very bad. Mbre got to get him
out from behind the plate. I can't believe it. Very
very bad on pirement
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